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Henry Hank

4227 KOs

221 KOs

3Draws

Last six: L-W-L-L-L-L

Career

division

Light Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

67

rounds

533

KO %

64.3%

KO wins

27

KO losses

1

career

1955–1972

debut

1955-07-28

last fight

1972-08-07

Profile

birth name

Joseph Harrison

alias

Jusuf Salaam

sex

M

stance

orthodox

height

5′ 10″ / 178cm

nationality

United States

origin

Greenville, Mississippi, United States

city / state / zip

Detroit, Michigan

dob

1935-02-09

age

91

death

2004-07-02

Latest news

Henry ?Homicide Hank? Armstrong Boxing?s 3 Belt Holder!

2023-04-03 · Boxing News 24

Puncher to Preacher That Was Henry ?Homicide Hank? Armstrong!

2021-08-10 · Boxing News 24

New Faces: Tony Harrison

2014-02-17 · fightnews.com

Indeed, Tony is the grandson of the great ?Hammering? Henry Hank, middleweight boxing star of the 50s and the 60s and a third-generation boxer. Curiously enough, Ali Salaam, himself a former boxer, did not want Tony to lace up the gloves. It was Tony's …

Dick Tiger vs. Henry Hank: A Golden Era of Middleweight Boxers

2012-12-17 · Boxing.com

It was probably boxing's inherent value in terms of the purity of its elemental form of combat and the decisive nature of a potential definitive finish via the route of a knockout which shaped the fight between the American Joe Louis and the German Max…

Popular, former Olympic boxing coach killed in crash

2011-10-14 · Hamilton Spectator

NIAGARA FALLS Police have identified the man killed in a head-on crash on Lundy's Lane Tuesday as Henry 'Hank' Boone, a popular former Olympic boxing coach and owner of the City Boxing Club. Boone was rushed to Greater Niagara General Hospital where he…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

32 5 6

L-UD

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

10 of 10 · 178 / 176 lbs

Humphrey McBride

14 0 0

L-PTS

Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States

10 of 10

11 6 0

L-UD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 180 / 180 lbs

19 3 0

L-PTS

Syracuse, New York, USA

10 of 10

11 5 3

W-UD

Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States

10 of 10 · 178 / 176 lbs

20 1 0

L-UD

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

10 of 10 · 180 / 182 lbs

16 0 0

W-TKO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

6 of 10 · 173 / 173 lbs

Willie McMillan

9 3 1

W-PTS

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

10 of 10

12 2 1

W-TKO

Indianapolis, Indiana, United States

7 of 10

13 0 0

L-UD

Sam Houston Coliseum, Houston, Texas, United States

10 of 10 · 176 / 177 lbs

8 6 0

L-PTS

Las Vegas, Nevada, United States

10 of 10 · 163 / 173 lbs

13 12 2

W-KO

Shrine Auditorium, Billings, Montana, United States

4 of 10 · 176 / 190 lbs · 2:17

28 5 3

L-UD

Adams Field House, Missoula, Montana, United States

10 of 10 · 182 / 174 lbs

Herschel Jacobs

19 12 2

L-PTS

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

10 of 10 · 176 / 173 lbs

20 3 0

L-UD

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

12 of 12 · 174 / 170 lbs

Judges: Roland Brown 10-0 | Herman Dutreix 10-1

Referee: Pete Giarusso (9-1)

22 4 2

W-UD

Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States

10 of 10 · 176 / 173 lbs

16 3 0

L-TKO

Municipal Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia, USA

9 of 10 · 176 / 177 lbs

Referee: Paddy Mills

11 1 0

D-MDRAW

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 174 / 173 lbs

29 2 0

L-UD

Blue Horizon, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

10 of 10 · 172 / 176 lbs

37 9 0

L-UD

Flint Arena, Flint, Michigan, United States

Michigan Version of World Light Heavyweight Title

15 of 15 · 175 / 173 lbs

15 0 1

W-UD

Jackson County Farigrounds, Jackson, Michigan, United States

USA Michigan State light heavyweight title

12 of 12x2

13 1 0

W-TKO

Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States

1 of 10 · 174 / 168 lbs · 1:54

Referee: Rudy Ortega

Sixto Rodriguez

23 8 2

W-SD

Auditorium, Oakland, California, United States

10 of 10 · 174 / 174 lbs

40 2 2

L-SD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 171 / 171 lbs

Judges: Bill Recht 5-3 | Artie Aidala 4-6

Referee: Arthur Mercante (6-3)

11 1 0

W-UD

Freedom Hall State Fairground, Louisville, Kentucky, USA

10 of 10 · 166 / 162 lbs

30 2 0

L-PTS

Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

8 of 8x3 · 164 / 164 lbs

Referee: Frank Wilson

12 3 2

L-UD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 159 / 160 lbs

18 6 3

W-TKO

Convention Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

7 of 10 · 167 / 168 lbs

18 6 2

D-PTS

Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, United States

10 of 10 · 169 / 173 lbs

Chic Calderwood

29 1 1

W-UD

Convention Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

10 of 10 · 168 / 174 lbs

27 9 1

W-TKO

Arena, New Haven, Connecticut, United States

7 of 10 · 166 / 174 lbs · 1:03

Clarence Alford

15 8 1

W-TKO

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

7 of 10 · 164 / 163 lbs · 2:45

Referee: Frank Adams

17 0 1

L-UD

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, United States

10 of 10 · 160 / 159 lbs

19 13 2

W-UD

Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, United States

10 of 10 · 163 / 157 lbs

23 2 4

L-UD

Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, United States

10 of 10 · 159 / 159 lbs

29 6 3

D-PTS

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States

10 of 10 · 162 / 159 lbs

17 4 1

W-KO

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States

1 of 10 · 161 / 158 lbs · 2:30

23 1 4

W-UD

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

10 of 10 · 160 / 161 lbs

18 2 1

W-KO

University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, United States

4 of 10 · 158 / 160 lbs · 2:11

22 1 4

L-UD

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

10 of 10 · 161 / 158 lbs

37 5 2

W-TKO

Cow Palace, San Francisco, California, United States

2 of 10 · 163 / 163 lbs · 2:50

Referee: Vern Bybee

Sixto Rodriguez

20 1 2

W-TKO

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, United States

6 of 10 · 163 / 166 lbs · 2:41

Referee: Bernie Weismann

26 4 0

W-TKO

Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA

6 of 10 · 165 / 173 lbs · 2:45

Referee: Frank Sikora

26 3 0

W-TKO

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10 of 10 · 165 / 174 lbs · 1:51

17 1 0

W-UD

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

10 of 10 · 163 / 160 lbs

38 10 2

W-KO

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

4 of 12 · 159 / 162 lbs · 2:10

38 9 2

W-TKO

Municipal Auditorium, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

10 of 10 · 159 / 161 lbs · 2:40

44 9 1

W-TKO

Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

6 of 10 · 165 / 160 lbs · 2:44

Referee: Freddie Adams

43 9 1

L-SD

Coliseum Arena, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

10 of 10 · 156 / 158 lbs

Judges: Ernie Cojoe 5-4 | Charles Dabney 5-4

Referee: Freddie Adams (3-6)

18 4 1

W-SD

Exhibition Hall, Toledo, Ohio, United States

10 of 10 · 157 / 155 lbs