[GIF] Sam Langford shows a little boxing skill

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  1. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    I was watching more of D Browns colorized footage, and came across Langford vs Jeanette.
    While watching I noticed a little show of boxing skill by Langford:

    https://streamable.com/gvumv

    Langford slips a jab, parries a jab, feints, and returns a jab remaining balanced and in position.

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  2. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Langford is one of the best fighters ever. He was much more than just a puncher, possibly the most versatile offensive fighter ever.

    Some people would still tell you that he's worse fighter than Willie Driver though...
     
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  3. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Nice footage rez. Reminds me of this video.

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  4. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Looks like he has been early at the dining room table too.
     
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  5. reznick

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    Nice takeaway dude.
    We can’t let an old school boxer get away that easy, no sir.
     
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  6. he grant

    he grant Historian/Film Maker

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    Sweet .. you managed to show him without the caveman club. Well done.
     
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  7. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    I love Sam but this is nothing remarkable. If you didn't think he had some skill to rack up that record against the guys on it then i don't know how yoi think he did it.
     
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  8. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    I'd expect most guys with rudimentary skills to be capable of the moves shown there.Having said that Langford obviously had a lot more in his bag of tricks when the occasion demanded he demonstrate it .I do believe Reznik was being a trifle facetious.
     
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  9. Pat M

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    Langford looks like hundreds of other boxers slipping, parrying, and jabbing in that sequence. I guess it was nice for 1910? It does look like a quantum leap in boxing skill from the Corbett - Fitzsimmons film.

    While there is nothing in that clip that would be unusual for modern boxers, I'm impressed that you could watch that video of mostly grappling and find something that looks passable as boxing. I'm not that patient, if I wanted to see a shorter fighter fight a bigger one, I'd just watch a round of Dwight Qawi (Braxton) and see slips, parries, and jabs and I wouldn't have to watch all of the grappling and crude footwork.

    Apparently a lot of people enjoy watching old fight films and it's nice that you find "highlights" for them. But, and I'm not being facetious, I am impressed that you had the patience to watch that and find something that resembles modern boxing.
     
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  10. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Personally I'm always up for watching an ATG legend.imo Reznick has done boxing fans a great service with his videos and colorizations,and I take my metaphorical hat off to him,it must be the metaphorical one, my homburg is in the cleaners.
     
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  11. reznick

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    The desperate attempts to downplay this clip are pretty hilarious. The modernists are arguing against ghosts.

    Nobody said this was spectacular skill, or a show of unmatched boxing ability. The title of the thread and the description of the clip clearly backs this up.

    It’s simply a clip of Langford demonstrating a little technique that many may have not realized he, or any boxer from that era possessed.

    But hey, can’t let the crusade of persuading others that old school boxers were technically inept go that easy, can we?
     
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  12. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Still worse than Willie Driver, right?
     
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  13. 70sFan865

    70sFan865 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Weak trolling
     
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  14. reznick

    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Game, set and match.
     
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  15. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Nah, the guys brain dead.
     
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