Henry Armstrong
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Oct 11, 2026
Bill BlackHOST
Ralph Thomas, a Penobscot relative of Sockalexis, participates in the ceremony and throws out the first pitch.
Bill BlackHOST
In 2022, Columbus, Mississippi dedicates Henry Armstrong Way in honor of its hometown boxing champion.
Bill BlackHOST
A section of Third Street North receives Armstrong's name, giving his hometown a permanent public tribute to its legendary boxing champion.
Bill BlackHOST
Moving to 2025, Lumbee receiver Keenan Allen makes his 400th career catch from quarterback Justin Herbert during a game against the Miami Dolphins.
Bill BlackHOST
Levi's burst turns a 13-0 game into a one-point thriller.
Bill BlackHOST
Haskell ultimately falls 13-12, but Twin Cities coverage praises the 190-pound back as one of the fastest players of his size in college football.
Bill BlackHOST
The welterweight title is on the line in 1939 when Henry Armstrong, Iroquois, knocks out Howard Scott in the second round in Minneapolis to retain the World Welterweight Championship.
Bill BlackHOST
That is the second stop in an astonishing stretch in which Armstrong makes five welterweight title defenses in just 21 days.
Low Nose BoxingAUDIENCE
I was thinking about this last night.
Low Nose BoxingAUDIENCE
Is Shakur going to stick around, or Shakur has the opportunity to become this generation's Henry Armstrong? Henry Armstrong held, I believe, I don't know too much about him because that's old school, but I know he held the welterweight belt, the lightweight, and the featherweight at the same time.
Low Nose BoxingAUDIENCE
Shakur relinquished the lightweight, but he still got the junior welterweight.
Low Nose BoxingAUDIENCE
Shakur, if he wins the fight, has options.
Dan RafaelGUEST
By the way, when he made his pro debut that we're talking about 86 years ago on Sunday, he did it at, uh, Madison Square Garden, not the current building as it exists, but one of the previous incarnations, but nonetheless, at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
Dan RafaelGUEST
It happened to be on the undercard of a fight between Fritzie Zivic who's a Hall of Famer, and the great Henry Armstrong-
T.J. RivesHOST
Yes
Dan RafaelGUEST
... who was a guy that some people ranked right behind, right ranked behind, right behind Sugar Ray Robinson on the all-time pound for pound list, who they actually had a fight at one point, uh, that Robinson won.
Bill BlackHOST
York launches a two-run home run in the seventh inning, and Pinky Higgins adds another two-run shot as Detroit wins seven to four and takes a two games to one lead in the series.
Bill BlackHOST
That same year, Henry Armstrong, Iroquois, reaches the end of his historic run as world welterweight champion.
Bill BlackHOST
Fritzie Zivic defeats Armstrong by decision over fifteen rounds at Madison Square Garden, ending Armstrong's title reign after nineteen successful defenses.
Bill BlackHOST
By 1952, Jack Jacobs, Creek, is rewriting the Canadian football passing record for the second week in a row.
Steve KimHOST
When Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao during their first title runs way back when, you know, they had years where they fought three times each.
Steve KimHOST
So I'm not asking guys to go once a month like Henry Armstrong.
Steve KimHOST
I'm saying, God, we can do a little bit better than
Mario LopezHOST
once every 10 years.
Rob VellaGUEST
So if somebody had won, you know, uh, belts from three different weight classes, that was a massive achievement.
Rob VellaGUEST
I'm talking about somebody like Henry Armstrong.
BradHOST
Mm-hmm.
Rob VellaGUEST
Um, these days they're gonna win different belts because there's about five different belts.
Robert VellaGUEST
be honest, I've always been interested in this period of boxing.
Robert VellaGUEST
So I was, I was always interested in, you know, Sugar Ray Robinson and Joe Lewis and Rocky Marciano and Henry Armstrong and, Because in that period, boxing was the ultimate combat sport.
Robert VellaGUEST
It was one of the most popular sports on Earth.
Robert VellaGUEST
And there was only one world champion in each weight class.
Bill BlackHOST
From championship veterans, he turned to strong performances on the racetrack and another quick boxing finish on September 21st.
Bill BlackHOST
In 1937, Iroquois boxing great Henry Armstrong knocks out Bobby Dean one minute and two seconds into the first round.
Bill BlackHOST
The victory comes during Armstrong's climb toward boxing history, less than two months before he captures the World Featherweight Championship.
Bill BlackHOST
In 1957, Lumbee stock car driver Roy Tyner competes in the Shelby 100 in North Carolina.
Bill BlackHOST
In 1915, Cherokee boxer Jack Dempsey faces Fred Woods at Moose Hall in Montrose, Colorado.
Bill BlackHOST
Dempsey knocks out Woods in the fourth round, adding another victory during the early years of the career that eventually carries him to the World Heavyweight Championship.
Bill BlackHOST
25 years later in 1940, Iroquois boxer Henry Armstrong meets Phil Furrer in Washington, DC.
Bill BlackHOST
Armstrong knocks out Furrer 1 minute and 45 seconds into the fourth round.