12019-03-12T23:57:53+00:00Stanford University Pressaf84c3e11fe030c51c61bbd190fa82a3a1a1282413plainpublished2019-08-21T12:42:00+00:00AnonymousOn May 20, 1948, the Los Angeles Sentinel reported on a lawsuit involving former boxing champion Henry Armstrong. Armstrong, who at one point held three boxing championships simultaneously (middleweight, lightweight, and welterweight), was being sued for $23,750 for backing out of a fight in 1943. It is not clear from the article why it took so long for the case to come to court (click to view article PDF).
