Battling Jim Johnsons weight vs langford possibly found

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 05 Dec 2005, 08:03

NOTE: battling jims weight was not filled in under the times he fought langford

1916 St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 13-"Sam Langford, of Weymouth, Nova Scotia, knocked out Jim Johnson, of New York, in the twelfth and final round of a boxing contest here last night. After Johnson had been counted out he got up and demanded he be allowed to fight some more. His seconds and manager persuaded him to take off his gloves and admit he had lost the fight. Johnson weighed 225 pounds and Langford 191"

Source: Digby weekly courier, Friday Dec 15, 1916

1915 "New York, June 8. Sam Langford, of Weymouth, N.S., had the better of Jim Johnson, of Philadelphia, in eight out of ten rounds in their bout in Brooklyn tonight. Langford punished Johnson severely in nearly every round after the third. Langford weighed 192 pounds, Johnson 220 pounds"

Source: Digby weekly courier, Friday Jun 18, 1915

so it appears we do have johnsons weights for those 2 fights!

SteveO · Post by **SteveO** » 05 Dec 2005, 09:08

1916 St. Louis, Mo., Dec. 13-"Sam Langford, of Weymouth, Nova Scotia, knocked out Jim Johnson, of New York, in the twelfth and final round of a boxing contest here last night. After Johnson had been counted out he got up and demanded he be allowed to fight some more. His seconds and manager persuaded him to take off his gloves and admit he had lost the fight. Johnson weighed 225 pounds and Langford 191"

Source: Digby weekly courier, Friday Dec 15, 1916

Did the newspaper mention the name of the venue in St. Louis?

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 08 Dec 2005, 08:08

stevo,

no i dont know what the venue was. did u check on this?? because if the source is true, we should include jim johnson weights for those 2 fights

SteveO · Post by **SteveO** » 08 Dec 2005, 15:51

I found the article and those weights are indeed reported in the Digby weekly courier.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 08 Dec 2005, 16:14

SteveO wrote:I found the article and those weights are indeed reported in the Digby weekly courier.

great, so are u going to add the weights onto there boxrec record?

SteveO · Post by **SteveO** » 08 Dec 2005, 16:20

Sorry, I'm not one of the editors.

BrocktonBlockbuster49 · Post by **BrocktonBlockbuster49** » 12 Dec 2005, 02:40

are any of the editors going to add the wieghts in?