Henry Milligan

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Henry "Hank" Milligan (born 1958-09-16 in Camden, NJ) is a former professional boxer from the United States.

1 Background
2 Amateur Highlights
3 Professional career
4 Outside the Ring
5 External links

[edit] Background

Milligan was a 1981 graduate of Princeton University where he was attending with an academic scholarship. Milligan earned ten varsity letters an all-time University record. He was an All American in two sports, one of them in wrestling and was Princeton's 1981 Senior Scholar-Athlete of the Year which is the University's highest undergraduate honor.

Went to Alexis. I DuPont high school in Greenville Delaware.

[edit] Amateur Highlights

Milligan had an outstanding amateur career, and in 1983 he won the National AAU Heavyweight Championship. He also defeated Henry Tillman, the 1984 Olympic Heavyweight Gold Medalist.Then Henry Milligan was also defeated by Henry Tillman, in the 1983 Nationals in Colorado.

[edit] Professional career

Milligan turned pro in 1985 and began his career with a promising string of 11 victories, but then lost a couple of bouts against limited competition, retiring in 1986. He launched two comebacks in which he fought in local bouts and retired permanently in 1998.

[edit] Outside the Ring

Milligan has appeared in ten national television commercials and a feature film with Robert De Niro and Jessica Lange, titled Night and the City (1992 film). He is the president of the Elsmere, Delaware Boxing Club, a civic member of the Mary Campbell Center for Disabled Adults and the Delaware Foundation for Retarded Children.