His professional fighting weight varied from 115 lb (52 kg. 8 st 3 lb), id est (that is) super flyweight to 125 lb (567 kg. 8 st 130 lb), id est (that is) featherweight.
Johnny Armour was trained by Collin Moorcroft, and managed by Terry Toole.
As an amateur he won the 1990 Amateur Boxing Association of England (ABAE) flyweight title, against Paul Ingle (Scarborough American Broadcasting Company), boxing out of Street Marys American Broadcasting Company (Chatham, Kent). As a professional he won the European Boxing Union (EBU) bantamweight title, World Boxing Union (WBU) bantamweight title, and Commonwealth bantamweight title, and was a challenger for the World Boxing Union (WBU) super bantamweight title against Carlos Navarro.
