Description: (Professional Boxer, A World Boxing Champion)
Henry Armstrong, also known as Henry Jackson Jr., was a celebrated American professional boxer and world champion who excelled in multiple weight divisions. He achieved success in the featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight categories, defending his welterweight title an impressive nineteen times. Armstrong was honored as Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine in 1937 and the Boxing Writers Association of America in 1940. He is widely acclaimed as one of the greatest boxers of all time, receiving high rankings from various boxing publications and being inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.