Johnny Armour

For the Canadian Puisne judge of the Supreme Court of Canada, see John Douglas Armour.
Johnny Armour
Statistics
Rated at fly/super fly/bantam/super bantam/featherweight
Height 5 ft 4 12 in (1.64 m)
Nationality English
Born (1968-10-26) 26 October 1968
Chatham, Kent, England
Boxing record
Total fights 34
Wins 31 (KO 17)
Losses 3 (KO 2)

Johnny Armour (26 October 1968) born 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 (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.

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]

References

  1. "103rd ABAE National Championship". abae.co.uk. 31 December 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  2. "Statistics at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.
  3. "Biography at boxrec.com". boxrec.com. 31 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2013.


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