Papers Armstrong, Henry (IBHOF.com) "Nearly every fighter in the IBHOF was a world champion. Several are multi-division champions. But the man known as Henry Armstrong, whose real name was Henry Jackson, is still the only fighter to ever hold world championships in three divisions (featherweight, lightweight and welterweight) simultaneously. That accomplishment in and of itself would merit enshrinement, but anyone who ever saw 'Hurricane Hank' fight would agree that he was one of the all time greats of the ring." 6-05 Best Fighters (ESPN.com) Associated Press's panel rates fighters. Others, of course, will disagree with these ratings. "Sugar Ray Robinson, poetry with a punch, is the Fighter of the Century." "He also was voted the greatest welterweight and middleweight boxer of the century by a five-member panel of experts assembled by The Associated Press." "Muhammad Ali, the century's top heavyweight, was the runner-up in the overall category. Ali and Robinson each received two first-place votes." Henry Armstrong came in third. 6-05

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