Crazy 2 year stretch for Henry Armstrong

A few on here rate him above LWW lineal champion Hatton, he was pretty good but limited

 

I disagree personally BUT Robinson also beat champions of 3 divisions in 2 years, he could easily have beat LW, WW, MW champs in that time

 

I'm not convinced Armstrong was removed from prime as is assumed given some of his best wins came in this period HOWEVER SRR beat Angott, Zivic and Lamotta multiple time in those years, all good enough to be LW, WW and MW champions

 

I dunno...It's tough to argue with anyone goes 41-0 (36 KO's) over a two year span, especially when they defeat the following list of fighters...

Mike Belloise
Benny Bass
Petey Sarron
Chalky Wright
Baby Arizmendi
Lew Feldman
Barney Ross
Lou Ambers
Cerefino Garcia
Frankie Klick

Former and future champions all.

Plus legit contenders like Feldman, Casanova, and Manfredo. And, unlike Greb, he stopped the vast majority of the people he faced in these two years. With the exception of Aldo Spaldi, everyone who managed to make it to the end was a HOF caliber fighter.

Maybe there were two year runs that were better. But in all honesty, this run, against these opponents, ensure that it can't be considered a mere pittance to any other run. It's quite a bit more than that.

 

Armstrong was still a contender, even though he was past his best. He was still able to defeat guys like the very capable Willie Joyce, the aforementioned Angott, Lew Jenkins, and Tippy Larkin, so a victory over him was still a nice feather in one's cap to have, even at that point.

 

Yeah, and that's the thing about this run. This is a guy who was essentially a featherweight/junior lightweight unifying at featherweight, and then winning two world championships at lightweight and welterweight. That's an utterly mind-boggling accomplishment, especially within the space of two years.

 

There are a couple of soft touches among those 27...but not too damned many, really. Only three of the guys Armstrong faced had losing records. And some of the guys who were only a little over .500 still had good results on their record (e.g. Drouillaird's draw with Kid Chocolate).

He fought 27 times, KO'd 26 opponents and unified at featherweight. Pretty impressive year...one of the best in history.

 

Angott set the weight at a 136 catch weight so his lightweight title wasn't on the line, Robinson could easily have taken the title from him at 135

So no Robinson didn't get the belts then, but I think beating these 3 over the 3 weight classes is a similar achievement

 

1947-1949 - Only one disputed loss. Wins against Moore, Walcott, Maxim, Bivins, Marshall, Ray, Oakland Billy.