How could Sam Langford fight when he was nearly blind?

Becaause he is Sam Langford

 

Blind in medical terms, can imply some vision.

 

My Nan's blind in medical term yet she can still make a banging roast. Pretty much the same thing right

 

Well said .. and likely accurate ..

 

Obviously it wasn't totally blind.. I think that is obvious.. and besides.. I thought it was only in one eye mostly.

 

You can be certified blind and still be able to make out silouettes. I had a family friend growing up who was legally blind but who could still move largely autonomously thanks to a partial ability to distinguish vague shapes and changing in light.

That would help Langford. Also...I'm not sure how scientifically reliable optometry was in Langford's day. Would standard eye examines in that era measure up to the rigor of today?

And maybe...just maybe...the truth about the extent of Sam's blindness was stretched just a touch. We really have no way of knowing.

 

I could fight bums if I was blind too so why give him a cookie for doing it?

 

Tiger Flowers was no bum. That due whipped Harry Greb multiple times

 

Greb beat him, he beat Greb and then most agreed that Greb should have won the third.

No sabría boxeo si lo cogí por el culo.

 

Tune your troll radar.

 

Again another thread about fighters with no footage. How do you know Tiger Flowers was a good fighter? How do you know Greb was a good fighter? Not much footage of them if any right? Again but you heard they were great.

 

Those blindness stories you sometimes hear about old age fighters are probably just rumors and exaggerations.

 

Langford and Greb were true. Hell we've seen guys fight blind in one eyes all the way to the '60's.