Homicide Hank

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human professional boxer ring nickname

Homicide Hank was the ring nickname of Henry Armstrong, the legendary American boxer renowned for simultaneously holding three world titles in different weight classes.

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Observed surface forms (1)

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Henry Armstrong 0

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf human ⓘ
professional boxer ⓘ
ring nickname ⓘ
activeYears 1931–1945 ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Henry Jackson Jr. ⓘ
appliesTo Henry Armstrong ⓘ
boxingStance orthodox ⓘ
burialPlace Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, California
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1912-12-12 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1988-10-24 ⓘ
draws 9 ⓘ
era 1930s boxing era ⓘ
ethnicGroup African American ⓘ
foughtNotableOpponent Barney Ross ⓘ
Cefereino Garcia ⓘ
Lou Ambers ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction International Boxing Hall of Fame ⓘ
heldTitle World Featherweight Title ⓘ
surface form: World Featherweight Champion

World Lightweight Title ⓘ
surface form: World Lightweight Champion

World Welterweight Title ⓘ
surface form: World Welterweight Champion
laterOccupation Baptist minister ⓘ
losses 21 ⓘ
nickname Homicide Hank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
Hurricane Henry ⓘ
notableFor holding three world boxing titles in different weight classes simultaneously ⓘ
parentalHeritage African American father ⓘ
Native American mother ⓘ
placeOfBirth Columbus, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
rankedAmong greatest boxers of all time ⓘ
realName Henry Armstrong ⓘ
recordFor most world titles held simultaneously in boxing history ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sport boxing ⓘ
style aggressive pressure fighter ⓘ
totalFights 181 ⓘ
weightClass featherweight ⓘ
lightweight ⓘ
middleweight ⓘ
welterweight ⓘ
wins 151 ⓘ
winsByKO 101 ⓘ
worldTitlesHeldSimultaneously 3 ⓘ

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Henry Jackson Jr. → alsoKnownAs → Homicide Hank ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Armstrong
Henry Armstrong → nickname → Homicide Hank ⓘ
Homicide Hank → nickname → Homicide Hank self-linksurface differs ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Armstrong
Hurricane Hank → notableAlias → Homicide Hank ⓘ
subject surface form: Henry Armstrong