The Archive · 1937

LIGHTWEIGHT. TITLE

New York, Nov. 20.

Henry "Hurricane" Armstrong, St Louis negro who won the world featherweight championship last month, to-night celebrated his return to the ring by scoring a five-round technical knockout decision over Billy Beauhold. world's third ranking lightweight The victory marked Armstrong 17th knock out triumph. It also provided proof that he ranks on a par with Lou Ambers, lightweight champion, Although the dynamic negro was forced to take off a good bit of weight in his last fight, he clouted Petey Sarron into dreamland in the sixth round on October 29 to win unch puted recognition as world featherweight champion. His win over Sarron marked the former champion's first knock out in twelve years of fighting.

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