"Klompton v Fistsfork ,no handshake." Good one McVey :lol: I hate to think of all the hours that have been spent on this thread that could...
Actually it appears Siler was stricken in Chicago on June 4 while heading downtown to catch a train to Milwaukee to view the fight so never made...
"Also look for an interview Papke did with George Siler not long after the first fight. I believe it appeared in the Chicago Trib. He mentions it...
This Papke-Ketchel controversy is pretty interesting to me and I've been doing a fair amount of digging into it of late as well. I came across...
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Found the following three newspaper accounts of the Sept. 25, 1907 Barry - Langford fight on newspaperarchives: The Daily Times (New Brunswick,...
Interesting, I see what you're looking at, Boxrec has the following reference for the fight: "Langford was knocked down in the 1st, Barry was...
Here's the notes I have concerning the September 25, 1907 fight between Langford and Barry. Unfortunately, I don't see the source noted for the...
Part II Sam: “If anybody was to ask, who is light heavyweight champion of the world, I would say: “Little Thammy, and no one else...
Part I (Too long for one post) Not that the following has any conclusive bearing on this issue, but I thought it might be of interest to some to...
"Langford also lost to Barry x3, as well as drew with him. Lost to Flynn Lost to Smith Lost to Jim Johnson, and drew with him. This was in...
"I read it some time ago, I beleive one of his working female friends was called May Sutton,personally I have no interest in a boxer's sex life or...
"Just in passing Langford regularly consorted with prostitutes , as did Sullivan, and Corbett, travelling around the country with them ,none of...
I guess my own knee jerk reaction might be to say the same thing concerning Langford's wins over Gans and Hague for a similar reason. Gans was the...
