Henry Armstrong

Henry Armstrong (1912 to 1988), born Henry Jackson Jr., was an American professional boxer and world champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. The Ring magazine named him Fighter of the Year in 1937, the Boxing Writers Association of America did so in 1940, and The Sporting News recognized him as the Fighter of the Decade for the 1930s. BoxRec ranks him the sixth greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all time, The Ring ranked him second-greatest of the last 80 years in 2007, and the International Boxing Research Organization ranked him second best of all time, pound for pound, in 2019. He was posthumously inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in its inaugural class of 1990.