Word: welterweight
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...axiom that a good, big man can always beat a good, little man. Henry Armstrong, Negro fisticuffer, is a little man. No fight fan will deny that he is a good man: he won the world's featherweight (126 lb. max.) championship, then fattened up and won the welterweight (147 lb.) championship, then turned to the lightweight division and won that championship (135 lb.) too-all within ten months. Ceferino Garcia, Filipino welterweight, is also a good man in the ring: he has a paralyzing ''bolo" punch (a right uppercut), knocked out nine opponents this year...
Henry Armstrong v. Ceferino Garcia (Fri. 10 p. m. NBC-Blue). Postponed welterweight championship fight from Madison Square Garden...
...YORK--Welterweight champion Henry Armstrong blasted his way to greater fistic glory tonight by successfully defending his title against a much heavier challenger, Ceforino Garcia, Philippine boxer, in a fifteen-round fight at Madisou Square Garden...
...YORK--The welterweight title fight between champion Henry Armstrong and Coferino Garcia, scheduled for tomorrow night at Madison Square Garden, was postponed tonight until Nov. 25, because of a back injury suffered today by Armstrong...
...Welterweight Championship (Wed. 10 p. m. NBC-Blue) fight with Light- weight-Welterweight Champion Henry Armstrong defending one of his titles against Ceferino Garcia at Madison Square Garden, Manhattan...