Johnny Armour
5 ft 4+1⁄2 in (1.64 m)
Johnny Armour (born 26 October 1968 in Chatham, Kent) is an English amateur flyweight and professional super fly/bantam/super bantam/featherweight boxer of the 1990s and 2000s.
As an amateur he won the 1990 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) flyweight title, against Paul Ingle (Scarborough ABC),[1] boxing out of St Marys ABC [1] (Chatham, Kent).
As a professional he won the European Boxing Union (EBU) bantamweight title, World Boxing Union (WBU) bantamweight title, and Commonwealth bantamweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Union (WBU) super bantamweight title against Carlos Navarro[2].
His professional fighting weight varied from 115 lb (52 kg; 8 st 3 lb), i.e. super flyweight to 125 lb (56.7 kg; 8 st 13.0 lb), i.e. featherweight.[2]
Johnny Armour was trained by Collin Moorcroft, and managed by Terry Toole.[3]
Education: Fort Luton Secondary School in Chatham, Kent, 1980 to 1985.
References
- ^ "103rd ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Archived from the original on 22 October 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
- ^ "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Biography at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
External links
- Boxing record for Johnny Armour from BoxRec (registration required)
- Image - Johnny Armour
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