After yesterday’s start, Roberto Duran Dan Morley continues his goats from the boxing series with a high -quality operator, which never had an truthful shock.

The mythical statement about the greatest all of time is the argument that will take place forever. Many opinions differ about the one who rightly deserves its place among the top -sized peak and it is complex to compare era, taking into account the natural evolution of sport from the breakthrough 20^th Age.

However, I believe that there are nine fighters in history, whose work gives them the strongest claim to goat status. Men, whose achievements bordered on mythical, compilating are uncomfortable and dominate in a way that has never been exceeded at the peak of their power, while avoiding any pretenders and remain lively.

In this series I will discuss each of these nine men’s career and say why I think that their claim to “the greatest in history” is so influential. This is not intended to discredit any of the other legendary fighters who are not on this list. I just believe that these people have achieved and the way they did it is only in their own range.

Today I will include the ESPN legend, which called “the greatest warrior that no one knows”, a man who opposed the logic of weight classes – boston bone crumble, Langford himself.

Langford himself

Record: 210-43-53 (126 KO)

Lively years: 1902-1925

Langford himself is the only man who can match the unbelievable nature of Harry Greb’s career. While Langford was not as dominant as Greb, it is suitable for pure bizarre activity he kept, competing in the absurd period of weight. Langford’s numbers against the international Famers Box Hall, like Greb’s – will blow any other warrior in water history.

“Boston Terror” competed in stunning 60 fights with 11 different Hall of Famers. The entries are different. Many suggest that they have just over 300 career fights, winning about two -thirds and shooting his jaw, dropping 126 KO. However, there are many who think that these numbers may be much higher, and they fight all over the world, where dozens or potentially hundreds of duels may not be registered.

While the numbers themselves are extremely impressive, they are not similar to telling the stories of Langford’s unique career. Standing at just five seventh feet, in his main Langford weighed anywhere between 147-160 pounds. The disadvantage of size would not prevent the excellent ranking of the Ring Langford magazine as the second most complex pound for Puncher in history.

Before reaching the summit, he made his debut as a 16-year-old in 1902. After a year in the ranks of Pro, he faced the featherlight world champion Joe Gans. Gans was widely considered to be the greatest warrior of all time, and experts still occupy him in the 20 best fighters, which are over 120 years later.

He was a real pioneer, which many at that time consider it impossible to beat that he had prevailed as a master for six years, keeping the titles 15 times, including victory in the 42nd round against his friend of Nelson’s great fight. Surprisingly, 17-year-old Langford beat Veteran Gans within 15 rounds. Despite getting so untamed a victory for a man so newborn, he never won the title, because the featherlight crown was not on the line.

The following year, Langford moved to challenge the world champion in welterweight Barbados Joe Walcott, who, though not at the level of gans, was still considered the greatest semi -medium importance that the world has ever seen. Ultimately, the fight for the title was obtained a draw in what many recognized the glaring robbery against Langford.

At the age of 18, Langford already outclassed the great featherlight and welterweight masters of his era. Despite the fact that he never won the titles to stip his claim as the best in these classes, at the same time defeated the successor of Walcott as a master, newborn Peter Jackson.

In exploits, which is simply unthinkable and impossible in contemporary boxing, 19-year-old Langford made the colossal to weighty weight, beating the Future Hall of Famer Joe Jenette. The following year, Langford took over the future heavyweight master and the icon of this sport, Jacek Johnson, full of 15 rounds in a defeat, thrilling effort only three years after the fight with the largest 135-pound in the world.

All this has already been achieved before its 21^ST birthday. In the next decade, he began a terrifying, warrior of the decade, rejecting great fighters in every weight class that sport could offer outside the medium weight. But it was mainly his form in heavyweight, against much larger people who cement him as immortal.

Black men who have never received a shot for the world heavyweight title because of the racism of those times are many great weight of the weighty era. While Johnson, the first black heavyweight master in history, has already defeated many of these men before he won the title, such as Grilliant Harry Wills, Sam McVea and Joe Jeannette will never be able to challenge his title, while it remained the same By Jess Willard and the cruel race of Jacek Dempsey as a king of heavyweight. Despite the fact that they have never been shot, these people were one of the most critical heavyweight of the beginning of 20^th Age.

Langford competed in over 40 fights with them, winning knockout victories over everyone. He obtained seven victories against McVEI to a total of eight defeats and draws, seven victories at Jeannette to seven defeats and draws in response and two wins against the amazing Harry Wills, who considered the best weighty weight, which has never been a crowned champion in 17 fight. -saga.

During these fights he himself stated the “colorful heavyweight champion” five times. There was an additional 11 wins compared to the contender for the title of the world in weighty weight “Battling Jim Johnson”, Ko victory over the fireman Jim Flynn – a man who Ko’d Jack Dempsey in the first round, Gunboat Smith and finally a victory over the brilliant child Norfolk.

Around his relentless heavyweight battles Langford knocked out the greatest featherlight weight of the era, Philadelphia Jack O’Brien and obtained the best of the greatest medium weight of his era, Stanley Ketchel. After browsing Ketchel in six rounds, the Middle Life Master promised Langford a shot on the title.

These plans were imprisoned when Ketchel was infamously murdered by a gunshot wound a few months later, prematurely ending the 24-year life of one of the most cruel medium mass in history. To add further depth to the largest boxing CV, Langford knocked out the future Grand Master Tiger Flowers in two rounds.

To put in the context of over a hundred fights, Langford shot over 100 knockouts, decaling the greatest featherlight and semi -medium importance of his time and achieving distance with the greatest weight of his weighty era at the age of 20.

Then he defeated the greatest medium-scale master of his era, knocking out the future Grand Master of Medium Libra, knocking out the best weighty champion in weighty weight and destroying every great weighty weight, which fights him in the exhausting 50-louis struggle of the saga. However, he was never a world champion!

Langford’s legend spread, and his powerful fighting skills led him to the uniquely avoidance of many. He became so avoided in America; He decided to travel around the world for fights and constantly competed in a successful financial chapter of his career, becoming a celebrity of his efforts.

Over the years, his record becomes foggy. There are experts who say that he could have up to 600 fights anywhere. While many of his fights could always be registered in motion, which means that these 126 KO could have been much higher.

Unfortunately, Langford started too long and lost both money and vision in one eye. At the end of his career, tragically, he required tips to the ring, but even in his sensitive state many still fought him.

Jack Dempsey stated in his book, and years later in the interviews: “Langford was one of the biggest fighters we’ve ever had, and if I fought him, I would probably be knocked out and I’m glad that I never had the opportunity.”

For years, after his career, Langford apparently disappeared and his place unknown. He was in an abandoned basement, completely blind and rinsed, but despite his condition he remained in a good spirit. He died at the age of 69.

Langford’s notable victory over the Hall of Famers, world champions and world champions and the best contenders included:

Joe Gans, George McFadden, Juvenile Peter Jackson 4x, fireman Jim Flynn 5x, Dixie Kid 2x, Stanley Ketchel, Battling Jim Johnson 11x, Bill Tate 5x, Jamaica Kid, Harry Wills 2x, Gunboat Smith, Jack Blackburn Anderson 2x, Tiger Flowers, George Godfrey 2x, Joe Jeanette 7X, Kid Norfolk, Philadelphia Jack O’Brien.