Sam Langford vs Deontay Wilder

Neither were ruled knockdowns. And the fact of the matter is he has never been KOd in over 40 fights while Langford has 8 ko losses to men who dont even hit remotely as hard as wilder and to men who werent even heavyweights.

 

It's a ridiculous mismatch. Don't waste your time.

If the fight was signed today, let alone a three-fight series (as the first post describes), Wilder would get destroyed in the media for even taking it.

Langford fought in era where guys laid on each other for 90 percent of round. He didn't fight guys like Wilder who were a foot taller who stood six feet away and two seconds later were walking to a neutral corner with the opponent dead on the floor.

It's a laughable mythical matchup. Wilder doesn't hold guys to his chest and walk around with them like Jack Johnson. He doesn't lay his head on their shoulders like Jeanette and do a slow dance.

Wilder stays out of range until he's ready to fight, then he launches an attack, then he backs out. There's no LAYING ON OTHER GUYS and clinching for most every round, like was the case back then.

If Langford survived the first round, Wilder would be having an off night. And he'd have been ridiculed for letting someone like Langford, who fought as low as 135-140, even getting out of the first.

This is a joke thread.

 

Willie Driver was probably a better fighter than Langford. According to the video he was 36-0 as an amateur. He had been trained by people who knew everything Langford knew plus all of the new things that had been used since. Driver looks better on video than Langford. Langford was successful in his time because his opposition was weak. The old saying, "in the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king."

There is no "equivalency" of eras. A contender in Langford's time probably wouldn't be in the top 200 today.

 

Willie Driver's trainers knew how to use indian clubs?
Where did Driver's trainers get all their wrestling knowledge?

Sounds like he was trained by some interesting characters, I'd love it if you could share more of your knowledge on them.

 

More seriously the idea that the trainer of some unknown would have all the knowledge of previous generations is absurd even on the face of it.

Could Emmanuel Steward train someone to fight like Henry Armstrong or Jack Dempsey?
Could Cus D'Amato train someone to fight like Gene Tunney or Tommy Gibbons?

 

This thread is comical. "Langford was KOd 8 times" "Willie Driver was probably a better fighter than Langford" "Langford was successful because his opposition was weak" Some of the dumbest statements Ive ever heard and that says a lot on this forum. Let Wilder have nearly 300 fights and then tell me how many times hes been KOd. How many HOFers did Willie Driver fight much less beat. Here I'll do the heavy lifting for you: ZERO. People crying about Langford getting stopped 8 times in over 200 fights yet Driver was KOd 21 times in 38 fights. Driver only fought two men with more than 11 wins to their name. He beat two men with winning records in his career. Their records were 1-0-1 and 9-2. Should I go on? Sam Langford fought 12 HOFers in 57 fights and scored at least one knockout over most of them. So yeah, Langford's record shits all over Drivers and Wilders.

 

Bit Player Vesti, aren't you the guy who thought that slipping a punch was a lost art known as the "wizard technique?" Driver, according to the video was a decent amateur, he looked to have decent fundamentals, if he was fighting the type of opponent that Langford fought, he'd probably be famous today too. Unfortunately for him, his opponents were well versed in the "wizard technique."

Klompton, Wilder could beat everybody Langford fought and probably not even get hit, much less lose or get knocked out. Wilder could well lose to Usyk, Hrgovic, Fury, Ruiz, Joshua, etc. but he wouldn't lose to Langford or anybody of that era. If you think old boxers are equal or better than the new ones, enjoy your fantasy, but don't try to convince me. I've seen the video.

70sFan865, the video you posted of Corbett showing his "jab" and thinking it was good told me all I need to know about your boxing knowledge. Driver fought real boxers in a real era, put him back in Langford's era, he'd probably be a legendary fighter today. Even if you studied Langford's footage...if you thought that Corbett jab was good, you probably just wouldn't understand.

 

No. No one thought that.

I said "Wizard style" is a term that fell out of usage.

But it's easier to repeat your made **** than actually defend your nonsense.

 

I LOL'd when I read that

 

And Langford's reach is only 11 inches shorter than Wilder's, to go along with the FOOT height difference. (LOL)

Stop already.

Langford wouldn't be facing a guy from his era who liked to lay and hug on Langford for the majority of a round and give up every size advantage.

Sam Langford never gets close against arguably the biggest puncher the heavyweight division has ever produced.

It's a one-sided mismatch of epic proportions. Wilder KO1.