Sam Langford, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Sam Langford

Canadian boxer

Date of Birth: 04-Mar-1883

Place of Birth: Weymouth, Nova Scotia, Canada

Date of Death: 12-Jan-1956

Profession: boxer

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Sam Langford

  • Samuel Edgar Langford (March 4, 1883 – January 12, 1956), known as the Boston Tar Baby, Boston Terror, and Boston Bonecrusher, was a Black Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century.
  • Called the "Greatest Fighter Nobody Knows", by ESPN, many boxing historians consider Langford to be one of the greatest fighters of all time.
  • Originally from Weymouth Falls, a small community in Nova Scotia, Canada.
  • He was known as "The Boston Bonecrusher", "The Boston Terror", and his most infamous nickname, "The Boston Tar Baby".
  • Langford stood 5 ft 7 1/2 in (1.71 m) and weighed 185 lb (84 kg) in his prime.
  • He fought from lightweight to heavyweight and defeated many world champions and legends of the time in each weight class.
  • Considered a devastating puncher even at heavyweight, Langford was rated No.
  • 2 by The Ring on their list of "100 greatest punchers of all time".
  • One boxing historian described Langford as "experienced as a heavyweight James Toney with the punching power of Mike Tyson". He was denied a shot at many World Championships, due to the color bar and by the refusal of Jack Johnson, the first African-American World Heavyweight Champion, to fight him in a rematch.
  • Langford was the World Colored Heavyweight Champion, a title vacated, by Johnson, after he won the World Championship, a record five times.
  • Alongside this, Langford also defeated the reigning Lightweight Champion Joe Gans, the first African-American World Champion in boxing history and widely regarded as one of the greatest boxers of all time, in a non-title bout.
  • Many boxing aficionados consider Langford to be the greatest boxer not to win a world title.
  • BoxRec ranks him as the 3rd greatest heavyweight boxer of all-time, 9th greatest pound-for-pound boxer of all-time and the greatest Canadian boxer of all-time.

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