Originally posted by sonnyboyx2
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You may think Wills, Jeannette and McVea mediocre (they weren't) but being top fighters about 40lbs and three full divisions bigger than Robinson, I'd wager they would be substantially harder to KO than he was. Can you see 6'3", 210lb Wills being knocked through the ropes by LaMotta or being in a fog for a few rounds after being hit by Artie Levine?
In his prime Robinson weighed in the region of 150lbs. Langford weighed around 170lbs. That's a significant size difference. Langford is stronger, a stone heavier at least, a much harder hitter and with a track record of surviving and beating Hall of Fame heavyweights against a guy who peaked at welterweight and never beat anything bigger than a middleweight. The great bigger man beats the great smaller man.
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