He was the first to beat Willie Pep...He went the distance with the prime, vicious welterweight Robinson 3 times...He fought one of the hardest hitting lightweights in Ike Williams, 3 times, getting decisioned twice, but winning the last fight against by 6th round stoppage...He fought just about every top name from his era...Who would you take to equal the feats of Sammy Angott? I've only seen Angott highlights twice on film...His third fight with Robinson, and the first Zivic fight...Angott fights very aggressively, with mauling attack...'The Clutch' is aptly named.
he reason he beat Pep, was because it was a over the weight bout. Angott had weight on Featherweight Pep.
The reason he beat Pep, because he was a more clever fighter at the moment they met. He outboxed and outgeneraled Pep.
Angott is a very underrated fighter who would pose stylistic nightmares for anyone not extremely powerful or as adept as he was at fighting in a clinch. He was a kind of defensively better Ricky Hatton. Very hard to keep off with movement alone. You needed to be able to hold your own in the trenches or hit like a mule if you wanted to have a chance of getting the better of him. Infighting and power weren't Willie's forte, and with Pep fighting against a naturally stronger Angott, it was always going to be trouble for him. I think Angott, with a fairly lenient ref is a good bet to beat someone like Floyd Mayweather at lightweight. He won't take the shots Hatton did, but he will be on Floyd and forcing him to fight in clinches. He could scrap away a win there. Angott's record against slick boxer types is outstanding, beating Pep, Montgomery (x 3), Miller, Sarron and quite a few others as well.
Pep was a 2/7 favorite to win that fight and it was Angott's first fight back after he initially retired (brought on by a shattered bone in one of his hands). There was only 4lbs difference in weight. The reason he beat Pep was because he didn't allow Pep to fight his fight.
