Sam Langford

Grimm · Post by **Grimm** » 04 Sep 2005, 19:21

Is there any footage of him?

Broncano · Post by **Broncano** » 04 Sep 2005, 20:49

There's footage of him vs Fireman Jim Flynn.

Rory McCloskey · Post by **Rory McCloskey** » 05 Sep 2005, 09:48

hmm do u know where we could find it id love to see that

sharkeysboy · Post by **sharkeysboy** » 05 Sep 2005, 11:29

There's three pieces of footage I'm aware of.

1. Langford v. Flynn. Highlights of this fight (4 rounds I believe) were aired on ESPN's Big Fights show. Langford KO's Flynn in the 8th. The quality of much of the film is pretty good, altought the KO footage is unfortunately not very clear. The fight has that sped up quality much old footage has. There's a site on the internet that offers it. I'll find out what that is and get back to you later in the day.

2. Lanford vs. Lang. Most of the fight survives and it's in pretty good shape if you overlook burn marks right in the middle of the frame. Sometimes the burn marks obscure the entire frame but most of the time you can watch Sam thump Bill Lang (the Australian Champ.) The great thing about this footage is that it's pretty close to the right speed (maybe its slighty sped up). There's also a site that offers this fight. Once again I'll post it here later in the day.

3. Training footage. I've only seen quick cuts from this but it's film of Sam working out. If you learn where you can get it, let me know. I'd love to get it myself.

Ezzard · Post by **Ezzard** » 05 Sep 2005, 11:51

I look forward to those posts Shark...

Sam has one of the most amazing careers ever. I look at his record and can't quite believe the scope of the weight classes and fighters he fought against.

sharkeysboy · Post by **sharkeysboy** » 05 Sep 2005, 12:11

For the Langford v Lang footage do the following.

Go to Ebay.com. Do a search for Sam Langford. You'll see a DVD offered that includes this fight. This seller puts the same DVD up almost every week (as well as other fight dvds) so don't get into bidding against each other. One of you buy it one week and the another do it the next week etc. The seller probably sells direct to people outside of ebay also but since the ebay way of doing it worked so well (no one bid against me so I got it for 9.95) I never researched it any further. The version of this fight that this seller has is by far the most complete version of that fight I've seen so this is the place to buy it.

For the Langford v Flynn footage go to:

silversurf91.homestead.com/tyson.html

Click on Individual Fighters and then scroll down a bit till you see Classic Fights on VHS. Click on that and I believe the Langford fight is number 156 or 157. This guy does a great job with the transfers. He'll be happy to do it on VHS or DVD. If my link doesn't work because I screwed up the address try a search for "Boxing Videos on VHS and DVD" You'll find it.

Grimm · Post by **Grimm** » 05 Sep 2005, 14:26

I wish there was footage of him vs. Walcott, that must've been a great fight.

Rory McCloskey · Post by **Rory McCloskey** » 05 Sep 2005, 14:37

thank you very much sharkeys boy i appreciate the info.