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Being the guy that most delights in tormenting that nutjob, it might seem strange that I'd be the first to defend Queenie. But Queenie actually contributes to this forum. And with all due respect to Ghost and Willie Pep, there's no one here whose knowledge of Boxing most matches mine. I actually have to be very careful when discussing Boxing with Queenie; I don't tread so carefully with anyone else.
It sucks Queenie is such a whack job because when it actually comes to discussing Boxing, Queenie really knows the subject.
That can't be said of everyone... particularly others active in this thread.Comment
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By the way, does anyone know the true story of what happened when they DID fight in 1906? I kept reading different accounts about Langford flooring Johnson. Now it seems that was a rumor put out by Langford's team to get the rematch.
Otherwise, I've read it was a brutal beating by Johnson. But what's amazing is that even though it likely was a brutal beating, Langford still got a lot of respect for it. Check out this.....
Jack Johnson of Texas, the big colored heavyweight, who claims the heavyweight championship of the world, tried with might and main for 15 rounds last night at the Lincoln Club, Chelsea, to knock out Sam Langford of Cambridge. Considering the fact that Langford was nearly 40 pounds lighter and fully a foot shorter this does not add to the credit of Johnson, but must be considered quite a performance for Langford, and this great middleweight will probably have greater difficulty in getting matches than he has had in the past. True, during the 15 rounds that the pair were at it, Langford was hammered as no fighter ever has been hammered in the same number of rounds, but the fact remains that Johnson could not knock him out, and whether it was due to Langford's ability to take punishment or Johnson's absence of a knockout punch has nothing to do with the matter, but it is hard to see a champion in a heavyweight of 195 pounds who cannot stop a middleweight, at the heaviest in this time.
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From then on the fight was too one-sided to be interesting. Johnson closed Langford's left eye and gave him the worst licking a man ever took in the Chelsea ring, and there was never a chance for Langford, though he was game to the finish and flashed occasionally. Langford's face was a sight at the end of the contest, and it is a question as to just how the licking he received last night will affect him in the future.
I took out the middle of the article to show how bi-polar it is. Praises Langford at the same time as saying he took a terrible beating. It's amazing he was so much smaller and was able to stand up to it!
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