“In all my pugilistic career, not before and not afterwards, have I received a blow that struck me with such force. I found him one of the toughest adversaries I ever met in the ring. Sam had the greatest right cross the ring ever saw, past or present, and when he laid it in, the party was over. I can still hear the wind whistling as his right hand passed by my face. Langford's right cross would have reached Dempsey's jaw a split second before Dempsey's left hook could reach old Sam. He was the toughest little S.O.B. that ever lived.” - Jack Johnson “There’s a big smoke back home called Jack Johnson who is unbeatable. He licked me in Massachusetts last year and he’s improving every month.” -Sam Langford “The hell I feared no man. There was one man, he was even smaller than I, I wouldn't fight him because I knew he would flatten me, I was afraid of Sam Langford." - Jack Dempsey “Dempsey to my mind is still the champion of the world. He is my idea of a fighter, as he carried the battle to his opponent and never did back away" - Sam Langford “It was like being hit with a baseball bat. He hit you so hard you didn't feel it. I fought most of the heavyweights, including Dempsey and Johnson, but Sam could stretch a guy colder than any of them. He'd say I'm sorry son, I didn't mean to hit you so hard. And he meant it, he never realized how hard he could punch. He is a demon, I thought I had a chance with him, but I guess I didn’t figure at all. I stayed 11 rounds with Johnson, but this fellow gets me in the first.” - Jim Flynn “Langford is consistent, has the punch, knows the game and can whip them all right now, one after the other. Johnson knows this and is sidestepping his fellow fighter at every turn of the road.” - John L Sullivan "He'd break my shoelaces every time he hit me, and I was tickled to death to get the hell out of there. Langford vs Dempsey, both in their prime would have been bad news for Dempsey. I'll go further and declare that Langford would have waded through every champ we've had including Joe Louis." - Gunboat Smith “Talk about hitting! I've met some hard punchers in my time, and all I can say is that the hardest blows any of them ever landed on me were like a slap in the face compared with those bone-crushing wallops of Langford. When Sam hit you in the body, you'd kind of look around half expecting to see his glove sticking out of your back. When he'd hit you on the chin, well, when that happened you didn't think at all until they brought you back to life again." - Harry Wills “Jack was afraid of Langford. He beat Sam once when he was only a middleweight, but he wouldn't have anything to do with him when Sam got bigger and better. Sam would have been champion any time Johnson had given him a fight. And Johnson knew it better than anybody " - Joe Jeanette “In my book he was just about the greatest of them all. Nobody will ever know how many fighters Sam had to carry. If he didn't agree to carry them he wouldn't get any work. I have plenty respect for Joe Louis as a hitter, but I can't see him hitting Sam hard enough to make him mad" - Abe Attell

“I’ve got my guitar , I’ve got my memories - I’m o.k” - talk about bringing tears to a glass eye ..

Never heard of this boxer...and now I will never forget this boxer...

Man, my eyes started with tears when at the end he was smiling, laughing and he knew happiness never came at a price he wasn't able to afford. Hard life makes hard men and hard men make easy lives. Bless him..smiled and joked to the end.

I love this man. Even after all he was denied, he was still positive and cheerful as an elderly man.

Well I've got my guitar and I've got my memories. I'm okay. What a beautiful person. Never held onto bitterness or anger. We could all learn from Sam Langford. Rest in peace Sam.

Man after this everything I ever thought I knew about boxing, about fighting is kinda out the window. Never even heard of this man and at 43 I have been studying combat sports most my life. This is sad but his story is one I won't forget soon not just as a fighter but as a man. A lot to learn✊💛

Unreal!!! Robbed so many times and still smiling, a true champion. The fact that he was 5 foot 7, almost blind and the biggest names wouldn’t go near him is amazing!!! What a warrior!!!

An absolutely legendary boxer. If he got the breaks he deserved, he could have easily being a five weight division champion in an era where they fought harder opponents for many more rounds. His story deserves to be told. Amazing footage at the end to see him still joking after all the cards he was dealt. I will be researching and sharing his story from now on. A real GOAT.

As a Nova Scotian I'd like to thank you for your effort to shine some light on this mans career. We can't have Sam be lost to history.

I love how instead of just telling us about the fighters, you use audio from interviews with other great fighters and snippets from documentaries where experts like Bert sugar are explaining how fantastic these fighters are. It gives these standpoints authority and really let’s you gain a deeper understanding of just how great fighters like Langford were. Great job as always rdb.

He was only 5’7”? What a legend

Man what a guy. Not just as a fighter but as a human being. Humble and powerful yet doesn’t hold any negativity or bitterness towards anyone or anything around him. It’s heartbreaking how he had it so rough but he had a heart of gold and is a very inspiring person to learn from and about. The Great Sam Langford.

You deserve all the respect in the world for making a video on Langford, people need to recognize the greats of the the late 19th century and early 20th century.

I'm 59 and followed boxing most of my life and all the old fights as well. My dad told me about Sam Langford when I was a kid so it's great that you put this video out there .

Bro plz never let this channel die. The narration, background music, footage is all PERFECT🏋🏼

A true man's man, CHAMPION, athlete, and gladiator! May the memory of the great Sam Langford never be forgotten by true boxing fans and historians.

5’7” @145lbs and fighting heavyweights. Hell, he was scaring heavyweights! What a fighter. Proves that technique and evasiveness triumph in a fight.

That's crazy how I knew about Jack Johnson and Jack Dempsey, but I never even heard of this guy. Much love to you for making a tribute to this man. Even the heavyweights were afraid of him

There MUST be a Boxing Hall of Fame Museum somewhere, and they should be playing your films on a continuous loop! This is another terrific piece of work! Your ability to bring these great men to life is amazing. THANK YOU!

I love the art of boxing. I’m boxing since I’m 13 and still at 56 I love going to the Morris park boxing club here in the Bronx. You hear people say.” Let’s play baseball “ let’s play football”.. but you’ll never hear anyone say “ let’s play boxing”…. I enjoyed this video immensely. Thank you so much for teaching me something I didn’t k ow of! Great video 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻😵🥊😵🥊😵🥊💪🏻🇮🇪💪🏻🐾❤️🙏🏻

Man, this guy was just as happy blind as he was when he was a young bull. His true strength of character was displayed when he gave money away to those who could do nothing for him.

"To be able to see again...and to get out and look and the bird's...n the young girl's going by..." With such an endearing chuckle... heart warming and heart breaking 💜👊💜

Sam Langford, as witnessed by this wonderful boxing documentary, was indeed a true champion in every sense of the word. He kept both his God-given dignity and an innate joy in living measured by his standards, not those of materialism or fame given as tokens by those in control of culture and such affairs of complex societies. Many of us who have traveled Life's roads high & low, who have seen and done things most other men have not, we have encountered, admired, cherished the memories of witnessing, of even challenging such gifted and skilled men, be they playground legends in a park, sporting men who hustled and gambled against all comers, and even as opponents asserting their positions in intense situations. Such is their grace and honor that they are not excessively boastful nor do they claim what they are not. And they will nod, smile, or cheerfully complement those they have bested, yet gave them a surprising challenge of courage and skill in defeat.

💥People don't💪 understand how much tougher these Fighters were they would fight in the middle of a field in a hundred degree weather with the sun beating down on them still going at Full Steam 15 16 rounds into it 20 round fights! Heavyweights nowadays are sucking air by the 7th round these guys like Jack Johnson we're just getting warmed up by the 14th or 15th round.

In 1967 there was published in Canada a book called Great Canadian Sports Stories, part of The Canadian Centennial Library (1967 was Canada's 100th birthday as a nation). Sam Langford gets a full page of coverage in it, including two photographs.

Sam Langford, another hero to add to the list 👊🏻

The man that struck fear into one of Tyson's inspirations

This was BRILLIANT. Everyone should know about this man. 💥🥊

One of the most underrated athletes of all time. Thanks for making this video. As a young fight fan the I think the old timers like langford, gans, and Leonard deserve more attention.

The man was 100% so underrated and deserved every ounce of respect and still does to this day, a very friendly and loving person but also a excellent fighter and power puncher, so glad I've discovered this man, a true people's champ rip Sam, the ones who know about you will never forget you, wish more people knew about you, fly high brother 🙏

How have I never heard of this man. Even here in Canada I never heard any praise for this man. Great job putting this together and putting this out there 👏

The work you do in highlighting these sometimes largely forgotten or under-appreciated fighters is absolutely incredible! Thank you for all of the content!

When people talk about lb per lb I've rarely heard him mentioned which is bazaar considering at 165lbs he was knocking out heavyweights and that truly does make him one of the greatest lb per lb fighters! He's one of my favorites!

Here commenting again. Just to tell you brother that this channel has so much vibes, ambience and CHARACTER in it. Your narration is perfect too. It really honors the name because it feels like I'm watching boxing on a chill, rainy day. And not only boxing, but the beautiful history of the ART of boxing. ❤

Man I love the Narrator’s voice - just perfect for such a craft! I never knew of this gentleman. Thank you rainy day boxing

Heard of him only from Dempsey and Johnson, but never cared enough to look him up because I was too busy nerding out over Dempsey and Johnson. I'm more broken hearted after watching this than I was with the Sonny Liston doc.

One of the greatest boxers thats ever lived... A heartbreaking ending.

Even towards the end of his life he was a joyous man with an infectious laughter .... What a great human being,when life was unfair to him he was contented with what he has.

Man, it kind of breaks my heart that Jack Johnson wouldn’t give him the chance. Johnson is probably my favorite fighter of all time. And I have a lot of respect for the dude, but this is eye-opening

Came home from work, and got lucky to watch this gem of a video. It's amazing what he was able to do at 5'7. Kinda like James Toney, whose only a legit 5'9 fighting a legit heavyweights in Sam Peter and Haseem Rahman. Thank you sir

Talk about being overlooked by history. I've been a diehard boxing fan wince 1971 and i can't say i remember any analysts mentioning Sam Langford. Great video!

Imagine what a guy with Langford's skills could be making in today's world. I was lucky in that I learned about him as a youngster when my grandfather, who was an old "club fighter" told me about him. What's really kind of sad is that Dempsey didn't give him a shot at the title. As great as Langford was, I doubt he could have really given Dempsey much trouble at that later stage of his career, in his 40s and with sight in just one eye. Yet, Dempsey said he feared him. Or maybe he knew it'd be hard to find backers to support another Black fighter getting a title shot after Jack Johnson. Joe Louis was still a number of years away.....great video! Thanks!

I’m so happy you did this, I found out about him a few years ago when I was 16 from Boxing legends TV he never did a vid on him sadly so all I can say is THANK YOU.

Incredible story, I'm an old school fighting fan and I never heard of this guy. What a shame he never got what he deserved.

Great job on this. Sounds like Sam suffered from the same thing that fighters of today deal with. People duckin him because he was just too good. Nothing odd about that. That's the fight game, sadly. It's the fans who ultimately lose. Also, sadly, Sam made tons of money but just mis-managed it, like a lot of fighters do.

I absolutely love your videos, your able to bring vibrant colors to the old black and white images through your storytelling. I look forward to each new story you tell and am grateful for what you do. Thank you 🙏

My uncle told me about this guy back in the early 70s when I was first interested in boxing history...

What an absolute inspiration, a living legend... The heart of a lion, and still with so much kindness. That us a rare gem. I think I've just found my new GOAT...

Rest in peace Champ!! Your legend lives on!!

Absolutely love all of these historical boxing videos Rainy Day Boxing is putting out, fascinating to learn about these great fighters. keep up the good work!

Clay Moyle wrote an amazing book on Sam. One of the best boxing biographies ever

Great work. It's a shame that there are only 3 recorded fights of his available. Imagine if we could watch Langford vs Johnson. Allegedly Langford even knocked down Johnson, but there's no proof. This was for sure a great fight.

Absolutely phenomenal video. I had never heard of Sam Langford but this story will remain with me for years. When I hear stories about the greatest boxers of all time, and will throw in MMA fighters, even thought I will never hear Sam Langford mentioned, mentally he will be in the number one spot in my mind.

That was a very well balanced piece, well done! Also, what a story. The footage at the end with him laughing is priceless.

Thank you for the work you've done putting together these excellent documentaries of sometimes lesser known fighter's. They are a pleasure to watch and very enlightening.

That fact that he’s Nova Scotian is dope to me because I’m also Nova Scotian, great video video man keep putting us on 💯

man was a beast. i wish we could of had more footage of him but it was so long ago. salute to you for the video

Great to hear Langford's recorded voice at the end. Thank you for the incredible documentary.

We At I Am Publications thank you for this history of a great fighter we just heard about via this video Sam Langford. One of our members boxed for 41/2 years and was very impressed to hear about this great legend. We have a sports platform going up very soon & we would love to have more of your boxing historical videos like this one on our site. Thak you again for a great work & keep up the great work!!!

Great story of a great person that should not be forgotten! Thank You!

What a man, and what a legacy to have been lost in the history of boxing. Well researched and well delivered, you’ve done this man a credit!

These videos soundtrack are amazing, i feel like these boxers story become more alive because of it. Love everything about this channel, keep it coming!

Amazing story! Such a shame he isn't more well known. Thank you for putting this video together.

Very sad , so much respect for this man, and what he went through.

For the 15 or more years since i learned about Samuel Langford and watched the occasional documentary about him, i have been deeply stirred by the mans Spirit and have contemplated his Being. A unique human and incredible fighter, the statements of his peers and contemporaries speak incontrovertibly to his greatness. He is one of those old school guys that you wish could posthumously adopt you as your grandfather.

Thank you to whoever made this! I appreciate this look into his life. Good work.

Very well done! I just recently discovered your channel and am extremely impressed with your videos. By way of illustrating Jack Johnson's power, it might be appropriate to mention that after Stanley Ketchel knocked Johnson down in their fight, Johnson got up and hit Ketchel so hard he was unconscious for an extended period and Johnson had to pull some of Ketchel's teeth out of his glove...and he feared Langford!

He looks like and was the ultimate warrior. You got to be a real boxing enthusiast/fan to know about this pile driver power puncher. RIP Sammy Langford. 🙏🏿

THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS GREAT FIGHTER TO LIGHT

Im surprised how many people have never heard of this guy, my gym and all my boxing friends and partners show him extremely high praise and it’s all deserved

This is the 3rd one of your vids I’m watching in one day. A lot of education in these short films. Great compilation of info, some damn good work!

Love this channel but i get depressed watching a lot of these videos about old boxers, especially black boxers. They rarely got the credit they deserved and had to travel a road so tough most of us would have crumbled. Keep up the great content, look forward to learning more about boxings greats

the war between dempsey and langford would've been insane, despite the respect they had for eachother, that fight would come to a bloody and bruised decision victory

Superb commentary, perfect music at a perfect volume, superb content. What more could anyone want?

Great video filled with history. I am not really into sports, but this popped up, clicked on it, and now I want to dive deep into early boxing. I love all the footage from that period, history in motion.

Known this for years and nobody ...I mean nobody knows this legend!!! The best fighter that has ever existed to this day!

One of Sam's nicknames was The Boston Bonecrusher and it was well deserved. He was easily the greatest P4P fighter of the 20th century and would certainly have beaten Sugar Ray Robinson or Harry Greb if he met them in his prime. The best pugilist Canada ever produced.

Thanks for this story. It's great to hear about the sport's history, especially the parts that are never talked about. Great vid!

Thank you for uploading... truly amazing!..extremely well narrated 👍🏾 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

It’s unfortunate he couldn’t have the title here at home but I’m glad he found well deserved praise and fortunes abroad. The States were too lame, bigoted and ignorant to appreciate this man. Thank you for the education on this truly unsung hero.

Now i have heard of this great. It’s a shame how his career ended, poor man ☹️

I'm SOOOO glad I found this channel!!! It's amazing! Boxing aside, it's a history lesson every time... reflecting so many aspects of society through the lens of the boxing world. Truly masterful documentary work!!!

I am from Nova Scotia and the story doesn't surprise me. I met a very intimidating man from North Preston about 25 years ago. It wouldn't surprise me if they were related. Actually a lot of great athletes come out of that area

Thank you for this. It's remarkable that most people, including myself, have never heard of the man. It was so unfair that he was given a raw deal in America.

Mr. Langford has always been in my top ten list.

Thank you for preserving this amazing boxers legacy.

Great video bro I still can't wrap my head around how they filmed fights from the early 1900s

Wow, just wow- from the pinnacle to the depths! And he still salvaged his dignity. Never even heard of the man- thank you.

This was great, thank you. I never knew Sam Langford's story. A lot of work went into this production and Eli's a great narrator. It's appreciated.

This was a great story and well told. Thank you for preserving a history that many never knew existed.

Wow thank you for sharing this. Thank you for showing me apart of boxing beautiful yet tragic history. 🔥🔥🔥

That was simply incredible! The guy was dangerous even when he was virtuslly blind! ..and on top of everything seemed a real nice guy right to the end❤🥊💣💥

History be told...wow, a very interesting piece...thank you...love the old sports stories...wished these guys had the chances the modern day athletes have today...they are truly blessed compared to back in those days

You have combined two of my loves, boxing and beautiful video editing. Subscribed.

"I've got my Guitar and My Memories". An amazing Man and Fighter... Thank You for sharing this... Nice Work... E.L.K. 🎶🙏🎶

Much appreciation for this inspiring tribute. I am glad top hear he kept an upbeat attitude in spite of all the tragic misfortunes. Arguably the GOAT among boxers, and en even greater man.

Extremely underrated fighter, extremely underrated channel!

These are awesome videos your putting out. As a martial arts instructor of 20+ yrs and huge fight sports affectionato I find this channel fascinating and well produced. I'm now a subscriber. Well done sir.

Great video, thankyou for keeping this legend alive 🥊🥊🥊