He was known as "The Boston Bonecrusher", "The Boston Terror", and his most infamous nickname, "The Boston Tar Baby"

Samuel Edgar Langford, known as the Boston Tar Baby, Boston Terror, and Boston Bonecrusher, was a Black Canadian boxing standout of the early part of the 20th century. Chamado de "Greatest Fighter Nobody Knows (O Grande lutador que ninguém conhece)" pela ESPN, [1] Muitos historiadores do boxe consideram Landford como um, se não, o maior lutador de todos os tempos.

Harry Wills (May 15, 1889 – December 21, 1958) was a heavyweight boxer who three times held the World Colored Heavyweight Championship.Many boxing historians consider Wills the most egregious victim of the "color line" drawn by white heavyweight champions. [2]

Langford récidive pour le même titre mais en poids lourds le 28 septembre 1909 contre Dixie Kid.

For example, Langford fought 18 bouts with Harry Wills, 15 with Sam McVey, 14 with Joe Jeannette, 13 with Jeff Clarke, 10 with “Battling” Jim Johnson, 9 each with Bill Tate and Jack Thompson, 7 with “Young” Peter Jackson, 5 each with “Bearcat” Wright, Lee Anderson, and Andy Watson, 4 each with Larry Temple and Dave Holly, and 3 each with big George Godfrey and Bradford Simmons. Samuel "Sam" E. Langford (4 de Março de 1883 – 12 de janeiro de 1956) foi um boxeador Canadense que se destacou na primeira parte do século 20. Called the "Greatest Fighter Nobody Knows", by ESPN, many boxing historians consider Langford to be one of the greatest fighters of all time. Il remet en jeu cette ceinture à de nombreuses reprises face notamment à Joe Jeannette , Sam McVey et Harry Wills sans jamais avoir l'occasion de se battre pour la ceinture de champion du monde poids lourds . In the excerpt below, drawn from his recently publisher book titled Sam Langford: Boxing’s Greatest Uncrowned Champion, Moyle makes his case for … Read MoreSam Langford: History’s Forgotten Boxer Tra i grandi pugili bianchi, Langford incontrò e mise KO l'ex campione mondiale dei mediomassimi Philadelphia Jack O'Brien nel 1911. Originally from Weymouth Falls, a small community in Nova Scotia, Canada. Langford fought Harry Wills 18 times, Sam McVea 15 times, Joe Jeannette 14 times, and Battling Jim Johnson 11 times. Sports historian Clay Moyle describes Canadian-born Sam Langford as one of the most successful and yet little known boxers of the 20th Century. In the early 1920s, when Langford was half-blind, he went to Jack Kearns , the manager of World Heavyweight Champion Jack Dempsey , and asked for a shot at the title. Nel 1923, Sam Langford combatté e vinse l'ultimo "fight to the finish" (combattimento all'ultimo sangue) della storia della boxe, in un incontro in cui era in palio il titolo messicano dei pesi massimi.