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Bio from board game (MW card)
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Welterweight Champion 1938-1940. Featherweight Champion 1937-1938; Lightweight Champion 1938-1939. Ranks as one of the greats in all of boxing. The only fighter ever to hold three championships simultaneously. Armstrong went from a street fighter to a gym fighter to the triple championships using the same style at each stop. Armstrong abided by the old saw that the best defense was a good offense. He hit hard and often. He actually came close to winning a fourth crown and would have been the only one to do it. He put on some weight and fought middleweight title holder Ceferino Garcia to a 10 round draw. Henry retired and became an ordained minister of the Baptist Church.
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