Apr 27, 1910 Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Langford vs. Stanley Ketchel: The bout took place in Philadelphia, PA at the National AC. "Sam...
Jack Johnson’s Own Story by Jack Johnson – Installment No. 1 (Copyright, 1929, Graphic Syndicate, Inc.) There is one question that is...
"The hell I feared no man. There was one man, he was even smaller than I, I wouldn't fight him because I knew he would flatten me. I was afraid of...
"My new manager (John the Barber) was all business the first day he took over. "Jack," he said "we're going to make some real money. I've already...
The following is an excerpt from a February 1950 Ebony magazine article: "Sam Langford, one of the greatest of all heavyweights, is another...
Yes, I'm familiar with that quote from Fleischer's book and include this information in the Langford book. By all accounts he gave Langford a...
"The only reason why Sam lasted the distance is that Johnson eased off of him after dropping him early." I'm not sure about a visit to the...
"Since we have the guy who wrote the book on Langford (literally) I always wanted to ask; do you think Langford few into his power from his days...
"What think you of this? "He (Langford) spent much of his prime career at middleweight, with his best weight about 165 pounds." --Monte Cox...
I spent a lot of time studying Langford's career and came to the conclusion he was at his best in the 170-180 range. And I believe he was at his...
"Someone needs to do the proper research and write a book. Clay? Adam? Other aspiring scribes? " It is surprising to me that nobody has...
So far as Langford was concerned I don't believe that Wills himself thought he was in Langford's class. Here's an excerpt from page 295 of my book...
The Name of the Game by Adam Heach. 2012 softcover. This story concerns the life and boxing career of Thad Spencer who at one time was the #1...
It’s interesting to me to read Johnson’s comments about Sam Langford in some of these articles. For instance in installment number 10...
Here's some information I found among my notes concerning this issue: Sam was dissatisfied with himself, because he felt he should have whipped...
