A KO and a Preach for the same price. That's what I call Full Service! 😂
@Hector-Truth_Finder4 ай бұрын
💯😂
@jaza457x84 ай бұрын
sermon
@DeeDee_Nola4 ай бұрын
@@DeeDee_Nolacorrect, the word is sermon as the ceremonial preeching session of a preacher is correctly called but we ain't know all dat when we blaq n' slow and we certainly are that(though my dna is part yellow, hence this name of mine being far flung into the east where dogs are treats).
@linyenchin67734 ай бұрын
That's beautiful! ❤🎉
@BiffTannon19834 ай бұрын
Preach on brother lol 😂
@fattpensacolafl40464 ай бұрын
Damn that’s cold “Remember, I taught you everything you know. Not everything I know.”
@bepisthebenis51114 ай бұрын
I believe my self too be a bad ass at one time or another, I guess every one does. But your quote has to be the most bad ass quote I have ever heard...😂😂😂
@paulvega53002 ай бұрын
THIS!!🎯🎯
@knomaddTVАй бұрын
Exactly
@kommunitykonnectedАй бұрын
😂💯😎
@coryblankman3808Ай бұрын
@@paulvega5300aye I'm a bit of a badass myself ngl
@jackrobinson5679Ай бұрын
Dude people were so much eloquent and expressive back then even a boxer speaks so compellingly
@whatthe3711Ай бұрын
"Death and damnation", probably the names of his fists.
@user-pm7nr7le1b4 ай бұрын
That's a good one 😂
@majorcoats77776 күн бұрын
Imagine being knocked out and coming back to just to be humbled again by scripture.
@ChadoTheDon4 ай бұрын
😂he did the right thing to preach to him
@Punch78904 ай бұрын
I know he really taught him a real lesson
@HarryHeath-pb6rv4 ай бұрын
Must have had the appetite for two slices of humble pie
@dansweda7124 ай бұрын
Best to learn while humble.
@Fencellisk4 ай бұрын
Am I the only one that thinks it was just a cold ass line? Like the "sin" was even stepping to HIM in the first place?
@davidjones80434 ай бұрын
Pre Supplements, pre Steroids, pre modern Gym equipment etc and just look at these Gladiators. 🙌
@nthnmonkey4 ай бұрын
Yeah... Almost as if our species gotten... Skinner as time passed... And more shiny for some reason.
@TKOthunder4 ай бұрын
@TKOthunder Men of today have lower testosterone level then men from this time
@dluckie144 ай бұрын
@@TKOthunder huh 😭
@3ikyy4 ай бұрын
@@TKOthunderwtf r u talking about sounds creepy
@JP-fv1id4 ай бұрын
@@3ikyythis dudes a creep
@JP-fv1id4 ай бұрын
“You even dream about swinging on me boy, you better wake up and apologize” Alternate ending:
@dfrank65064 ай бұрын
🤣😆😭👍🏾 Now that's old school right there 💯
@jeromeakablackrambo_62 ай бұрын
Classic !!!! 😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥
@Isis-eq1dzАй бұрын
Best comment here!!
@dc7236Ай бұрын
😅😂😅😂
@TekaraYoung-kb2umАй бұрын
Ain't heard that one in a dog's age lol 😂
@mr.buentello68Ай бұрын
My grandfather was born 3-12-1914. He was a big man as well. Always did manual work hands on. When I would go to my frends house the stories some of their grandparents would tell me about him. He was church bound every Sunday, but he was no one to play with lol. He was my father figure. Rest his soul he died August 2009 😢.
@leesbikelife22313 ай бұрын
😢
@0ccab0t832 ай бұрын
It's nice that you loved your grandpa(may he rest in peace) but what the hell does your comment have to do with the video? Did you even watch it. Sam Langford was 5'7" & fought from lightweight all the way up to heavyweight.
@WorldCupWillieАй бұрын
@@WorldCupWilliehis grandfather told him ABOUT THIS BOXER… ugh read..
@Ninjasnail1926Ай бұрын
@@Ninjasnail1926 lol. You're criticising my reading comprehension? Read it again, doofus. The stories he was told by his friend's grandparents, were about his grandfather, not the boxer. 🤦🏼🤡
@WorldCupWillieАй бұрын
You have some SERIOUS issues. REAL SERIOUS!!!!@@WorldCupWillie
@peace2u430Ай бұрын
"Wages of sin are death and damnation", amen to that!!😅😅😅 Preach, preacher!
@nelsonkiiru72524 ай бұрын
Exactly 💯
@jacksonogwindi16534 ай бұрын
Point taken
@overlordp.37584 ай бұрын
If you believe christ died on the cross. You will not
@goodrich36794 ай бұрын
@@goodrich3679don't just believe. Obey.
@user-fp6rn2km4i4 ай бұрын
Testify.
@moonshinershonor2024 ай бұрын
That's some cold blooded shit to say somebody after you knock them out 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@chazg84894 ай бұрын
That old man was on a whole other plane of existence to the rest of us
@mysty04 ай бұрын
He spoke the truth where you get cold blooded from
@yacobshelelshaddai45434 ай бұрын
@@yacobshelelshaddai4543...... What do you think cold blooded means in this context 😑
@emanuelmartinez72674 ай бұрын
Not if you read the Gospel and accept the Message 😁
@elim72284 ай бұрын
@@mysty0fool u didn't exist back then
@33GLOCK4 ай бұрын
These guys were jacked!! Imagine what they’d look like today if they had everything that we have
@NabilAbdulrashidComedy4 ай бұрын
We are the ORIGINAL GIANTS 🙄
@eyedc8901Ай бұрын
They would look like today's boxers. Everything we got includes "vices, distractions and addictions." They were likely better off back then.
@gustavogomez7331Ай бұрын
@gustavogomez7331 might be the same size, but the not same mentality like u would have to kill them to win
@ojmosby5755Ай бұрын
Yea, like steroids.
@kylo_ren6312Ай бұрын
Jack Dempsey said in his book and publicly many times that if he ever fought Sam Langford, he (Dempsey) would be knocked out.
@user-ys2wp4cr9g4 ай бұрын
They say he’s the only man jack Johnson never wanted to fight
@spenser6353Ай бұрын
Sam Langford was a walking cure for intrusive thoughts.😊
@macman9754 ай бұрын
Hahaha haha apparently so
@TheIrieLionGaming4 ай бұрын
having him as a parent.... wow.
@naithngr81-jh2bb4 ай бұрын
L😂L
@dougfredricks20174 ай бұрын
Still a slave
@jordanl6964 ай бұрын
GREAT COMMENT!
@happygilmore55914 ай бұрын
this guy needs to be celebrated more, absolutely devestating and truelly transcended the weight classes. best ever to never have a title
@benjisnowman20654 ай бұрын
Better than *CHARLEY BURLEY⁉️⁉️⁉️*
@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_4 ай бұрын
@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_ there weren't titles at the time
@jasoneastling3324 ай бұрын
@@jasoneastling332 Burley fought during RØBINSØN’s time 🕰️, there were titles
@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_4 ай бұрын
@@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_ I was talking about Langford
@jasoneastling3324 ай бұрын
@@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_langford is a close second to burley
@Charley.Burley4 ай бұрын
God i wish people still talked like that!
@leightonlawrence88324 ай бұрын
There is nothing in life I have paid more for than humility.
@Safexscape4 ай бұрын
😂😂😂 Be careful who you play with!!
@Michael-nj1um4 ай бұрын
Foreal foreal 😅😅😅😅
@anyright86834 ай бұрын
Thats why I play with myself
@TheBootyman944 ай бұрын
White folk made slaves fight and now it’s a sport. They been playing us for centuries
@WingoTribe7044 ай бұрын
If they were in same era who would win this guy or Cassius Clay?
@ItsMe-ic7on4 ай бұрын
@@TheBootyman94 Aaayoo
@chrisixdigit4 ай бұрын
this some baki shit
@TheHenrikku4 ай бұрын
Bruh if he didn’t had a humble phrase afterwards the story might as well have been Yujiro.
@jihadao4 ай бұрын
@@jihadaoif he was Yujiro he’d have a big ass smile on his face when Godfrey was gonna throw a punch
@DrOrr4 ай бұрын
Word up ,heyyy.
@blackitachitha7thhokage7214 ай бұрын
🤣 Str8 up
@jaysingh054 ай бұрын
Baki doing Sam Langford shit. 💀
@Fencellisk4 ай бұрын
Some people are very aware of others intentions and their own surroundings or environments. The biggest mistake one can make is thinking that some people are unaware or don’t know. This is usually the case with overconfident, arrogant or self obsessed beings.
@PhallicEnergy4 ай бұрын
How do they sense it? I’m curious because I never sense anything, I just watch people’s words, body language, and actions.
@lesbiancholo36034 ай бұрын
@@lesbiancholo3603 you just described it. You look at body language, emotions, you can see if someone is shady by their eyes kinda. Its a mix of observation and intuition, as well as experience
@cumcumcum1484 ай бұрын
Biggest snitch in history.?? Our ENERGY(AURA).
@SamadStevens3 ай бұрын
@@cumcumcum148people who are self absorbed miss the energy of others. Always thinking bout what we're gonna do and our opponents energy go right over our head.
@SamadStevens3 ай бұрын
It reminds me of Cus D'Amato and Mohammed Ali sparring, and Ali thought that he had it all figured out but didn't see Cus D'Amato's punch coming to his rib. The technic was just amazing.
@franciscacazanga51514 ай бұрын
Good music on his Technics then? I remember installing my Technic speakers with great Technique.
@macman9754 ай бұрын
@@macman975 😂
@atlien19884 ай бұрын
They were playing around ali would dust cuss all do respect
@kennethdenson82234 ай бұрын
@@kennethdenson8223 I totally agree. And we need to remember that D'Amato was more than just a coach, he was a philosopher, a professor, a grandmaster in his craft. But Ali was without any shadow of a doubt the fighter. Thus, no comparison can be made.
@franciscacazanga51514 ай бұрын
Ever quick on his feet, Ali responded "You're smarter than you look!" 😂
@WhiskeyMyersourАй бұрын
Lmao this story made me crack up!. "Seems like I done been knocked out cold" 😂😂
@orlandojohnson-gu4kq4 ай бұрын
Johhhn coffee😂😂😂
@JamesHetfield-hm9xh4 ай бұрын
@@JamesHetfield-hm9xhlove coffee❤
@trevipp4 ай бұрын
🤣 me too!!! Whole short made my day
@KeithWickliffe794 ай бұрын
Hahaha 🥊🥶😭‼️
@HoneyHoneyBaby4 ай бұрын
Dog garnit
@SmashGuru0074 ай бұрын
Damn, everyone was scared of Sam Langford🔥 and so they should have been
@sonofabraham40944 ай бұрын
Pretty good for a Canadian 😊
@timothydempsey89634 ай бұрын
He fought in any weight class. There will never be another 💪🏿🥊
@WarrenHolly4 ай бұрын
I wish that white people would have the same assertive attitude as Langford and stop being scared of the race card....of course when the media is anti white I can understand why some whites are nervous
@giffysstiffy8874giffytuck4 ай бұрын
I weren't I called him boy
@dubiousplantdiet4 ай бұрын
@@dubiousplantdiet ??
@gwi83734 ай бұрын
People spoke with so much more eloquence and descriptiveness in those times. 2024: “bruh, that shit was wild!”
@jacobsmith35264 ай бұрын
It seems slang was used sparingly, not 100 percent of the time.
@hanniballecter44542 ай бұрын
So tell me how they justify being more slang and ebonics now when they were less coming out of slavery @@hanniballecter4454
@user-lo4np1bs1rАй бұрын
Bro just knocked the fucking "Evil" out of him no 🧢
@neetuverma17264 ай бұрын
a telegraph punch will be dealt with Sam was feared God even Dempsey knew
@HarryHeath-yn2gzАй бұрын
Didn’t matter how big you were Sam Langford was a beast
@waynepartridge40994 ай бұрын
Sam Langford one of the Greatest to ever do it .
@melanatedone48944 ай бұрын
Beat over 100 top 10s,him and Harry greb have insane numbers
@dantedlane24 ай бұрын
Yea right dude has a terrible style lmao
@dontrah18384 ай бұрын
@@dontrah1838You're stupid.
@underdoggrecords57014 ай бұрын
@@dantedlane2You mean top 100. 😅😅
@massey4business4 ай бұрын
And only 5'6
@realMaverickBuckley4 ай бұрын
Damnnn Sam Langford was the truth ! A middleweight who regularly took down world class heavyweights
@veganskillz4 ай бұрын
Langford or Tyson 🤔 Time machine Match ?
@Jack-sk2el4 ай бұрын
@@Jack-sk2el That’s a great matchup and a tough one to call! Well Tyson seemed to have better footwork and head movement but I think by the later rounds Langford would walk him down and connect on the end of some of his heavy knockout blows. He was a 15 round fighter where Tyson would do all his best work in the first 3-4 rounds so it would just be a matter of time.
@veganskillz4 ай бұрын
@@veganskillzanother thing to take into consideration is that Tyson had to punch upwards against the vast majority of his opponents. He wouldn't be able to do that against Langford.
@nelsonmcatee37214 ай бұрын
Sam was a preacher for real 😂😂
@domjoao72454 ай бұрын
Sam Langford is a mysterious but albeit extraordinary figure to look back upon throughout boxing history. He definitely was well above average as he was more than capable of overcoming people much larger than him and had the unique ability to put out more than what his body should be able to sustain. A legendary boxer to study upon
@c.galindo96394 ай бұрын
Langford is a David of his time.
@anthonymcken60504 ай бұрын
@@anthonymcken6050 definitely was and had much more to show that we haven’t seen but only heard about
@c.galindo96394 ай бұрын
🎉🎉deve ter sido mal treinado com esses tamanho deveria ter destruído tudo tamanho não funciona sem treinamento
@deilsonpazaraujodenilsonar70794 ай бұрын
He was a heavyweight champ at soem point right with the frame and low bodyweight
@bryanrodriguez92264 ай бұрын
The human body is a strange and wonderful thing. I have met people who have had incredible intellects, people who have had incredible strength beyond what their frames would suggest, and people whose speed was blinding fast. Mister Langford seems to have been blessed with all three, as well as the property of wisdom. My question is, who humbled him?? I'm "relatively" sure someone did, at some point in his life.
@TimeSurfer2064 ай бұрын
Lol dude was even more in tune than what he thought.. the fact that merely the change in body language and facial expression is what dude picked up on and knocked him out for it 😭😭😭
@whitninyo25254 ай бұрын
That's why i think everyone should learn how to fight. Body language is a lot more important when missing it means catching a blow.
@danielcox76294 ай бұрын
💯THAT'S WHAT BOXERS GO OFF MOST OF THE TIME(BODY LANGUAGE)💯
@zackdicker98374 ай бұрын
That same intuitive mindset is what keeps some of us alive,or upright in the streets,survival instincts.
@ruh-ul-qudussaid84463 ай бұрын
This is the same fighter who won the Mexican heavyweight title and KO’ed Hall of Famer Tiger Flowers in 2 rounds whilst being legally blind. Yeah I guess he had some good senses
@seanking61842 ай бұрын
George Godfrey reminds me of another great boxer from back in that day Jack Johnson 🥊
@MrCHAIRMANOFTHEBORED4 ай бұрын
Just glancing at the thumbnail, that’s who I thought it was lol
@CarolinaKvngpin4 ай бұрын
I loved the way they talked back then.. ruffled tuff manly men and still facilitate thier words so elegantly
@user-jd4nt4ie4cАй бұрын
I love that story. That's a GOAT thing to say LOL respect your elders.
@ShogunateDaimyo4 ай бұрын
Sam is the greatest
@ReissBXNG4 ай бұрын
Bahh bahhh
@danielwarpaint19634 ай бұрын
Lesson: Don't ever play with fire.
@losenadivuavua83444 ай бұрын
People had such a command of the English language back then. It's a shame how we barely speak it today.
@UnchainedMelody864 ай бұрын
Are you joking what is special about English language 😂
@djblaqice19602 ай бұрын
@@djblaqice1960listen how they talk and how we talk now " ayy bruh that shit was mid. Or cap" come on
@user-lo4np1bs1rАй бұрын
😂😂😂😂 “ next a charitable soul was pouring water on my face” knock the f out the energy of success loves humble ppl smh
@lovablealexa78394 ай бұрын
Old boxers are no joke. There was recently some 80 year old boxer who beat the crap out of someone who entered his home to rob him
@oldmansportsog25144 ай бұрын
Jack Dempsey did that. In his 70s or 80s he beat off two attackers..
@Peter-jo6yu4 ай бұрын
@@Peter-jo6yuhe beat them off...?
@luismiranda61634 ай бұрын
I know immature 😂
@luismiranda61634 ай бұрын
Still. Woulda been impressive if he could a done that to one attacker let alone two. Shaking their fists angrily at Jack, "You make me do come" Shane Gilis@@luismiranda6163
@gregwil6944 ай бұрын
😂@@luismiranda6163
@stevefoltin98644 ай бұрын
Nothing wrong with losing to the greatest boxer of all time, even when he's blind in both eyes, overweight, and way out of his prime. Godfrey was an AMAZING fighter and puncher either way! 250+ lbs at 6'2½, he was a titan. Fighting at that weight, he fought like a skilled and quick Middleweight! Props to him for stepping into the ring with such great men, including Langford.
@bigbear9904 ай бұрын
Would've made a Hell of a Soldier 🪖
@Jack-sk2el4 ай бұрын
@@Jack-sk2el He was a soldier in the ring for sure 💯
@bigbear9904 ай бұрын
@@Jack-sk2elplease don't
@elim72284 ай бұрын
5'6" 162lbs Sam was called the Boston terror or Boston bonecrusher. Blinded in both eyes from boxing. What a beast
@christaylor44774 ай бұрын
They had steroids back then trust me. They just were aware or them personally most likely. Life used to be really messed up and still is. On another note, this was an awesome story and video to watch.💪
@lxmedianetwork27824 ай бұрын
Bro cleared his doubt without hesitation😂
@YourboyAz854 ай бұрын
"Everybody got a plan until they punched 👊 in the face" the great Mike Tyson
@sunnialiber48684 ай бұрын
Joe Louis said it first pal.
@paulanthony52744 ай бұрын
@@paulanthony5274 heard it first from Mike but thanks
@sunnialiber48684 ай бұрын
Sam Tyson or Mike Langford. 😅
@SlickArmorАй бұрын
Sam Langford was the most underrated fighter of the last two centuries!
@JohnHH594 ай бұрын
That has got to be one of the coldest lines ever Jesus christ
@ff7fanboi4 ай бұрын
Anyone see that calaflower ear? Most of us know what it is now, but in the 20's? Incredible, thank you for sharing these amazing pictures.
@BirdDawg14 ай бұрын
You see them now in cage fighting .. but back then in boxing gloves wernt very good
@KiXa14 ай бұрын
@KiXa1 with grappling and off the matt.
@bio-plasmictoad53114 ай бұрын
@@bio-plasmictoad5311 back then though the boxing gloves were probably on par with a MMA glove of today lol that's kind of what I'm getting at. Now you will never see someone who is only a boxer and not mixed matial arts ,with a coliflower ear
@KiXa14 ай бұрын
Do an internet search for "famous ancient Greek statue of a boxer". Those ears were cauliflowered too.
@abdul-kabiralegbe56604 ай бұрын
So you can get that from boxing too? I always thought it was just a wrestling thing.
@ellis76224 ай бұрын
Thank You for sharing. I was not aware of this fighter, coming from someone that admires the classic warrios.
@MrEdlgar4 ай бұрын
Watch the doc RDB did on Sam Langford!! Additonally, hes done many amazing docs on legends of the sport.
@Michael-nj1um4 ай бұрын
Easily a top five All timer. Plenty of good documentary’s on KZhead 👍 have fun
@jayf43574 ай бұрын
Sam was a freak. Started at welterweight was sleeping and being ducked by Heavyweights
@trvth1s4 ай бұрын
"The wages of sin are death and damnation" - I really like that quote!
@MrRobertX704 ай бұрын
the great samlangford the man who even jack johnson and jack dempsey avoided like a pleague... one of the greatest of all time
@yogevtmax48164 ай бұрын
Dempsey Avoid ? Hard to believe he was a Fearless & Ferocious Boxer 🤔
@Jack-sk2el4 ай бұрын
@@Jack-sk2el i know right? but its his words not mine he said it both in his book and in a interview you can find in on youtube for sure
@yogevtmax48164 ай бұрын
Dempsey was young and not managed well. He wasn't ready for a fight with Langford and knew it. Push a fighter too fast and you can ruin his career. Remember Pete Rademacher? They moved him into a title fight with Floyd Patterson in his first pro fight. Nobody ever heard from him again after that. Langford was way more dangerous than Patterson. The Dempsey from 1919 wouldn't have had to fear Sam.
@nelsonmcatee37214 ай бұрын
Dude looks like he was standing on the auction block.
@SlickArmor4 ай бұрын
I laughed
@sleep34174 ай бұрын
Im an Atheist but that last bar he said said shivers down my spine
@MrMegaman14174 ай бұрын
There's a reason for why you felt that way my friend
@ryon_james923 ай бұрын
@@ryon_james92because humbleness is something all humans can share empathically even while believing in different sky daddies
@devilface97Ай бұрын
When the humble Lion reminds you...... HE'S STILL A LION!.... This makes me think of the mistake people make when they take kindness for weakness.... It's usually those who open doors for other people, or those who give when giving would put them in a more difficult position and they still give... Those are usually the REAL KILLERS... They just do more to subdue the inner beast than most, and that is true power.
@TheIrieLionGaming4 ай бұрын
Sam Langford was a bad man! He’s one of the greatest to ever do it. It’s a shame more people don’t know just how incredible he was, his accomplishments speak for themselves.
@UnityAgainstJewishEvil4 ай бұрын
I love how he talked if he really said it that way.
@Goldo974 ай бұрын
Look at the build, the size and the muscletone of these warriors back in the day. I believe that with the right (LEGAL) supplements, food and today's world class training, men like them could hang with just about any of today's top fighters.
@LanceHotz-yn2si4 ай бұрын
The true Glory Days of boxing.
@russmode4 ай бұрын
Glory for whom?
@hotstepper84204 ай бұрын
I think the 50’s-60’s was the glory days
@user-pp9bl5gr1n4 ай бұрын
Wow, Sam had God's spirit in him
@waltdiesel4 ай бұрын
He had
@parzvalonlyone32784 ай бұрын
And he passed it to Godfrey through his fist.
@DragoonCenten4 ай бұрын
Wow 1920s they are jacked 💪👍
@royharris51014 ай бұрын
better nutrition, farm food, no toxins like they inject today to weaken us
@costumeninja19144 ай бұрын
That's because everything was manual labor back then...
@pointsur674 ай бұрын
@@pointsur67manual labor still exists, we just don't need it as much. Of course, we never should've gone industrial but I don't really care.
@Kitty255Again3 ай бұрын
@Kitty255Again Trust me my friend, you're preaching to the choir. If there's anyone who's known about manual labor in this day and age, it's myself.
@pointsur673 ай бұрын
My father was a golden gloves champ back in the day. When I would try to work a jab on him, I hit his forearms and it felt like I broke my hand. He was a machinist so he did the equivalent of lifting weights 6 hours a day. Few people do that type of labor today.
@faunfoto14 ай бұрын
Langford was Legendary in His Time
@kevinmunday62632 ай бұрын
Sam Langford was a different breed. Dude was only 5'6-5'7 a lightweight knocking out heavyweights with ease. Homie was a bull
@princeparish50014 ай бұрын
Where's the proof some clown on KZhead?
@dontrah18384 ай бұрын
@dontrah1838 it's called documentation. Also Google is free.
@princeparish50014 ай бұрын
@@dontrah1838 Boxrec. Langford was a Phenom, just like Henry Armstrong who came later.
@nthnmonkey4 ай бұрын
Indeed Sir, Langford was a once in a generation fighter and seriously avoided. Even Jack Dempsey wanted no part of him.
@nthnmonkey4 ай бұрын
@nthnmonkey Yup, Sam was a threat for such a small guy, it's a shame he wasn't talked about as much
@princeparish50014 ай бұрын
What a specimen!
@publichealth94704 ай бұрын
Man, Sam had a way with words. I can only imagine how in shock he would be interacting with nowadays crowds.
@rodrigoodonsalcedocisneros9266Ай бұрын
Took his ass to church IN THE RING!💯
@great159Ай бұрын
The "Boston Tar Baby," at 5'6 1/2", 185lbs, fought in weight classes from lightweight to heavyweight, defeating World Champions & legends of the time in each weight class. Langford was a devastating puncher even at heavyweight, and was rated No. 2 by The Ring on their list of "100 greatest punchers of All-Time." Langford was described as "experienced as heavyweight James Toney with the punching power of Mike Tyson." Langford, denied a legitimate shot at a World Championship Title, even though he defeated EVERY World Champion or eventual World Champion in non-title bouts, except for Jack Johnson, who outweighed Langford by 35lbs when he defeated Langford in their only fight. Langford was denied his shot at a legitimate World Title due to the color of his skin, though he was the World Colored Heavyweight Champion, a title vacated by Jack Johnson, the white establishment's selected "colored man," after Johnson won the World Championship(which he would win a record five times). Chirped renowned Champion Jack Dempsey, who refused a fight with Langford, "I think that Sam Langford was the greatest fighter of our time." Langford, a Canadian by birth(The Ring ranked Langford as the 22nd Greatest Canadian Boxer of All-Time), was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He was a Stud🤙 Cheers🍻 RP
@rpjii97714 ай бұрын
It was Jack Johnson himself who refused to fight Langford despite being black as well. He was likely afraid of him.
@connorperrett95594 ай бұрын
Hey @@connorperrett9559, thanks for responding👊 Actually, Johnson & Langford did fight once, with Johnson, who outweighed Langford by 35 pounds, beating Langford handily, breaking his nose, splitting his eye lid and cutting his lip badly. Johnson said later that he could have put Langford on the canvas at any point from the 5th round on, though he had prolonged the match to 15 rounds at the request of the ring's management. Johnson refused to give Langford a rematch once he was Champion. In speaking to a few of the old-timers from the day, one a black Gent who was an asst. trainer at the gym where Langford trained in Boston, he said that the word was that Johnson, who was the first and only black World Champion at the time, did not want to "share" the spotlight with another black fighter, especially a black fighter such as Langston, who, one, had improved greatly since their fight and secondly, could end a fight at any time with just one punch. Actually, it was Jack Dempsey, in 1916, who refused a fight with Langston that many said was out of fear. Dempsey later stated, "I think Sam Langford was the greatest fighter we ever had." Stay Well🍻 RP
@rpjii97714 ай бұрын
George Godfrey, also a Canadian, was no slouch either, as he too won the World "Colored" Championship and literally chased World Heavyweight Champion Jack Sullivan around the country and into Canada, showing up in cities when Sullivan was fighting and challenging him to a fight, anytime, any place. In 1881 a story surfaced that a bare-knuckle fight against Sullivan had been scheduled but was stopped by the Boston police due to boxing being illegal in the state. I asked the Old-Timer that I mentioned above about its legitimacy and he stated that it was true as the Boston Police had put a car outside their gym to basically keep tabs on Godfrey whenever Sullivan was fighting in either the NY/Massachusetts areas, lol Cheers🍻 RP
@rpjii97714 ай бұрын
Sam Langford was 5’7’1/2 son.
@bossplayermfs59724 ай бұрын
@@bossplayermfs5972 If ya google "how tall was Sam Langford," the first line that appears underneath that is 5'7", however his Wiki page states 5' 6 1/2", though what I went by was the asst. trainer who I spoke to and of above, who was 5'7"(I'm 6'2") and said that he was "a smidgeon" taller than Langford. I just took "a smidgeon" to be 1/2" as I figured if he was an inch taller, he would have stated that. I know that "Box Rec" listed him at 5' 7 1/2", though I'm sticking with the trainer, lol. Regardless of whether Sam Langford was 5'6 1/2", 5'7" or 5' 7 1/2", he was a fire hydrant who packed a hell of a punch🥊 RP
@rpjii97714 ай бұрын
It ain't the size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the dog
@Mr.Scimitar4 ай бұрын
"some charitable soul pushing water on my face"
@thecheck48794 ай бұрын
A man of God. Respect!!! 🫡
@yacobshelelshaddai45434 ай бұрын
THANK YOU for putting this together! 😮 🔥
@garbagearchive4 ай бұрын
Def a big dude, can tell just by looking at him, hes legit
@WillThomas-hs3oj4 ай бұрын
That is a huge man
@jeffg44654 ай бұрын
Dude gave him pre sermon to remember him by after his death.
@Holycryptonite474 ай бұрын
Langford must have been an amazing boxer.
@satchycollins39854 ай бұрын
What a beautiful story, love those gloves
@dansweda7124 ай бұрын
"When I left you, I was but a learner. Now I..." "Still are, sucka"
@itskarl75754 ай бұрын
Scarier than Samuel L Jackson saying "...VENGEANCE IS MINE!"
@nema1514 ай бұрын
Look at those big arms on both of them . Presumably without anabolic steroids
@buttonebutton49854 ай бұрын
Heavy weight boxers are bigger now but them old school heavyweights where leaner and meaner...No man boobs 😂
@brianvesta4 ай бұрын
@@brianvestaThere were giants at that time as well, like Jess Willard
@George187984 ай бұрын
Got his ass fully whooped
@seddysed9304 ай бұрын
Words to live by, Amen🙏 .
@sethputnamsghost65384 ай бұрын
Respect the old masters.
@christinemurray14444 ай бұрын
Anger only works when its righteous,thats where we mess up💯
@tophernuttle4204 ай бұрын
314 bouts. Holy cow!
@MrJohnnyDistortion4 ай бұрын
My man was knocked out twice, first by his hands then by his words
@simaoski5560Ай бұрын
That's a true heart . Love boxing in my house . I'll always remember this clip .
@person390Ай бұрын
Amen humble man of God
@EZ123EZ4 ай бұрын
Don't forget what the boston newspapers called this man.
@dullknifefactory4 ай бұрын
Boston Tar Baby (kinda racist honestly) Boston Terror Boston Bonecrusher
@ryneagheilim97824 ай бұрын
@@ryneagheilim9782of course that shit was racist, that was a racist term used towards us then.
@roderickstockdale16784 ай бұрын
But if in a predominantly black society a white boxer was called a chalk baby, I doubt it would have been meant or taken with offence. Seems more like whiny crybabies of today looking to keep hold of offence questionably taken 100 years ago are the ones stoking division today. Oh, let me guess, I'm a racist chalk baby yes? In fact am I even allowed to admire these men?
@wanderer4life4 ай бұрын
Just to read the face of a man and see his thoughts is all u need to know to respect this great fighter 🙏rip
@spacemonkey65324 ай бұрын
The "old man" knows what you are gonna throw, before you even let it go!
@user-qk1cx6gs2z4 ай бұрын
Your voice is so good 😊❤❤
@naskko38844 ай бұрын
Sam Langford was a scientist with those hands 🤜🏿🤛🏿
@oblood1894 ай бұрын
Professor 😐
@justindavis91994 ай бұрын
I mean the final words knocked me out good!❤
@nikto814 ай бұрын
Langford sparked his sparring partner out just for thinking about having a proper go with him 😂😂
@ep8u4 ай бұрын
He is 5 ft 6 1/2" as a HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP with 210 WIns and 43 Losses. How tf is this possible? O____O
@ryneagheilim97824 ай бұрын
fighters fought several times a month and more back in the day..
@pgroove1634 ай бұрын
George got a valuable education that day. Ol Sam could read faces quite well. I hoped George thanked the charitable soul who splashed water in his face. Sam spoke the Truth
@ariel3939394 ай бұрын
Just imagine being there to see those two back in the day in this moment. Man that would have been something.
@jakedavis48284 ай бұрын
That's a real master for the record😉
@americanlivesmatter-BmanWild4 ай бұрын
Mandingo warrior😂
@demalehudson74024 ай бұрын
Fantastic Story
@dismemba4 ай бұрын
Langford was the Man
@treavorwhitlock56064 ай бұрын
He saw that evil light and decided to put it out, for just a sec.
A KO and a Preach for the same price. That's what I call Full Service! 😂
💯😂
sermon
@@DeeDee_Nolacorrect, the word is sermon as the ceremonial preeching session of a preacher is correctly called but we ain't know all dat when we blaq n' slow and we certainly are that(though my dna is part yellow, hence this name of mine being far flung into the east where dogs are treats).
That's beautiful! ❤🎉
Preach on brother lol 😂
Damn that’s cold “Remember, I taught you everything you know. Not everything I know.”
I believe my self too be a bad ass at one time or another, I guess every one does. But your quote has to be the most bad ass quote I have ever heard...😂😂😂
THIS!!🎯🎯
Exactly
😂💯😎
@@paulvega5300aye I'm a bit of a badass myself ngl
Dude people were so much eloquent and expressive back then even a boxer speaks so compellingly
"Death and damnation", probably the names of his fists.
That's a good one 😂
Imagine being knocked out and coming back to just to be humbled again by scripture.
😂he did the right thing to preach to him
I know he really taught him a real lesson
Must have had the appetite for two slices of humble pie
Best to learn while humble.
Am I the only one that thinks it was just a cold ass line? Like the "sin" was even stepping to HIM in the first place?
Pre Supplements, pre Steroids, pre modern Gym equipment etc and just look at these Gladiators. 🙌
Yeah... Almost as if our species gotten... Skinner as time passed... And more shiny for some reason.
@TKOthunder Men of today have lower testosterone level then men from this time
@@TKOthunder huh 😭
@@TKOthunderwtf r u talking about sounds creepy
@@3ikyythis dudes a creep
“You even dream about swinging on me boy, you better wake up and apologize” Alternate ending:
🤣😆😭👍🏾 Now that's old school right there 💯
Classic !!!! 😂😂😂👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾🔥🔥🔥
Best comment here!!
😅😂😅😂
Ain't heard that one in a dog's age lol 😂
My grandfather was born 3-12-1914. He was a big man as well. Always did manual work hands on. When I would go to my frends house the stories some of their grandparents would tell me about him. He was church bound every Sunday, but he was no one to play with lol. He was my father figure. Rest his soul he died August 2009 😢.
😢
It's nice that you loved your grandpa(may he rest in peace) but what the hell does your comment have to do with the video? Did you even watch it. Sam Langford was 5'7" & fought from lightweight all the way up to heavyweight.
@@WorldCupWilliehis grandfather told him ABOUT THIS BOXER… ugh read..
@@Ninjasnail1926 lol. You're criticising my reading comprehension? Read it again, doofus. The stories he was told by his friend's grandparents, were about his grandfather, not the boxer. 🤦🏼🤡
You have some SERIOUS issues. REAL SERIOUS!!!!@@WorldCupWillie
"Wages of sin are death and damnation", amen to that!!😅😅😅 Preach, preacher!
Exactly 💯
Point taken
If you believe christ died on the cross. You will not
@@goodrich3679don't just believe. Obey.
Testify.
That's some cold blooded shit to say somebody after you knock them out 😂😂😂😂😂😂
That old man was on a whole other plane of existence to the rest of us
He spoke the truth where you get cold blooded from
@@yacobshelelshaddai4543...... What do you think cold blooded means in this context 😑
Not if you read the Gospel and accept the Message 😁
@@mysty0fool u didn't exist back then
These guys were jacked!! Imagine what they’d look like today if they had everything that we have
We are the ORIGINAL GIANTS 🙄
They would look like today's boxers. Everything we got includes "vices, distractions and addictions." They were likely better off back then.
@gustavogomez7331 might be the same size, but the not same mentality like u would have to kill them to win
Yea, like steroids.
Jack Dempsey said in his book and publicly many times that if he ever fought Sam Langford, he (Dempsey) would be knocked out.
They say he’s the only man jack Johnson never wanted to fight
Sam Langford was a walking cure for intrusive thoughts.😊
Hahaha haha apparently so
having him as a parent.... wow.
L😂L
Still a slave
GREAT COMMENT!
this guy needs to be celebrated more, absolutely devestating and truelly transcended the weight classes. best ever to never have a title
Better than *CHARLEY BURLEY⁉️⁉️⁉️*
@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_ there weren't titles at the time
@@jasoneastling332 Burley fought during RØBINSØN’s time 🕰️, there were titles
@@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_ I was talking about Langford
@@first_to_lett_a_rhymme_flow_langford is a close second to burley
God i wish people still talked like that!
There is nothing in life I have paid more for than humility.
😂😂😂 Be careful who you play with!!
Foreal foreal 😅😅😅😅
Thats why I play with myself
White folk made slaves fight and now it’s a sport. They been playing us for centuries
If they were in same era who would win this guy or Cassius Clay?
@@TheBootyman94 Aaayoo
this some baki shit
Bruh if he didn’t had a humble phrase afterwards the story might as well have been Yujiro.
@@jihadaoif he was Yujiro he’d have a big ass smile on his face when Godfrey was gonna throw a punch
Word up ,heyyy.
🤣 Str8 up
Baki doing Sam Langford shit. 💀
Some people are very aware of others intentions and their own surroundings or environments. The biggest mistake one can make is thinking that some people are unaware or don’t know. This is usually the case with overconfident, arrogant or self obsessed beings.
How do they sense it? I’m curious because I never sense anything, I just watch people’s words, body language, and actions.
@@lesbiancholo3603 you just described it. You look at body language, emotions, you can see if someone is shady by their eyes kinda. Its a mix of observation and intuition, as well as experience
Biggest snitch in history.?? Our ENERGY(AURA).
@@cumcumcum148people who are self absorbed miss the energy of others. Always thinking bout what we're gonna do and our opponents energy go right over our head.
It reminds me of Cus D'Amato and Mohammed Ali sparring, and Ali thought that he had it all figured out but didn't see Cus D'Amato's punch coming to his rib. The technic was just amazing.
Good music on his Technics then? I remember installing my Technic speakers with great Technique.
@@macman975 😂
They were playing around ali would dust cuss all do respect
@@kennethdenson8223 I totally agree. And we need to remember that D'Amato was more than just a coach, he was a philosopher, a professor, a grandmaster in his craft. But Ali was without any shadow of a doubt the fighter. Thus, no comparison can be made.
Ever quick on his feet, Ali responded "You're smarter than you look!" 😂
Lmao this story made me crack up!. "Seems like I done been knocked out cold" 😂😂
Johhhn coffee😂😂😂
@@JamesHetfield-hm9xhlove coffee❤
🤣 me too!!! Whole short made my day
Hahaha 🥊🥶😭‼️
Dog garnit
Damn, everyone was scared of Sam Langford🔥 and so they should have been
Pretty good for a Canadian 😊
He fought in any weight class. There will never be another 💪🏿🥊
I wish that white people would have the same assertive attitude as Langford and stop being scared of the race card....of course when the media is anti white I can understand why some whites are nervous
I weren't I called him boy
@@dubiousplantdiet ??
People spoke with so much more eloquence and descriptiveness in those times. 2024: “bruh, that shit was wild!”
It seems slang was used sparingly, not 100 percent of the time.
So tell me how they justify being more slang and ebonics now when they were less coming out of slavery @@hanniballecter4454
Bro just knocked the fucking "Evil" out of him no 🧢
a telegraph punch will be dealt with Sam was feared God even Dempsey knew
Didn’t matter how big you were Sam Langford was a beast
Sam Langford one of the Greatest to ever do it .
Beat over 100 top 10s,him and Harry greb have insane numbers
Yea right dude has a terrible style lmao
@@dontrah1838You're stupid.
@@dantedlane2You mean top 100. 😅😅
And only 5'6
Damnnn Sam Langford was the truth ! A middleweight who regularly took down world class heavyweights
Langford or Tyson 🤔 Time machine Match ?
@@Jack-sk2el That’s a great matchup and a tough one to call! Well Tyson seemed to have better footwork and head movement but I think by the later rounds Langford would walk him down and connect on the end of some of his heavy knockout blows. He was a 15 round fighter where Tyson would do all his best work in the first 3-4 rounds so it would just be a matter of time.
@@veganskillzanother thing to take into consideration is that Tyson had to punch upwards against the vast majority of his opponents. He wouldn't be able to do that against Langford.
Sam was a preacher for real 😂😂
Sam Langford is a mysterious but albeit extraordinary figure to look back upon throughout boxing history. He definitely was well above average as he was more than capable of overcoming people much larger than him and had the unique ability to put out more than what his body should be able to sustain. A legendary boxer to study upon
Langford is a David of his time.
@@anthonymcken6050 definitely was and had much more to show that we haven’t seen but only heard about
🎉🎉deve ter sido mal treinado com esses tamanho deveria ter destruído tudo tamanho não funciona sem treinamento
He was a heavyweight champ at soem point right with the frame and low bodyweight
The human body is a strange and wonderful thing. I have met people who have had incredible intellects, people who have had incredible strength beyond what their frames would suggest, and people whose speed was blinding fast. Mister Langford seems to have been blessed with all three, as well as the property of wisdom. My question is, who humbled him?? I'm "relatively" sure someone did, at some point in his life.
Lol dude was even more in tune than what he thought.. the fact that merely the change in body language and facial expression is what dude picked up on and knocked him out for it 😭😭😭
That's why i think everyone should learn how to fight. Body language is a lot more important when missing it means catching a blow.
💯THAT'S WHAT BOXERS GO OFF MOST OF THE TIME(BODY LANGUAGE)💯
That same intuitive mindset is what keeps some of us alive,or upright in the streets,survival instincts.
This is the same fighter who won the Mexican heavyweight title and KO’ed Hall of Famer Tiger Flowers in 2 rounds whilst being legally blind. Yeah I guess he had some good senses
George Godfrey reminds me of another great boxer from back in that day Jack Johnson 🥊
Just glancing at the thumbnail, that’s who I thought it was lol
I loved the way they talked back then.. ruffled tuff manly men and still facilitate thier words so elegantly
I love that story. That's a GOAT thing to say LOL respect your elders.
Sam is the greatest
Bahh bahhh
Lesson: Don't ever play with fire.
People had such a command of the English language back then. It's a shame how we barely speak it today.
Are you joking what is special about English language 😂
@@djblaqice1960listen how they talk and how we talk now " ayy bruh that shit was mid. Or cap" come on
😂😂😂😂 “ next a charitable soul was pouring water on my face” knock the f out the energy of success loves humble ppl smh
Old boxers are no joke. There was recently some 80 year old boxer who beat the crap out of someone who entered his home to rob him
Jack Dempsey did that. In his 70s or 80s he beat off two attackers..
@@Peter-jo6yuhe beat them off...?
I know immature 😂
Still. Woulda been impressive if he could a done that to one attacker let alone two. Shaking their fists angrily at Jack, "You make me do come" Shane Gilis@@luismiranda6163
😂@@luismiranda6163
Nothing wrong with losing to the greatest boxer of all time, even when he's blind in both eyes, overweight, and way out of his prime. Godfrey was an AMAZING fighter and puncher either way! 250+ lbs at 6'2½, he was a titan. Fighting at that weight, he fought like a skilled and quick Middleweight! Props to him for stepping into the ring with such great men, including Langford.
Would've made a Hell of a Soldier 🪖
@@Jack-sk2el He was a soldier in the ring for sure 💯
@@Jack-sk2elplease don't
5'6" 162lbs Sam was called the Boston terror or Boston bonecrusher. Blinded in both eyes from boxing. What a beast
They had steroids back then trust me. They just were aware or them personally most likely. Life used to be really messed up and still is. On another note, this was an awesome story and video to watch.💪
Bro cleared his doubt without hesitation😂
"Everybody got a plan until they punched 👊 in the face" the great Mike Tyson
Joe Louis said it first pal.
@@paulanthony5274 heard it first from Mike but thanks
Sam Tyson or Mike Langford. 😅
Sam Langford was the most underrated fighter of the last two centuries!
That has got to be one of the coldest lines ever Jesus christ
Anyone see that calaflower ear? Most of us know what it is now, but in the 20's? Incredible, thank you for sharing these amazing pictures.
You see them now in cage fighting .. but back then in boxing gloves wernt very good
@KiXa1 with grappling and off the matt.
@@bio-plasmictoad5311 back then though the boxing gloves were probably on par with a MMA glove of today lol that's kind of what I'm getting at. Now you will never see someone who is only a boxer and not mixed matial arts ,with a coliflower ear
Do an internet search for "famous ancient Greek statue of a boxer". Those ears were cauliflowered too.
So you can get that from boxing too? I always thought it was just a wrestling thing.
Thank You for sharing. I was not aware of this fighter, coming from someone that admires the classic warrios.
Watch the doc RDB did on Sam Langford!! Additonally, hes done many amazing docs on legends of the sport.
Easily a top five All timer. Plenty of good documentary’s on KZhead 👍 have fun
Sam was a freak. Started at welterweight was sleeping and being ducked by Heavyweights
"The wages of sin are death and damnation" - I really like that quote!
the great samlangford the man who even jack johnson and jack dempsey avoided like a pleague... one of the greatest of all time
Dempsey Avoid ? Hard to believe he was a Fearless & Ferocious Boxer 🤔
@@Jack-sk2el i know right? but its his words not mine he said it both in his book and in a interview you can find in on youtube for sure
Dempsey was young and not managed well. He wasn't ready for a fight with Langford and knew it. Push a fighter too fast and you can ruin his career. Remember Pete Rademacher? They moved him into a title fight with Floyd Patterson in his first pro fight. Nobody ever heard from him again after that. Langford was way more dangerous than Patterson. The Dempsey from 1919 wouldn't have had to fear Sam.
Dude looks like he was standing on the auction block.
I laughed
Im an Atheist but that last bar he said said shivers down my spine
There's a reason for why you felt that way my friend
@@ryon_james92because humbleness is something all humans can share empathically even while believing in different sky daddies
When the humble Lion reminds you...... HE'S STILL A LION!.... This makes me think of the mistake people make when they take kindness for weakness.... It's usually those who open doors for other people, or those who give when giving would put them in a more difficult position and they still give... Those are usually the REAL KILLERS... They just do more to subdue the inner beast than most, and that is true power.
Sam Langford was a bad man! He’s one of the greatest to ever do it. It’s a shame more people don’t know just how incredible he was, his accomplishments speak for themselves.
I love how he talked if he really said it that way.
Look at the build, the size and the muscletone of these warriors back in the day. I believe that with the right (LEGAL) supplements, food and today's world class training, men like them could hang with just about any of today's top fighters.
The true Glory Days of boxing.
Glory for whom?
I think the 50’s-60’s was the glory days
Wow, Sam had God's spirit in him
He had
And he passed it to Godfrey through his fist.
Wow 1920s they are jacked 💪👍
better nutrition, farm food, no toxins like they inject today to weaken us
That's because everything was manual labor back then...
@@pointsur67manual labor still exists, we just don't need it as much. Of course, we never should've gone industrial but I don't really care.
@Kitty255Again Trust me my friend, you're preaching to the choir. If there's anyone who's known about manual labor in this day and age, it's myself.
My father was a golden gloves champ back in the day. When I would try to work a jab on him, I hit his forearms and it felt like I broke my hand. He was a machinist so he did the equivalent of lifting weights 6 hours a day. Few people do that type of labor today.
Langford was Legendary in His Time
Sam Langford was a different breed. Dude was only 5'6-5'7 a lightweight knocking out heavyweights with ease. Homie was a bull
Where's the proof some clown on KZhead?
@dontrah1838 it's called documentation. Also Google is free.
@@dontrah1838 Boxrec. Langford was a Phenom, just like Henry Armstrong who came later.
Indeed Sir, Langford was a once in a generation fighter and seriously avoided. Even Jack Dempsey wanted no part of him.
@nthnmonkey Yup, Sam was a threat for such a small guy, it's a shame he wasn't talked about as much
What a specimen!
Man, Sam had a way with words. I can only imagine how in shock he would be interacting with nowadays crowds.
Took his ass to church IN THE RING!💯
The "Boston Tar Baby," at 5'6 1/2", 185lbs, fought in weight classes from lightweight to heavyweight, defeating World Champions & legends of the time in each weight class. Langford was a devastating puncher even at heavyweight, and was rated No. 2 by The Ring on their list of "100 greatest punchers of All-Time." Langford was described as "experienced as heavyweight James Toney with the punching power of Mike Tyson." Langford, denied a legitimate shot at a World Championship Title, even though he defeated EVERY World Champion or eventual World Champion in non-title bouts, except for Jack Johnson, who outweighed Langford by 35lbs when he defeated Langford in their only fight. Langford was denied his shot at a legitimate World Title due to the color of his skin, though he was the World Colored Heavyweight Champion, a title vacated by Jack Johnson, the white establishment's selected "colored man," after Johnson won the World Championship(which he would win a record five times). Chirped renowned Champion Jack Dempsey, who refused a fight with Langford, "I think that Sam Langford was the greatest fighter of our time." Langford, a Canadian by birth(The Ring ranked Langford as the 22nd Greatest Canadian Boxer of All-Time), was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. He was a Stud🤙 Cheers🍻 RP
It was Jack Johnson himself who refused to fight Langford despite being black as well. He was likely afraid of him.
Hey @@connorperrett9559, thanks for responding👊 Actually, Johnson & Langford did fight once, with Johnson, who outweighed Langford by 35 pounds, beating Langford handily, breaking his nose, splitting his eye lid and cutting his lip badly. Johnson said later that he could have put Langford on the canvas at any point from the 5th round on, though he had prolonged the match to 15 rounds at the request of the ring's management. Johnson refused to give Langford a rematch once he was Champion. In speaking to a few of the old-timers from the day, one a black Gent who was an asst. trainer at the gym where Langford trained in Boston, he said that the word was that Johnson, who was the first and only black World Champion at the time, did not want to "share" the spotlight with another black fighter, especially a black fighter such as Langston, who, one, had improved greatly since their fight and secondly, could end a fight at any time with just one punch. Actually, it was Jack Dempsey, in 1916, who refused a fight with Langston that many said was out of fear. Dempsey later stated, "I think Sam Langford was the greatest fighter we ever had." Stay Well🍻 RP
George Godfrey, also a Canadian, was no slouch either, as he too won the World "Colored" Championship and literally chased World Heavyweight Champion Jack Sullivan around the country and into Canada, showing up in cities when Sullivan was fighting and challenging him to a fight, anytime, any place. In 1881 a story surfaced that a bare-knuckle fight against Sullivan had been scheduled but was stopped by the Boston police due to boxing being illegal in the state. I asked the Old-Timer that I mentioned above about its legitimacy and he stated that it was true as the Boston Police had put a car outside their gym to basically keep tabs on Godfrey whenever Sullivan was fighting in either the NY/Massachusetts areas, lol Cheers🍻 RP
Sam Langford was 5’7’1/2 son.
@@bossplayermfs5972 If ya google "how tall was Sam Langford," the first line that appears underneath that is 5'7", however his Wiki page states 5' 6 1/2", though what I went by was the asst. trainer who I spoke to and of above, who was 5'7"(I'm 6'2") and said that he was "a smidgeon" taller than Langford. I just took "a smidgeon" to be 1/2" as I figured if he was an inch taller, he would have stated that. I know that "Box Rec" listed him at 5' 7 1/2", though I'm sticking with the trainer, lol. Regardless of whether Sam Langford was 5'6 1/2", 5'7" or 5' 7 1/2", he was a fire hydrant who packed a hell of a punch🥊 RP
It ain't the size of the dog in the fight it's the size of the fight in the dog
"some charitable soul pushing water on my face"
A man of God. Respect!!! 🫡
THANK YOU for putting this together! 😮 🔥
Def a big dude, can tell just by looking at him, hes legit
That is a huge man
Dude gave him pre sermon to remember him by after his death.
Langford must have been an amazing boxer.
What a beautiful story, love those gloves
"When I left you, I was but a learner. Now I..." "Still are, sucka"
Scarier than Samuel L Jackson saying "...VENGEANCE IS MINE!"
Look at those big arms on both of them . Presumably without anabolic steroids
Heavy weight boxers are bigger now but them old school heavyweights where leaner and meaner...No man boobs 😂
@@brianvestaThere were giants at that time as well, like Jess Willard
Got his ass fully whooped
Words to live by, Amen🙏 .
Respect the old masters.
Anger only works when its righteous,thats where we mess up💯
314 bouts. Holy cow!
My man was knocked out twice, first by his hands then by his words
That's a true heart . Love boxing in my house . I'll always remember this clip .
Amen humble man of God
Don't forget what the boston newspapers called this man.
Boston Tar Baby (kinda racist honestly) Boston Terror Boston Bonecrusher
@@ryneagheilim9782of course that shit was racist, that was a racist term used towards us then.
But if in a predominantly black society a white boxer was called a chalk baby, I doubt it would have been meant or taken with offence. Seems more like whiny crybabies of today looking to keep hold of offence questionably taken 100 years ago are the ones stoking division today. Oh, let me guess, I'm a racist chalk baby yes? In fact am I even allowed to admire these men?
Just to read the face of a man and see his thoughts is all u need to know to respect this great fighter 🙏rip
The "old man" knows what you are gonna throw, before you even let it go!
Your voice is so good 😊❤❤
Sam Langford was a scientist with those hands 🤜🏿🤛🏿
Professor 😐
I mean the final words knocked me out good!❤
Langford sparked his sparring partner out just for thinking about having a proper go with him 😂😂
He is 5 ft 6 1/2" as a HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMP with 210 WIns and 43 Losses. How tf is this possible? O____O
fighters fought several times a month and more back in the day..
George got a valuable education that day. Ol Sam could read faces quite well. I hoped George thanked the charitable soul who splashed water in his face. Sam spoke the Truth
Just imagine being there to see those two back in the day in this moment. Man that would have been something.
That's a real master for the record😉
Mandingo warrior😂
Fantastic Story
Langford was the Man
He saw that evil light and decided to put it out, for just a sec.