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    he refused a fight with Langford. According to Dempsey: "I think Sam Langford was the greatest fighter we ever had." Langford's most memorable fights were...
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    the "Oxnard Cyclone", he ranked alongside Jack Johnson, Joe Jeanette, Sam Langford, and Harry Wills, some of the best heavyweights of their time. All of...
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    open relationship with Sam Langford, an Irishman serving in the Air Sea Rescue. After the war, Howard drifted around Europe with Sam, continuing to write...
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    redoubtable Sam Langford 22 times. His record against Langford was 6 wins, 2 losses and 14 no decisions. The two losses were by knockout. He beat Langford three...
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  • black and colored heavyweight titles, Sam Langford was denied a shot at the world heavyweight title by Johnson. Langford subsequently claimed himself the colored...
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    success and lost with great frequency to top boxers such as Sam Langford, Joe Jeanette, Sam McVey, Harry Wills and Kid Norfolk. In spite of this, Jack...
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    the 2020 census. Langford was laid out in 1886, and named in honor of Sam Langford, the original owner of the town site. According to the United States...
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  • heavyweights Joe Jeanette (his successor as colored heavyweight champ) and Sam Langford (who beat Jeanette for the colored title) and the young Harry Wills (who...
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    black heavyweights in the United States. Jeanette mimicked the style of Sam Langford, whom he fought 15 times (some sources say 14), developing defensive...
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    Elton "Sam" Langford (May 21, 1900 – July 31, 1993) was an American Major League Baseball center fielder who played three seasons of professional baseball...
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    Heavyweight Champion from 25 January 1917, when he beat Sam Langford, to 25 May 1917, when Langford reclaimed the title. Tate's first professional bout was...
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    and beat future colored heavyweight champs Sam McVey three times and Sam Langford once. He beat Langford on points in a 15-rounder and never gave him...
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    Bonita Melody Lysette Langford (born 22 July 1964) is an English actress, dancer and singer. She came to prominence as a child star in the 1970s, when...
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    again.) Many years, later, when Sam Langford was denied a shot at the world heavyweight title by Jack Johnson, Langford claimed himself the colored heavyweight...
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  • Hague agreed to fight Sam Langford, the coloured boxer from Canada at The National Sporting Club in Covent Garden, London. Langford is rated as being in...
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    Dixie Kid to win the match. Walcott fought the exceptional black boxer Sam Langford in a non-title fight before a modest crowd of 1,200 in Manchester, New...
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    stoppage loss to future champion Jack Dempsey, and his two victories over Sam Langford. He was born in Blue Rapids, Kansas on April 19, 1891. Fulton made his...
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    many men above his weight class, including six bouts with the great Sam Langford. He fought Joe Gans three times in no-decision bouts, defeating him once...
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  • Laciar Jeff Lacy Ismael Laguna Kirkland Laing Donny Lalonde Jake LaMotta Sam Langford Juan Laporte Denis Lebedev Andy Lee Jesse James Leija Carlos De León...
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    times. Among the all-time greats he faced were Jack Dempsey, Harry Greb, Sam Langford, and Georges Carpentier. Smith was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
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    19 March of that year in Los Angeles. Flynn fought the highly rated Sam Langford in 1908 and twice more in 1910, losing twice and gaining a draw in their...
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    Heavyweight Champion Sam Langford in Boston, Massachusetts, when the Kid's handlers threw in the towel after the fifth round. Langford outweighed his opponent...
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    Reno to witness the contest were introduced to the crowd, including Sam Langford, a black boxer who was unable to secure a title fight, even from Jack...
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    Gómez, Oscar De La Hoya, Archie Moore, Miguel Cotto, Nonito Donaire, Sam Langford, Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson, Tony Zale, Carlos Monzón, Alexis...
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    heavyweight champ. Boxing's second George Godfrey fought ring legend Sam Langford three times. Godfrey, who was 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) tall and weighed between...
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    of victory until Stanley took the 20-round decision. Ketchel fought Sam Langford on April 27, 1910. It was a hard-pressed fight by both men, each displaying...
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    hurt or affected. Billy Bird 138 Archie Moore 132 Young Stribling 126 Sam Langford 126 Buck Smith 120 Kid Azteca 114 George Odwell 111 Sugar Ray Robinson...
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  • 2021: Canelo Álvarez (2) 2022: Dmitry Bivol 2023: Naoya Inoue 1910s: Sam Langford[citation needed] 1920s: Benny Leonard 1930s: Henry Armstrong 1940s: Sugar...
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    Holyfield Bernard Hopkins Roy Jones Jr. Anthony Joshua Wladimir Klitschko Sam Langford Sugar Ray Leonard Lennox Lewis Vasyl Lomachenko Ricardo Lopez Teofimo...
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  • Langford is an English surname derived from one of the many places named Langford. Notable people with the surname include the following: Albert Langford...
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