1939: Armstrongs Oct Run

[Master]

Henry Armstrong

Was supposed to head to New York, to take on World Lightweight Champion
Lou Ambers at Madison Square Garden on December 1, 1939.

What Happened ?

He fought and beat him?

[Bill Paxtom]

Henry Armstrong

Was supposed to head to New York, to take on World Lightweight Champion
Lou Ambers at Madison Square Garden on December 1, 1939.

What Happened ?

He fought and beat him?

Actually No.

3-Days before the bout, Henry 'claimed' that he had a bad cold and pulled out of
of the bout.

Others stated that his manager -Ed Meade was worried about Henry losing to Lou Ambers again in New York.

Surprise, Surprise.

A few days later, Ed Meade signed up Henry to defend his Welterweight Championship
in Cleveland, Ohio - and set for December 12th against 'old foe' Jimmy Garrison a second time within 2-Months.

[IamInuit]

Henry Armstrong

Was supposed to head to New York, to take on World Lightweight Champion
Lou Ambers at Madison Square Garden on December 1, 1939.

What Happened ?

He fought and beat him?

Actually No.

3-Days before the bout, Henry 'claimed' that he had a bad cold and pulled out of
of the bout.

Others stated that his manager -Ed Meade was worried about Henry losing to Lou Ambers again in New York.

Surprise, Surprise.

A few days later, Ed Meade signed up Henry to defend his Welterweight Championship
in Cleveland, Ohio - and set for December 12th against 'old foe' Jimmy Garrison a second time within 2-Months.

Do you practice being a dumb shit? Henry already beat the man and then fought him again in August of that year and got robbed after coming back down from welterweight. Why would he then decide to go back up and then down again for a guy that just jobbed him? And so what even if he decided not to? It does not take anything away from the man or what he accomplished. What are going to suggest next that was scared?

[Bill Paxtom]

Easy there 'marmaluke'.

Read your History.

Ed Meade was worried that Henry would lose to Lou Ambers at Welterweight
in December 1939.

Meaning, that Henry would have no 'Belt'.

Henry was off to Cleveland, after 'catching cold' 3-Days before the bout
with Lou Ambers in New York.

[IamInuit]

Lol read your history idiot instead of just pasting news blurbs from hack colour barrier sites like the Montana standard at the time. Yeah Hank skipped town on a man he beat twice but was jobbed once and then ducked him to then punch Jenkins out twice who had recently wasted Ambers twice. You really are a pinhead and as transparent as hell Frankfurter, Maxpower or one of the other ten aliases you have used. Do the homework before you answer next time and at least try to hide the racism you harbour towards all Atg's that happen to be black.

Dumb ass.

[Bill Paxtom]

Only a 'racist' can see 'racism' in everything.

Not sure what this thread has anything to do with Henry Armstrong's color.

Fact >

In October 1939

Ed Meade and Henry Armstrong agreed to fight Lou Ambers on December 22, 1939
and for the Lightweight Championship.

The reason, Lou Ambers had just gotten married and wanted to take November 1939
off.

So Ed took Henry on a 'barn-storming tour' to stay busy.

Then the bout with Lou Ambers was 'bumped up to December 1, 1939 - and with
Henry's Welterweight Championship on the line.

Promoter - Mike Jacobs wanted this bout to go on, and Ed Meade asked Mike to
move the bout up 3-weeks.

Lou Ambers said no to December 1st, and agreed to a December 14th date, and no earlier.
Then he agreed to December 1st, when his fight purse was increased, and providing
that Henry's Welterweight Championship was on the line.

Henry was in New York in mid-November, getting prepared for Lou Ambers.

Reports were, that Henry was nursing 'sore hands' due to his heavy October 1939 schedule.

Suddenly, on November 27th - Henry caught a cold and was 'supposedly' bed-ridden,
and pulled out.

The bout was 'scrupped'.

[IamInuit]

What a fool.Look man I cant be bothered with you. I rarely even look at what you have to say because its so rehearsed and frankly full of shit and slanted to serve the chronic sincere delusion you apparently suffer from ergo the false conclusions drawn. All the little symbols and pasted editing does nothing to change the facts. The facts have been stated and you again were buried by them. I suggest you take a remedial historic boxing lesson on line which you should be good at.. Its kind of ironic because you choose the name Bill Paxtom almost like you want people to believe you are Bill Paxton who wrote or rather copied from other works, the story of Harry Greb which actually makes sense the more I think about it.