On March 1 1940, the great Henry “Hammering Hank” Armstrong was preparing to face the middleweight title claimant Philippine Champion Ceferino Garcia at the Gilmore Stadium in LA. For Armstrong a ...

Between 1937 and 1938, Henry Armstrong was the greatest fighter ever. He won 27 fights in 1937 with 26 KO’s and then won 14 more fights in 1938 with 10 ending in knock outs. In addition, he won the ...

Henry Armstrong was born December 12, 1912 by the name Henry Melody Jackson Jr. Manny Pacquiao was born December 17, 1978 by the birthname of Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. Armstrong stood 5'5.5" with a ...

Henry Armstrong was a physical loan shark, a fighter who adopted General Clausewitz's theory that the winning general is the one who can impose his will upon the enemy. One hundred fifty-one times ...

Collville-sur-Mer, Normandy, France — The word "hero" is overused. But if not for the courage of the few remaining D-Day survivors and their friends who fell as they launched the fight to oust Adolf ...

A while ago I wrote an article about how Manny Pacquiao could be matched up with 20 of the best fighters from different eras. Henry Armstrong was one of the people on this list. When one takes a step ...