How well would Sam Langford do today?

I have both comfortably behind him.

The difference, probably, is that you stress head to head and what Vitali Klitschko does against him at boxing in your head.

Janitor and I will be using data which exists in the real world to compare their achievements in the relative eras regardless of our unproven opinions as to their boxing ability.

 

Well Langford has wins over heavyweights form the early 1900s who belong on the top 40 all time list.

Vitali certainly doesn't.

Langford beat all the best heavyweights he met.

Vitlai lost to the two best heavyweight he met (And the only guys he met in contention for the top 50).

Vitali made my top 30 because he was very, very dominant but he clearly me the very worst opposition in my top thirty. By great distance. He's a punt, essentially. Having him above Sam Langford but claiming to care about their achievements is odd.

 

From memory, I think I had him at 101.

 

I can't be arsed repeating the exercise and because he isn't within the 100 I dont' have detailed data on the why, but i'm absolutely sure it'll be eminently justifiable.

He sits with guys like Kid McCoy, Greg Page, Tommy Morrison, Jack Dillon, Lou Nova, Young Stribling, Ruslan Chagaev, Johnny Risko, Tony Galento, Tony Tubbs, Lamon Brewster, Bonecrusher Smith, Jake Kilrain, Clarence Henry, Lee Q Murray, Frank Slavin...not quite enough to make the 100.

130 years of boxing, after all, is rather a lot.

 

Those are some bad top fifties.