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Description: | A photograph of boxer Henry Armstrong (1912-1988) retaining the world welterweight championship, taken by George Roper for the Daily Herald newspaper on 25 May, 1939. An American, Armstrong is the only professional boxer ever to hold three world championship titles simultaneously. His beaten opponent was the British boxer, Ernie Roderick. | License: | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5/ | Subjects: | gelatin silver print photograph | Temporal: | 25/05/1939 | Source: | Science Museum | Creator: | Roper, George W | Identifier: | 1983-5236/H01307 | Go to resource |
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