If Sam Langford made his pro debut and goes on a championship run today from divsions 140-201, how would he fare?
Very well, but then probably not quite as well as some would hope, being thwarted by at least a couple of champions along the way. I mean, after taking time to adapt, you'd think Langford would beat the crap out of Floyd Mayweather - but then at 147lbs en route to a higher weight division he might get his arse kicked, twice.
Well I'm not sure, but it wouldn't surprise me if he picked up a loss here n' there to Hopkins, Calzaghe, Mayweather and a couple of bigger heavyweights.
Probably does, but might lost once in three. I think a lot of posters would like to believe he goes undefeated.
I think langford beats kosta, gatti, corrales, hatton, manny, oscar, mosley, winky, mayweather, froch and david haye. But gets beat by trinidad, roy jones, hopkins, Vitali and valuev.
Trinidad has absolutely no chance versus Langford. Even the pre-destructive version would murder him. He would do very very well. Calzaghe's chances versus Langford are very limited. He wouldn't go higher than 175.
If Sam were around today, he could have been a tripple crown champion at welter, middle and light heavy.
Ithink that his record would develop a lot like Paquiao's in many ways. By that I mean that he would get mixed results against the top fighters in the lower weight classes around 140/147/154 due to his relative lack of experience and the fact that he did not have such a speed advantage over the smaller fighters. As he stepped up in weight he wopuld become more consistant, more dominant, and start producing more spectacular knockouts. When he is at 160 and 168 he is going to be anihilating the competition and will develop a Tysonesque aura of invincibility. Alphabet and Ring magzine titles at lightheavyweight and cruiserweight would fall before his sledgehammer blows setting him up for the big push on the heavyweight title. What would decide Langfords heavyweight ambitions for me is how long it takes him to get there. Owing to the time it takes for contracts to be signed and fights to take place he might already have seen better days. Having said that if he has much left in the tank he will rapidly establish himself as one of the top contenders. If things fall into place for him it is possible to imagine his epic journey ending when a sneaky left hookseperates Wladamir Klitscko from his senses to se Langford crowned Ring Magazine Heavyweight Champion. The some people would say that Wladamir was never any good anyway and only had the skill of an amateur boxer.