Davey Armstrong


Davey Lee Armstrong was a boxer from the United States.

Amateur career

Armstrong was born in Puyallup, Washington, and 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

1976 Olympic results

Below is the record of Davey Armstrong, an American featherweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics:
  • Round of 64: bye
  • Round of 32: defeated Anatoly Volkov by decision, 5-0
  • Round of 16: defeated Tibor Badari by decision, 5-0
  • Quarterfinal: lost to Angel Herrera by decision, 2-3

Pro career

David started boxing out of the Tacoma Boy's Club Gym under the tutelage of Joe Clough. Armstrong turned pro as a lightweight on March 28, 1980 and boxed out of the Kronk Gym in Detroit. He was a kind and gentle man and rarely if ever had a bad word for anyone. Armstrong retired in 1983 after 27 bouts.

Life after boxing

Armstrong lived in Puyallup, Washington, and worked for the City of Seattle as a bookkeeper. He died from dementia on February 8, 2021.

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