Sam Langford the sawed off heavyweight

[them_apples]

- - There you go again. Need surgery or a noggin transplant?

Might as well get the creatine out and start lifting - one day I wanna be champ

and to be champ you gotta have the biggest chest around

[QueensburyRules]

Might as well get the creatine out and start lifting - one day I wanna be champ

and to be champ you gotta have the biggest chest around

- - Creatine don't do cr ap for muscles, but it can put idjits in the hospital as happened to one idjit I worked with who wanted to impress his GF. Naturally produced testosterone of men is more than enough, but of course we got a new generation of soft lads who need pharmacopia

[Bronson66]

If the guy has a history of knocking massive heavyweights dead, even as big as some today - why does everyone instantly write him off? How is he not gonna break that glass in Joshuas jaw. From the limited footage we have of him he has a very unique style - and his movement describes a man built like a unit. He can sprawl and switch stances effortlessly - he has no weak points in his body.

Langford's kryptonite was tall boxers with long reaches who were good jabbers.He never faced a class 6'6" 240/250lbs man ,there weren't any around.McVey dropped him several times,he was a good hitter,Iron Hague dropped him,but neither were of the size of todays behemoths.
Both were around 5'10"and 200lbs ,Sam had freakish power,but size does come into play at some point.
I'd make him 50/50 with Marciano,which is a pretty fair compliment.

[JAB5239]

Might as well get the creatine out and start lifting - one day I wanna be champ

and to be champ you gotta have the biggest chest around

Queenie doesnt understand the difference between educated and intelligence.

[Bronson66]

Queenie doesnt understand the difference between educated and intelligence.

Not being familiar with either.

[JAB5239]

Not being familiar with either.

[them_apples]

Langford's kryptonite was tall boxers with long reaches who were good jabbers.He never faced a class 6'6" 240/250lbs man ,there weren't any around.McVey dropped him several times,he was a good hitter,Iron Hague dropped him,but neither were of the size of todays behemoths.
Both were around 5'10"and 200lbs ,Sam had freakish power,but size does come into play at some point.
I'd make him 50/50 with Marciano,which is a pretty fair compliment.

He did face men that big though - and joshua isnt class if he has a glass jaw. He would he a third rater in langfords day. You cant be glass jawed in that era. (In my opinion)

[Bronson66]

He did face men that big though - and joshua isnt class if he has a glass jaw. He would he a third rater in langfords day. You cant be glass jawed in that era. (In my opinion)

Which men as big as Lewis,Bowe,The Klits,A J,Dubois ,did Langford face?

[them_apples]

Which men as big as Lewis,Bowe,The Klits,A J,Dubois ,did Langford face?

Let’s be 100p clear on Langford

Much is not known of Langford and who he fought

but what is known is he fought Bill Tate and Fred Fulton both over 6 ft 6

mcvey and wills are also quite big men in different aspects

[Bronson66]

LetâÂÂs be 100p clear on Langford

Much is not known of Langford and who he fought

but what is known is he fought Bill Tate and Fred Fulton both over 6 ft 6

mcvey and wills are also quite big men in different aspects

Okay, lets examine this .
Who was around in Langford's era who was 6' 6"and 250lbs, that he may have fought and the fight gone unrecorded?
Tate and Fulton never weighed 250lbs.

McVey was around 206/208lbs and 5'10 1/2

Wills around 204/ 208 and 6'2"