Sam Langford vs. Jack Dempsey

mcvey · Oct 1, 2018

BitPlayerVesti said: ↑

At middleweight? Did he mean The Nonpareil?

As great as he was Nonpareil was probably more around a Lightweight/Welterweight naturally, coupling Langford's size advantage with his brilliance I wouldn't give him much of a chance, I think Langford was similar in ability to Fitz and look at what he did to Dempsey, and that was probably before Fitz's prime.
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How many bareknuckle fights did he have?

mcvey · Oct 1, 2018

unitas said: ↑

yeah, i remember reading that what dempsey said on langford. personally, i think dempsey might have been a bit of a media product.
his resume for a legend is way too thin. beating an out of shape willard, a dying billy miske, a way too small carpentier. then there was firpo who was big and tough but talentless. his best Challenger was an old Tommy Gibbons......and that was a flat Performance. the best fighter he fought was tunney…...and tunney schooled him twice. okay, dempsey was faded then, but i think he probably would have lost to tunney had he been in his prime.

then there were all These great black fighters…….and he fought None of them!! i remember reading how he met a black light Heavyweight in new York once and got his ass handed to him so he moved back out west and went barn storming through former White hopes.
langfords resume is so much superior to that of dempsey, they shouldnt even be mentioned in the same breath.
my biggest concearn would have been that langford was so much Shorter...…..but then again, he ko´d much bigger men.
and stylwise dempseys agression should have suited the Boston tar Baby. talentwise, both were probably much Closer than on paper…...but i have to go with langford.
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Wills and later Godfrey were the only viable opponents for Dempsey as champion.

mcvey · Oct 1, 2018

catchwtboxing said: ↑

I would pick Dempsey, but it is worth nothing that the Mauler said he would have fought Wills, and the ONLY guy that he was afraid of was Sam Langford.
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He was 19 years old when he refused fight with Sam.Context!

BitPlayerVesti · Oct 1, 2018

mcvey said: ↑

How many bareknuckle fights did he have?
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Dempsey? I honestly don't have a clue, it seems most of his big fights were gloved atleast.

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