Davey Armstrong


Davey Lee Armstrong is a retired boxer from the United States.

Amateur career

Armstrong began boxing at the Tacoma Boys Club, along with future world champions Rocky Lockridge and Johnny Bumphus, as well as 1972 Olympic Gold Medalist Sugar Ray Seales and 1976 Gold Medalist and professional World Champion, Leo "The Lion" Randolph.
Armstrong represented the US at the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was eliminated in the second round of the men's light flyweight division by bronze medalist Enrique Rodríguez. Armstrong also was a member of the American Olympic team at the 1976 Montreal Olympics. He competed as a featherweight and was eliminated in the quarterfinals.

Amateur highlights

Below is the record of Davey Armstrong, an American featherweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:
Armstrong turned pro as a lightweight on March 28, 1980 and boxed out of the Kronk Gym in Detroit. He never lived up to the potential that he showed as an amateur boxer, and never challenged for a major boxing title as a professional. Armstrong retired in 1983 after 27 bouts.

Life after boxing

Armstrong now lives in Puyallup, Washington, and works for the City of Seattle as a bookkeeper.

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