1939: Armstrongs Oct Run

[Bill Paxtom]

After just over one month off after his thrilling victory over Ambers at the end of August.

Oct 9 defends title by ko of Manfredo.
Oct 13 defends title by ko of Howard Scott.
Oct 20 defends title by ko of Fontaine.
Oct 24 defends title by pts win over Garrison
Oct 30 defends title by ko of Pacho.

These were all tough SOB's. That is 5 title defenses in 21 days one month following a 15 round war.

Damn

These were 'not' Tough SOB's.

Yes, Henry's run of 5-Bouts in 22-Days was an incredible feat, but the list of
opponents was 'very weak'.

These were 'modified bouts', that could be called spirited sparring sessions.
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October 9 .... {Des Moines, Iowa}
TKO 4 over.... Al Manfredo ~ 72-21-8 {26 KO's}

Al Manfredo was coming into this bout by going 7-2-0 {3 KO's} in his previous 9-Bouts,
but over mediocre competition.

Al was regarded as a fringe contender at best with a #18 Ranking, and he was 'not'
considered a worthy challenger by the NBA.

Al was at the end of his career, and only fought 'twice' more before retiring.
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October 13 ...... {Minneapolis, Minnesota}
KO 2 over ........ Howard Scott ~ 61-38-10 {13 KO's}

Howard was coming into this bout by going 1-9-0 in his previous 10-Bouts, and was regarded
as nothing more than a 'club-fighter'.

Howard only fought 'once' more before retiring.
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October 20 ...... Seattle, Washington
TKO 3 over ...... Richie Fontaine ~ 36-20-11 {11 KO's}

Richie was coming into this bout by going 1-4-2 in his previous 7-Bouts.

Richie fought '8' more times after this bout, and went 0-7-1 in those bouts before retiring
in February 1942.
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October 24 ..... Los Angeles, California

W Dec 10 over .... Jimmy Garrison ~ 28-10-4 {6 KO's}

Jimmy was the 'best' of this list of Challengers, as he was riding a '5-Bout' winning streak.

Jimmy's performance earned him a rematch with Henry in Cleveland 7-Weeks later on
December 11th.
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October 30 ...... Denver, Colorado

TKO 4 over ...... Bobby Pacho ~ 82-55-16 {39 KO's}

Bobby was coming into this bout by going 1-5-1 in his previous 7-Bouts. He was a worn
out and battle-scarred war-horse.

After this bout, Bobby went 5-15-2 in his last 22-Bouts before retiring in August 1941.