"Langford got the better of Willis in their first four fights. It was only when wear and tear and age caught up to Langford that Wills won....
Sept. 9, 1913 - Newspaper clipping from unknown source. Johnson Quits In First Round “It took Sam Langford a little more than half a...
"He lost to Wills because of Wills being too big and extremely good. He lost to Fulton because a huge man with speed and a jab was too much for...
Me either, unless they're claiming McVey is the guy over the left shoulder of the balding party in the white robe directly behind Langford. That...
Wait a minute, I think I may have misunderstood you guys. I thought you were saying that photo was of Langford sparring with Wills, but you're...
Fellas, Wills was 6' 3" and 210 to 230 lbs. Take a look at the size of that fellow in the picture in comparison to 5' 7" Sam Langford. There is no...
"Sam sparring. Looks fat doesn't he? That's Wills on the left." That is not Harry Wills on the left in the photo on the first page of this...
I see that Boxrec has the fight between the two listed as 7/7/1910, but with a comment that the exact date & location is unknown. No clue where...
I have a book titled 'Two Champs From Narrabri' by Max Ryan about Billy Squires and Colin Bell and on page 54 it says "Read's Boxing Records for...
"I would like to see an Adam Pollock style book on the heavyweight Black Dynamite group of Langford, Jeanette, McVey, Johnson and Wills ... a fat,...
The one I'm aware of is just beginning to be written, so no idea when it might be finished.
I'd love to read a good biography on any of the following men: Jack Blackburn, Young Griffo, the Nonpareil Jack Dempsey, Harry Wills, the original...
"Langford again has too many losses at every stage of his career and hes been stopped. Yeah he fought all the way up to heavyweight, but he just...
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Part 3 For four decades after the end of Louis’s career, black boxers dominated the heavyweight division. Only during the past decade...
