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Henry Armstrong

1912 - 1988

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Henry Jackson Jr. (December 12, 1912 – October 22, 1988) was an American professional boxer and a world boxing champion who fought under the name Henry Armstrong. Armstrong was one of the few fighters to win in three or more different divisions: featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Henry Armstrong has received more than 638,591 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 29 in 2019). Henry Armstrong is the 39th most popular boxer (down from 38th in 2019), the 3,920th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,406th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Boxer.

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  • 51.64

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  • 31

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  • 3.43

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.82

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Henry Armstrong ranks 39 out of 326Before him are Archie Moore, Mate Parlov, Max Baer, Wladimir Klitschko, Leon Spinks, and Orlando Martínez. After him are Ernesto Hoost, Roy Jones Jr., Jersey Joe Walcott, Emile Griffith, James J. Corbett, and Rocky Graziano.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1912, Henry Armstrong ranks 155Before him are Nie Er, Alfred Schwarzmann, Rudolf Vytlačil, Palle Huld, Claude Pompidou, and Teddy Wilson. After him are Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, Keisuke Kinoshita, Nick Cravat, Aleksandr Danilovich Aleksandrov, Winthrop Rockefeller, and Ferdinand Leitner. Among people deceased in 1988, Henry Armstrong ranks 102Before him are Frederick Ashton, Tore Keller, Frank Zamboni, Henry Koster, Erich Probst, and Daniel Guérin. After him are Roy Buchanan, Ulanhu, Rose Ausländer, Steno, Pete Maravich, and Marcel Bozzuffi.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Henry Armstrong ranks 3,920 out of 18,182Before him are Michael G. Wilson (1942), Timothy Olyphant (1968), Juliette Lewis (1973), Thom Mayne (1944), Kenny Roberts (1951), and Teddy Wilson (1912). After him are Henry Hazlitt (1894), George Seaton (1911), William Forsythe (1955), Patrick Wayne (1939), Linda Harrison (1945), and Peggy March (1948).

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Henry Armstrong ranks 24Before him are Sugar Ray Leonard (1956), Jack Johnson (1878), John L. Sullivan (1858), Archie Moore (1916), Max Baer (1909), and Leon Spinks (1953). After him are Roy Jones Jr. (1969), Jersey Joe Walcott (1914), James J. Corbett (1866), Rocky Graziano (1919), Ezzard Charles (1921), and Tommy Morrison (1969).