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Total Fights | 183 |
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Wins | 151 |
Losses | 22 |
Draws | 10 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 6 |
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Title Defenses | 19 |
Title-Fight KOs | 16 |
KO Wins | 100 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and six months, Henry Armstrong fought 183 times with 151 wins, 22 losses, and 10 draws.
Armstrong retired from professional boxing with a record of 151-22-10, which included six world-title wins and 19 successful title defense fights at two weight classes — lightweight and welterweight. He had a 54.6% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 100 of his total 183 fights being knockout wins, 16 of which were in title fights. Armstrong suffered two knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Fritzie Zivic in a welterweight title fight.
His last fight was a 10 round PTS defeat to Chester Slider on February 14, 1945.
Some of Armstrong's best fights and notable victories include wins over 11 Hall-of-Famers (Sammy Angott, Lew Jenkins, Fritzie Zivic, Pedro Montanez, Baby Arizmendi, Lou Ambers, Barney Ross, Chalky Wright, Petey Sarron, Benny Bass, and Midget Wolgast), Al Manfredo, Bobby Pacho, Lew Feldman, Howard Scott, Richie Fontaine, and Jimmy Garrison.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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183 | Feb 14, 1945 | 32 | Chester Slider | Loss | PTS |
182 | Feb 6, 1945 | 32 | Genaro Rojo | Win | UD |
181 | Jan 17, 1945 | 32 | Chester Slider | Draw | PTS |
180 | Nov 4, 1944 | 31 | Mike Belloise | Win | KO4 |
179 | Sep 15, 1944 | 31 | Aldo Spoldi | Win | KO2 |
178 | Aug 21, 1944 | 31 | Willie Joyce | Win | PTS |
177 | Jul 14, 1944 | 31 | Slugger White | Draw | PTS |
176 | Jul 4, 1944 | 31 | John Thomas | Loss | UD |
175 | Jun 21, 1944 | 31 | Nick Latsios | Win | UD |
174 | Jun 15, 1944 | 31 | Al Davis | Win | TKO2 |
173 | Jun 2, 1944 | 31 | Willie Joyce | Loss | UD |
172 | May 22, 1944 | 31 | Aaron Perry | Win | TKO6 |
171 | May 16, 1944 | 31 | Ralph Zannelli | Win | UD |
170 | Apr 25, 1944 | 31 | John Thomas | Win | SD |
169 | Mar 24, 1944 | 31 | Ralph Zannelli | Win | UD |
168 | Mar 20, 1944 | 31 | Frankie Willis | Win | UD |
167 | Mar 14, 1944 | 31 | Johnny Jones | Win | KO5 |
166 | Feb 29, 1944 | 31 | Jackie Byrd | Win | KO4 |
165 | Feb 23, 1944 | 31 | Jimmy Garrison | Win | TKO5 |
164 | Feb 7, 1944 | 31 | Lew Hanbury | Win | KO3 |
163 | Jan 25, 1944 | 31 | Saverio Turiello | Win | KO7 |
162 | Jan 14, 1944 | 31 | Aldo Spoldi | Win | KO3 |
161 | Aug 27, 1943 | 30 | Sugar Ray Robinson | Loss | UD |
160 | Aug 14, 1943 | 30 | Joey Silva | Win | PTS |
159 | Aug 6, 1943 | 30 | Jimmy Garrison | Win | PTS |
158 | Jul 24, 1943 | 30 | Willie Joyce | Win | UD |
157 | Jun 11, 1943 | 30 | Sammy Angott | Win | UD |
156 | May 24, 1943 | 30 | Maxie Shapiro | Win | TKO7 |
155 | May 7, 1943 | 30 | Tommy Jessup | Win | KO1 |
154 | May 3, 1943 | 30 | Saverio Turiello | Win | TKO5 |
153 | Apr 2, 1943 | 30 | Beau Jack | Loss | UD |
152 | Mar 22, 1943 | 30 | Al Tribuani | Win | UD |
151 | Mar 8, 1943 | 30 | Tippy Larkin | Win | KO2 |
150 | Mar 2, 1943 | 30 | Willie Joyce | Loss | UD |
149 | Jan 5, 1943 | 30 | Jimmy McDaniels | Win | UD |
148 | Dec 14, 1942 | 30 | Saverio Turiello | Win | TKO4 |
147 | Dec 4, 1942 | 29 | Lew Jenkins | Win | TKO8 |
146 | Oct 26, 1942 | 29 | Fritzie Zivic | Win | UD |
145 | Oct 13, 1942 | 29 | Juan Zurita | Win | KO2 |
144 | Sep 30, 1942 | 29 | Earl Turner | Win | KO4 |
143 | Sep 14, 1942 | 29 | Leo Rodak | Win | TKO8 |
142 | Sep 7, 1942 | 29 | Johnny Taylor | Win | TKO3 |
141 | Aug 26, 1942 | 29 | Rodolfo Ramirez | Win | KO8 |
140 | Aug 13, 1942 | 29 | Jackie Burke | Win | PTS |
139 | Aug 3, 1942 | 29 | Aldo Spoldi | Win | TKO7 |
138 | Jul 20, 1942 | 29 | Joe Ybarra | Win | TKO3 |
137 | Jul 3, 1942 | 29 | Rueben Shank | Loss | UD |
136 | Jun 24, 1942 | 29 | Sheik Rangel | Win | PTS |
135 | Jun 1, 1942 | 29 | Johnny Taylor | Win | TKO4 |
134 | Jan 17, 1941 | 28 | Fritzie Zivic | Loss * | TKO12 |
133 | Oct 4, 1940 | 27 | Fritzie Zivic | Loss * | UD |
132 | Sep 23, 1940 | 27 | Phil Furr | Win * | KO4 |
131 | Jul 17, 1940 | 27 | Lew Jenkins | Win | TKO6 |
130 | Jun 21, 1940 | 27 | Paul Junior | Win * | TKO3 |
129 | May 24, 1940 | 27 | Ralph Zannelli | Win * | TKO5 |
128 | Apr 26, 1940 | 27 | Paul Junior | Win * | TKO7 |
127 | Mar 1, 1940 | 27 | Ceferino Garcia | Draw | PTS |
126 | Jan 24, 1940 | 27 | Pedro Montanez | Win * | TKO9 |
125 | Jan 4, 1940 | 27 | Joe Ghnouly | Win * | KO5 |
124 | Dec 11, 1939 | 26 | Jimmy Garrison | Win * | KO7 |
123 | Oct 30, 1939 | 26 | Bobby Pacho | Win * | TKO4 |
122 | Oct 24, 1939 | 26 | Jimmy Garrison | Win * | PTS |
121 | Oct 20, 1939 | 26 | Richie Fontaine | Win * | TKO3 |
120 | Oct 13, 1939 | 26 | Howard Scott | Win * | KO2 |
119 | Oct 9, 1939 | 26 | Al Manfredo | Win * | TKO4 |
118 | Aug 22, 1939 | 26 | Lou Ambers | Loss * | UD |
117 | May 25, 1939 | 26 | Ernie Roderick | Win * | PTS |
116 | Mar 31, 1939 | 26 | Davey Day | Win * | TKO12 |
115 | Mar 16, 1939 | 26 | Lew Feldman | Win * | KO1 |
114 | Mar 4, 1939 | 26 | Bobby Pacho | Win * | TKO4 |
113 | Jan 10, 1939 | 26 | Baby Arizmendi | Win * | PTS |
112 | Dec 5, 1938 | 25 | Al Manfredo | Win * | TKO3 |
111 | Nov 25, 1938 | 25 | Ceferino Garcia | Win * | UD |
110 | Aug 17, 1938 | 25 | Lou Ambers | Win * | SD |
109 | May 31, 1938 | 25 | Barney Ross | Win * | UD |
108 | Mar 30, 1938 | 25 | Lew Feldman | Win | KO5 |
107 | Mar 25, 1938 | 25 | Eddie Zivic | Win | TKO4 |
106 | Mar 15, 1938 | 25 | Baby Arizmendi | Win | PTS |
105 | Feb 28, 1938 | 25 | Charley Burns | Win | KO2 |
104 | Feb 25, 1938 | 25 | Everett Rightmire | Win | TKO3 |
103 | Feb 9, 1938 | 25 | Al Citrino | Win | TKO4 |
102 | Feb 1, 1938 | 25 | Chalky Wright | Win | KO3 |
101 | Jan 22, 1938 | 25 | Tommy Brown | Win | KO2 |
100 | Jan 21, 1938 | 25 | Frankie Castillo | Win | TKO3 |
99 | Jan 12, 1938 | 25 | Enrico Venturi | Win | KO6 |
98 | Dec 12, 1937 | 25 | Johnny Jones | Win | KO2 |
97 | Dec 6, 1937 | 24 | Tony Chavez | Win | TKO1 |
96 | Nov 23, 1937 | 24 | Joey Brown | Win | KO2 |
95 | Nov 19, 1937 | 24 | Billy Beauhuld | Win | KO5 |
94 | Oct 29, 1937 | 24 | Petey Sarron | Win * | KO6 |
93 | Oct 18, 1937 | 24 | Joe Marciente | Win | KO3 |
92 | Sep 21, 1937 | 24 | Bobby Dean | Win | KO1 |
91 | Sep 16, 1937 | 24 | Johnny DeFoe | Win | TKO4 |
90 | Sep 9, 1937 | 24 | Charley Burns | Win | KO4 |
89 | Aug 31, 1937 | 24 | Orville Drouillard | Win | TKO5 |
88 | Aug 16, 1937 | 24 | Johnny Cabello | Win | RTD1 |
87 | Aug 13, 1937 | 24 | Eddie Brink | Win | KO3 |
86 | Jul 27, 1937 | 24 | Benny Bass | Win | KO4 |
85 | Jul 19, 1937 | 24 | Lew Massey | Win | TKO4 |
84 | Jul 8, 1937 | 24 | Alf Blatch | Win | TKO3 |
83 | Jun 15, 1937 | 24 | Jackie Carter | Win | TKO3 |
82 | Jun 9, 1937 | 24 | Mark Diaz | Win | KO4 |
81 | May 28, 1937 | 24 | Wally Hally | Win | TKO4 |
80 | May 4, 1937 | 24 | Frankie Klick | Win | TKO4 |
79 | Apr 6, 1937 | 24 | Pete DeGrasse | Win | KO10 |
78 | Mar 19, 1937 | 24 | Aldo Spoldi | Win | UD |
77 | Mar 12, 1937 | 24 | Mike Belloise | Win | TKO4 |
76 | Mar 2, 1937 | 24 | California Joe Rivers | Win | TKO4 |
75 | Feb 19, 1937 | 24 | Varias Milling | Win | KO4 |
74 | Feb 2, 1937 | 24 | Moon Mullins | Win | TKO2 |
73 | Jan 19, 1937 | 24 | Tony Chavez | Win | KO10 |
72 | Jan 1, 1937 | 24 | Rodolfo Casanova | Win | KO3 |
71 | Dec 3, 1936 | 23 | Tony Chavez | Loss | DQ |
70 | Nov 17, 1936 | 23 | Joey Alcanter | Win | RTD5 |
69 | Nov 2, 1936 | 23 | Gene Espinoza | Win | KO1 |
68 | Oct 27, 1936 | 23 | Mike Belloise | Win | PTS |
67 | Sep 8, 1936 | 23 | Dommy Ganzon | Win | KO1 |
66 | Sep 3, 1936 | 23 | Elmer Brown | Win | PTS |
65 | Aug 18, 1936 | 23 | Juan Zurita | Win | KO4 |
64 | Aug 4, 1936 | 23 | Baby Arizmendi | Win | PTS |
63 | Jun 22, 1936 | 23 | Johnny DeFoe | Win | PTS |
62 | May 19, 1936 | 23 | Bobby Leyvas | Win | TKO4 |
61 | Mar 31, 1936 | 23 | Richie Fontaine | Win | PTS |
60 | Feb 26, 1936 | 23 | Richie Fontaine | Loss | PTS |
59 | Jan 1, 1936 | 23 | Joe Conde | Loss | PTS |
58 | Dec 6, 1935 | 22 | Alton Black | Win | TKO8 |
57 | Nov 27, 1935 | 22 | Midget Wolgast | Win | PTS |
56 | Nov 12, 1935 | 22 | Leo Lomelli | Win | TKO6 |
55 | Oct 21, 1935 | 22 | Lester Marston | Win | TKO7 |
54 | Sep 13, 1935 | 22 | Perfecto Lopez | Draw | PTS |
53 | Sep 13, 1935 | 22 | Alton Black | Win | TKO8 |
52 | Jun 25, 1935 | 22 | Varias Milling | Win | PTS |
51 | May 28, 1935 | 22 | Davey Abad | Win | PTS |
50 | May 10, 1935 | 22 | Mark Diaz | Win | PTS |
49 | Apr 16, 1935 | 22 | Frankie Covelli | Win | PTS |
48 | Apr 6, 1935 | 22 | Tully Corvo | Win | TKO5 |
47 | Mar 31, 1935 | 22 | Davey Abad | Loss | PTS |
46 | Mar 19, 1935 | 22 | Sal Hernandez | Win | TKO2 |
45 | Feb 16, 1935 | 22 | Rodolfo Casanova | Loss | DQ |
44 | Jan 1, 1935 | 22 | Baby Arizmendi | Loss | UD |
43 | Dec 15, 1934 | 22 | Ventura Arana | Win | TKO5 |
42 | Dec 1, 1934 | 21 | Joe Conde | Win | TKO7 |
41 | Nov 4, 1934 | 21 | Baby Arizmendi | Loss | PTS |
40 | Sep 28, 1934 | 21 | Perfecto Lopez | Win | PTS |
39 | Sep 13, 1934 | 21 | Max Tarley | Win | KO3 |
38 | Sep 7, 1934 | 21 | Joe Sanchez | Win | TKO4 |
37 | Aug 28, 1934 | 21 | Perfecto Lopez | Win | TKO5 |
36 | Jul 17, 1934 | 21 | Perfecto Lopez | Win | PTS |
35 | Jun 14, 1934 | 21 | Davey Abad | Win | PTS |
34 | Jun 5, 1934 | 21 | Vicente Torres | Win | PTS |
33 | May 22, 1934 | 21 | Johnny DeFoe | Win | TKO6 |
32 | May 4, 1934 | 21 | Young Danny | Draw | PTS |
31 | Mar 27, 1934 | 21 | Young Danny | Win | KO1 |
30 | Mar 6, 1934 | 21 | Perfecto Lopez | Win | PTS |
29 | Feb 13, 1934 | 21 | Benny Pelz | Win | PTS |
28 | Jan 26, 1934 | 21 | Baby Manuel | Win | PTS |
27 | Dec 14, 1933 | 21 | Gene Espinoza | Win | TKO7 |
26 | Nov 23, 1933 | 20 | Kid Moro | Draw | PTS |
25 | Nov 3, 1933 | 20 | Kid Moro | Win | PTS |
24 | Oct 19, 1933 | 20 | Johnny Granone | Win | TKO6 |
23 | Oct 11, 1933 | 20 | Perfecto Lopez | Draw | PTS |
22 | Sep 5, 1933 | 20 | Perfecto Lopez | Draw | PTS |
21 | Aug 30, 1933 | 20 | Hoyt Jones | Draw | PTS |
20 | Aug 8, 1933 | 20 | Bobby Calmes | Win | KO5 |
19 | Jul 29, 1933 | 20 | Benny Pelz | Win | PTS |
18 | Jul 11, 1933 | 20 | Baby Manuel | Loss | PTS |
17 | Jun 28, 1933 | 20 | George Haberski | Win | PTS |
16 | Jun 7, 1933 | 20 | Ricky Hall | Win | KO3 |
15 | May 31, 1933 | 20 | Max Tarley | Draw | PTS |
14 | May 24, 1933 | 20 | Young Bud Taylor | Win | KO2 |
13 | Apr 28, 1933 | 20 | Perfecto Lopez | Win | PTS |
12 | Mar 21, 1933 | 20 | Paul Wangley | Win | KO4 |
11 | Feb 17, 1933 | 20 | George Dundee | Win | PTS |
10 | Feb 3, 1933 | 20 | Johnny Ryan | Win | PTS |
9 | Dec 31, 1932 | 20 | Young Corpuz | Win | PTS |
8 | Dec 13, 1932 | 20 | Gene Espinoza | Win | PTS |
7 | Dec 1, 1932 | 19 | Vince Trujillo | Win | KO2 |
6 | Oct 1, 1932 | 19 | Max Tarley | Win | PTS |
5 | Sep 27, 1932 | 19 | Al Greenfield | Loss | PTS |
4 | Aug 30, 1932 | 19 | Eddie Trujillo | Loss | PTS |
3 | Dec 7, 1931 | 18 | Victor Kid Ponce | Loss | PTS |
2 | Jul 31, 1931 | 18 | Sammy Burns | Win | PTS |
1 | Jul 27, 1931 | 18 | Al Lovino | Loss | KO3 |
* World-title fight
Henry Armstrong (Homicide Hank) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi on December 12, 1912. He was a three-weight-class world champion. He died on October 24, 1988 at the age of 75 years. Armstrong was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1931 to 1945.
Armstrong made his professional boxing debut against Al Lovino at the age of 18 on July 27, 1931, losing to Lovino via 3rd round KO.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 24 on October 29, 1937 after 93 professional fights, against Petey Sarron for the featherweight NBA and The Ring titles. He defeated Sarron via 6th round KO to become the featherweight champion of the world.
Armstrong won three world titles at three weight classes. For all the details about Armstrong's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Armstrong had a total of 22 losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a non-title rematch against Chester Slider at 32 years of age, on February 14, 1945. Armstrong lost the fight via 10 round PTS.
Armstrong had a total of 25 world-title fights, which includes winning six world titles and 19 successful title defenses. He won 22 of these fights and lost three.
Henry Armstrong fought for world titles in four fights and won three of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won three belts across three weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Aug 17, 1938 | Lou Ambers | Lightweight | NBA, The Ring | SD |
May 31, 1938 | Barney Ross | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | UD |
Oct 29, 1937 | Petey Sarron | Featherweight | NBA, The Ring | KO |
Henry Armstrong had 21 world-title defense fights across two weight classes — welterweight (x19) and lightweight (x2). He won 19 of them and lost two times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Sep 23, 1940 | Phil Furr | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | KO |
Jun 21, 1940 | Paul Junior | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
May 24, 1940 | Ralph Zannelli | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
Apr 26, 1940 | Paul Junior | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
Jan 24, 1940 | Pedro Montanez | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
Jan 4, 1940 | Joe Ghnouly | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | KO |
Dec 11, 1939 | Jimmy Garrison | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | KO |
Oct 30, 1939 | Bobby Pacho | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
Oct 24, 1939 | Jimmy Garrison | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | PTS |
Oct 20, 1939 | Richie Fontaine | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
Oct 13, 1939 | Howard Scott | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | KO |
Oct 9, 1939 | Al Manfredo | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
May 25, 1939 | Ernie Roderick | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | PTS |
Mar 31, 1939 | Davey Day | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
Mar 16, 1939 | Lew Feldman | Lightweight | NBA, The Ring | KO |
Mar 4, 1939 | Bobby Pacho | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
Jan 10, 1939 | Baby Arizmendi | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | PTS |
Dec 5, 1938 | Al Manfredo | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | TKO |
Nov 25, 1938 | Ceferino Garcia | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | UD |
Henry Armstrong lost two world-title defense fights, and lost a total of four titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Oct 4, 1940 | Fritzie Zivic | Welterweight | NBA, The Ring | UD |
Aug 22, 1939 | Lou Ambers | Lightweight | NBA, The Ring | UD |
Armstrong fought a total of 183 times during his professional career, which includes 25 world-title fights at three weight divisions. He was among the very best of his generation and is one of the pound-for-pound best boxers of all time. These 11 fights are the highlight of his career.
October 29, 1937: Armstrong wins his first world titles by defeating Petey Sarron via 6th round KO. He is now the NBA and The Ring featherweight world champion.
May 31, 1938: Armstrong wins the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles from Barney Ross, by beating Ross via 15 round unanimous decision.
December 5, 1938: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Al Manfredo, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
March 4, 1939: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Bobby Pacho, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
March 16, 1939: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring lightweight titles against Lew Feldman, winning the fight via 1st round KO.
October 9, 1939: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Al Manfredo, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
October 13, 1939: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Howard Scott, winning the fight via 2nd round KO.
October 20, 1939: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Richie Fontaine, winning the fight via 3rd round TKO.
October 30, 1939: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Bobby Pacho, winning the fight via 4th round TKO.
December 11, 1939: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Jimmy Garrison, winning the fight via 7th round KO.
January 4, 1940: Armstrong successfully defends the NBA and The Ring welterweight titles against Joe Ghnouly, winning the fight via 5th round KO.
Armstrong knocked out 100 of his 183 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 54.6%. Of his total 151 wins, 100 of them were via KO (66.2%).
Armstrong's first world-title win were the NBA and The Ring belts at featherweight. He defeated Petey Sarron via 6 round KO to win the titles.
Armstrong won three world titles at three weight classes.
Armstrong had a total of 21 title defense fights. He was successful 19 times and lost two times.