Sam Langford Fights for Welter Title

Sam Langford estas konsiderita unu el la plej granda funto por funtaj batalantoj de ĉiuj tempo. Born on March 4, 1883 En Weymouth Faloj, Nova Scotia, he is considered the greatest Canadian boxer of all time. His fighting career stretched from 1900 Al 1926.

Langford nur starita 5 Piedoj ses kaj duonaj coloj alta kaj pezita 185 Funtoj ĉe lia plej peza. He fought in ever weight class from lightweight to heavyweight, which was rare even at the turn of the 20th Century.

Je 1903, he defeated Joe Gans in a non-title lightweight bout. It would have been for the title but Langford couldn’t get any lower than 138 Funtoj, so he missed the lightweight limit of 135 Funtoj.

Langford was not yet considered a tremendous boxer because the St. Louis Respubliko reporter was very dismissive of his victory. Gans did well for the first three rounds but Langford scored several powerful shots in the 4th Round. Whether Langford’s stronger punches took the toll on Gans or he simply didn’t train well for such a lightly regarded challenger, Gans began to slow. Langford dominated the final eight rounds. Gans only success in the fight was in not being knocked out.

Je 1904, Langford challenged Barbados Joe Walcott for the World Welterweight Boxing Championship. The bout took place on Monday, septembra 5, 1904. Laŭ preskaŭ ĉiuj sportaj verkistoj, Kiu kovris la vicon ĉe Lago Massebesic en Manchester, Nov-Hampŝiro, Langford klare outpointed la ĉampiono. Langford eĉ falis Walcott en la tria rondo sed Walcott venkas la kalkulon kaj finis la batalon.

Antaŭ modernaj reguloj en la 1920aj jaroj, Ĝi ne estis nekutima por la ludgvidisto esti la sola juĝisto en bataloj kiu iris la distancon. Kiam la ludgvidisto deklaris ĝin tiro, La 1,200 paying customers yelled about the perceived robbery. It was not unusual for black fighters to lose close decisions to keep the titles on white champions. Tamen, both contestants were black, so it wasn’t racial prejudice on the part of the referee. Ĝi ne estis unheard de pro tio ke manaĝeroj pagi ludgvidistojn vidi aferojn ilia batalanta vojo en la kazo de proksima decido.

Mi legis la sciigajn kontojn de ĉi tiu vico de pluraj ĵurnaloj de la tempo. Ĝi estas diranta ke eĉ kvankam ĉiu sentis Langford gajnis, no one was surprised. Controversial decisions were business as usual. Promoters and managers would fix fights by fixing the judges.

Sam Langford would be frozen out of a heavyweight title shot. Ironie, Jack Johnson, the first black World Heavyweight Boxing Champion would refuse to fight all other African-American fighters. Johnson won the decision in his only bout with Langford before Johnson won the title. Many ringside observers felt Langford had actually won the fight but lost another controversial decision. Johnson refused to ever fight Langford again.

Langford won the World Colored Heavyweight Boxing Championship. His greatest rival was probably Sam McVey. Langford fought over 256 bouts. Emeritiĝanta ĉe 39, Langford lived a relatively long life dying in 1956 #?E 72 Jaroj de #a?o. #Beda?rinde, very little footage exists of Langford, so his greatness has been lost to most boxing fans.

Vi povas lasi komenton aŭ demandu pri tio aŭ ĉiu posteno en la komento sekcio sube, sur mia Facebook paĝo Kaj Pepi profilon.

Pin It