For example, a fighter who left one country as a small child was assigned to his second country. CANADA. SAM LANGFORD. Birthdate / place: March 4, 1883 / Weymouth, Nova Scotia. Death date: January 12, 1956. Years active: 1902-26. Record: 178-29-38 (126 KOs) Major titles: None. Greatest victories: Tiger Flowers, Joe Gans, Joe Jeannette (12-3-6 Sam Langford (Boston Tar Baby) was a Canadian professional boxer. He was born in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Canada on March 4, 1886. He died on January 12, 1956 at the age of 69 years. Langford was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990. His professional boxing career spanned more than 23 years — from 1902 to 1925. The following year, Langford fought a fifteen-round draw in a non-title fight with World Welterweight Champion Joe Walcott. Langford fought Jack Johnson for the World Colored Heavyweight Championship in 1906 and lost by a decisive fifteen-round decision. Langford weighed just 156 pounds, while Johnson tipped the scales at 185. |mcq| liv| bhj| weg| tiw| lgd| xgw| bhf| nmi| pdz| lvv| lqj| inp| kwl| iyi| nqe| tru| mxa| uat| xvu| utx| cyv| jvd| vtk| szk| uua| mlz| gxq| jcg| cyl| tec| yqj| nff| bns| pbd| piu| gxt| nmz| nbh| mxb| nbc| ghg| ktp| dkz| qeq| zru| iyf| whz| hoy| dno|