Sam Langford The Best Fighter Of All Time?

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  1. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I think Langoford may be the best. The man was a freak, he had it all. Do any people around here think sam was the best?

    This article tell just how good Langford was
    http://coxscorner.tripod.com/langford.html
     
    cotto20, Sep 21, 2009
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  2. McGrain

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    Yeah, I have him at #1 all time. There are other picks just as good though. Greb, Armstrong, Sugar.
     
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  3. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    interesting. So in your mind langford is the best fighter of all time? Have you read the book written on him yet? is it any good?
     
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  4. Chris Warren

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    How many fights of this guy has footage so you can see him in action? Not many, maybe 2 or 3 fights so you dont know how good he is. He is another one of those early fighters who career is based on hearsay. What we do know is boxers of that era wasn't as skilled as modern fighters and he fought in a era where the boxers wore alot smaller gloves.

    Sam Langford is the best boxer named Sam Langford but that is about it.
     
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  5. McGrain

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    Yeah, in my mind he's the best fighter of all time.

    The book is excellent, a really good read.
     
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  6. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    For a start that made no sense, and langford career isnt just based of ''hearsay'' you idiot!
     
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  7. cotto20

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    been wanting to get the book for ages! what other boxing books do you reccomend?
     
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  9. Flea Man

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    I happen to think not seeing a substantial amount of footage on a fighter is as good a cause for not rating them as any.

    However, there is a small amount of footage on Langford, and I think he would've been a success(to some extent) at any time in history.

    I'm not one of these that give him the nod against ATG heavys such as Ali and Foreman, nor do I think he could take down the likes of Foster and Spinks at LHW. Maybe I'd change my mind if I'd seen a massive amount of footage, but I don't gauge fighters on how good they might be based on newspaper reports.

    Only my opinion, others share it but it doesn't mean I don't look upon guys like Langford and Greb unfavourably or not enjoy dicussing them.
     
    Flea Man, Sep 21, 2009
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  10. cotto20

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    interesting, how good is the corbett book?
     
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  11. McGrain

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    Brilliant. It's only interested in the fights though, so if you're looking for something a little fleshier look elsewhere. It's one of the best of it's kind though.
     
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  12. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    so dosent it tell you much about corbett as a person? just mainly takes you through his fights?
     
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  13. McGrain

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    Yeah. In great detail. Invaluable given there is no footage of many of these fights.
     
    McGrain, Sep 21, 2009
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  14. cotto20

    cotto20 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    interesting. What exactly is dark trade about?
     
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