How well would Sam Langford do today?

Joe Jennette was around the same size as Jean Pascal but with the skillset of a Chris Eubank Jr.

Beating a stiff , uncoordinated and very basic 190lbs Joe Jennete doesn't prove he has the beating of ANY 200lbs+ man with elite level skills.

Dave Allen would mush Jean Pascal just to puts things into perspective.

I keep hearing about Harry Wils but nobody is willing to acknowledge that out of about 10 fight , Sam was only victorious in about 1 of them. Correct me if im wrong with his exact record.
Ive observed Wills and he is no different than Willard.

Joe Gans is a different story . We already agree that Langford would be ranked the best in the lower weights.

 

You don't actually believe that. You say it because you want to romanticise the legend that surrounds this guy. What you claim defies reality.

You actually believe a little 5'7 man could walk through Joe Joyce? A mammoth of a man so big he made Daniel Doubis look small.. Why do you utter these silly fantasties ?

 

Langford would knock out all 3, possibly same night!

 

Langford stopping Wilder isn't far-fetched.

 

Nah, no way Dave Allen beats Jean Pascal.

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Where did I say he'd walk through Joe Joyce ?

 

I am the ignorant one ?!
Yet you are the one who claims he'd be champ in any division he wants and retire undefeated.
Sure, he might improve and be great in the lower classes, but he stands no chance whatsoever higher up in weight/class.

Yeah, and pigs fly.
Man, you lack common sense.

 

he had the skillset for , do you know what differences of skillsets look like , can you compare properly or is it the same old hands down bad they dont look modern argument from you dummies.

 

Ill say he walks through Joe Joyce.

 

Skill matters obviously, but so does size, and you people keep forgetting that. The man was 5 ft 6 - 5 ft. 7, for ****s sake. How can you really believe he stands a chance of being undefeated ?!?
He ain't even a MW at that height. Bigger guys will rip him apart, regardless of his skill.

 

So 5'7.5 Langford would be too small for MWs, but 5'8 Canelo isn't too small for LHWs? Seriously?

 

Damn you are dumb, go look up this fight kid norfolk vs big bill tate ...mr tate was 6 ft 6 and norfolk wasnt even 6 feet go look how that fight went. With that size differential , go look up Mickey walker vs jack sharkey when you are shorter or smaller you get inside ,Sam had fight ending power on the inside . None of these modern guys will prevent him from getting the clinch , (if a boxer wants to clinch tthey will clinch hell go look up boxing vs karate joey hadley (cus damato student) the karate guy was able to clinch any time he wanted , you cant stop the clinch from happening and here is where Langford makes his money on the modern guys .

 

Mickey Walker is a great example of a middleweight who took on heavyweights.
And consider that almost everyone at the time regarded Walker as not as great a fighter, or at least not as great a puncher, as Langford, gives an idea of how good Sam was.

 

My point is that due to his height Langford can't take on top HWs