Quality isn't so good, but they tried

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ax3gG2CbzdA


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Here are some others, Sam Langford
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Sam+Langford

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good stuff

Abe Attell, you are the man. I have been dying to see Sam McVea fight, now I only need to find a way to see Joe Jeannette fight, and then I will have seen all of the awesome foursome of black fighters (Jack Johnson, McVey, Langford, and Jeannette) from the early 1900s. Thanks again!

Abe Attell, you are the man. I have been dying to see Sam McVea fight, now I only need to find a way to see Joe Jeannette fight, and then I will have seen all of the awesome foursome of black fighters (Jack Johnson, McVey, Langford, and Jeannette) from the early 1900s. Thanks again!



just go to youtube to see if anybody loads them up...the people on there are doing all the work, not me, so if you want to thank anybody, thank them...I thought I share what I found with everybody else just in case nobody knew where to find them.
New videos pop up all the time so once in a while just type in the name and see what pops up

i was the one who uploaded sam mcvea footage

i was the one who uploaded sam mcvea footage

Seriously? if so, Great job

thanx.......i have lots of more rare films ill be posting

He was good, but he was taking some shots, as well. The fighter in the granier vid was taking massive uppercuts...but coming right back.

thanx.......i have lots of more rare films ill be posting

thanks a lot, i've always wanted to see those films

Ill ask Biill Miller what he thought about Sam McVey. Bill was around the game when alot of those guys were fighting or around them after there careers. It seems that he told me that he used to deliver cigars to Sam Langford when Bill was a boy. Langford was blind already though.

Rockin':boxing:

McVey was a powerhouse legend. He was measured on early PSI machines as having a punch of 1300 PSI, well over what Fitzsimmons and Jeffries were hitting at. Just look at the guy's physique, he was Mike Tyson if Tyson could have been that big using early 1900 training methods and diet. A naturally strong and immensely powerful guy.

Wasn't Sam Mcvey from Oxnard, Ca?

McVey was a powerhouse legend. He was measured on early PSI machines as having a punch of 1300 PSI, well over what Fitzsimmons and Jeffries were hitting at. Just look at the guy's physique, he was Mike Tyson if Tyson could have been that big using early 1900 training methods and diet. A naturally strong and immensely powerful guy.

It's called working on the Farms and other heavy duty Labor jobs, and the rest is genetic.

And like I mentioned way back, they had bodybuilders back then that new about weightlifting...hell, they knew about it back in ancient times.

Look at the similarity of Mike and Sam...plus, didn't Sam die in New York?

http://www.si.umich.edu/chico/Harlem/graphics/jackj_374.jpg

http://www.spiritofsport.co.uk/images_versions/617.jpg

Wasn't Sam Mcvey from Oxnard, Ca?


That is what it is listed as

Was Sam just a "RAW" fighter or did he have a "Trainer" ?

I remember reading an article, not sure how accurate, that said Sam Langford didn't want to teach McVey how to throw a proper punch, preferably the jab

That is what it is listed as

Yeah, i read that he was from the east then live in Oxnard for a while probably the remainder of his life, which is why they probably have his homtown being from Oxnard.

Before boxrec and their fourm i never never knew who sam mcvey was nor that he represented Oxnard.

Yeah, i read that he was from the east then live in Oxnard for a while probably the remainder of his life, which is why they probably have his homtown being from Oxnard.

Before boxrec and their fourm i never never knew who sam mcvey was nor that he represented Oxnard.

http://www.ibhof.com/mcvey.htm

Sam McVey
GENERALLY REGARDED as one of the best heavyweights of his era, McVey never got to fight for the world title. He was born in Oxnard, California on May 17, 1885. He stood a shade over 5-10, and weighed 200lbs. In his prime, McVey was a hard puncher and possessed fine defensive skills. He turned pro in 1902, and a year later was matched against future heavyweight champ Jack Johnson. Although Johnson won the fight, it went the 20-round limit.
Since few mix-race bouts were made during the era that McVey fought in, most of his opponents were black. He fought fellow Hall of Famers Joe Jeanette and Harry Wills five times apiece and battled Sam Langford 15 times.

McVey's most memorable bout took place April 17, 1909 against Jeannette in Paris. He knocked down Jeannette 27 times and was sent to the deck 11 times himself before he was forced to quit in Round 50, because his eyes had been swollen to the point he could no longer see.

Although McVey seldom fought white fighters and never fought for the title, his exceptional ability, more than his skin color, was the reason. Historians have overlooked the fact that McVey's prime took place during the reign of Jack Johnson (1908-1915). During his reign, Johnson put his title on the line 11 times, but only once, against Jim Johnson in 1914, was his challenger black.

McVey did square off with Johnson in a six-round exhibition in Havana two days before Johnson lost the title to Jess Willard. Johnson, who was six years older than McVey, owned three hard-fought victories over the Californian (W 20, W 20, KO 20). However, all three bouts took place before McVey's 19th birthday.

During his 82-bout career, which lasted from 1902-1920, McVey fought all over the world including, England, Australia, Cuba, Chile and Argentina and amassed a record of 63 wins, 15 losses, 12 draws and 2 No Contests with 46 knockouts. He died on Dec. 23, 1921 in New York City.