Sam langford, great?

In 2 minds over him, yes he held his own as a teenager against Gans/Walcott, good results, but not great results at those weights, very good but he's no great WW. As a MW/LHW he may have been the best of his era for sure

As a HW yes he has a very good resume but against the best 2,Johnson he's 0-1 and Wills he's 2-15 (or something like that)

Then another thing - how deep was the opposition back then, they seemed to fight the same guys over and over and over again, a smaller talent pool is less impressive

Then I wonder how advanced was the sport back then, competitive boxing wasn't as wide spread as a sport. We've seen MMA develop and improve in it's first 15years, looking at footage it seems boxing at this time was going through a similar learning curve. Although Langford looks better than many on film there are still some aspects that look technically wrong.

Beating every runner and going unbeaten in the 1910s wouldn't make you the best runner of all time if your times were 10% slower that modern runners

 

Why do people think the Classic is some kind of sacred ground where nothing is to be taken lightly?

 

I...can see where it says you've edited the post, Dear Watson. :hat

"Gentlemen, please direct me to the smoothest whiskey, most hydroscopic mustache conditioner and classiest poon in this place, please. I'm in training."

 

Fixed. :hey