Sam Langford Pound for Pound Jack Johnson Best Heavy?

[KO Artist]

Another thing we can kick around with this:lLangford never altered his style. He was still wading in fighting bigger men. Ray Robinson,Ray Leonard,and Emile Griffith come to my mind as welters who moved up and relied on their proven boxing skills to be successfull. Yet these three never ventured into the heavyweight division. Robinson fought Maxim. Leonard fought LaLonde. Griffith(it has always been said) fought Monzon past his prime. Emile's first fight with Carlos is when he was 33. As great as the three I have mentioned,I wonder what physical toll they would have endured if they had fought a steady diet of light heavies and heavyweights?

Wills first victory over Sam was when Langford was 36. They fought 19 times after that.
Throw in his fights with McVey,Jeanette,Godfrey,Norfolk,Bearcat Wright,and Clarke(and those are just the heavyweights with the exception Norfolk) and the others Flynn,Flowers(when he was blind in one eye and nearly blind in the other) after he was 36,it sounds so unbelievable that he's often overlooked for P4P all time best.

Remember when they found him living in a basement in a poor part of Boston in 1954? The guys pitched together a got him a cataract operation. They asked him how he felt. Sam had that wide smile and he still couldn't see. His eyes were closed . But he says"As long as I have my guitar and my memories,I'm happy"

You made us feel happy big fella and always will. I know he's still throwing those hooks to the body. Say "hi" to the Brown Bomber for us. And tell Ol' Arch I miss him.

When you look at the records of guys like Langford, the frequency they fought and the arduous conditions under which they fought against equally impoverished and hungry men, skilled men, but hard hard men. You have to conclude that in todays climate Langford would have been too tough for most of the top guys.

Hell could you imagine guys like PBF Hatton Cotto or even Hopkins fighting Wladimir Klischko?

All things considered I wouldnt disagree with Langford at the top P4P ever.

[Minotauro]

Sam Langford is defiantly one of the greatest p4p fighter probably has the best résumé of wins ever between him and Greb.