Sam Langford

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Sam Langford
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His Beginnings

• Sam Langford was born in Weymouth
  Falls, Nova Scotia. He had a very short childhood
  because at the young age of 12, he ran away. Only
  two years later when he was only 14, he began his
  boxing training in Boston, Massachusetts. When
  Sam Langford was only 16 and weighed only 135
  pounds, he had his first boxing fight. The match
  was against the light weight champion, and Sam
  was the clear winner. Unfortunately, this was not
  a title match.That was a good beginning to a
  great career.

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Career
During his 21-year career Sam fought in
approximately 300 fights. This large number of
fights resulted in many injuries to his head and
other parts of his body. Sam had an amazing
career record of 167-38-37 but unfortunately, he
never got the title shot he deserved. Many people
claim this was because Sam was of African
heritage and was not shown the respect he
deserved because of racism. It was harder for him
to get the privileged fights.
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After Career

• After Sam Langfords boxing career ended,
  he became blind probably because of all of the
  physical abuse he took in the ring (to the face).
  In his later life, he worked to raise money for
  his cause, the prevention and treatment of
  blindness. This courageous and amazing man died
  in 1956 at the age of 90.

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His Legacy

• He was inducted into the Boxing Hall
  of Fame, in 1990, the only boxer to get inducted
  that never got a title shot or had a title. This
  was a great achievement for him and the boxing
  world and all of Canada. Im sure he was proud
  of his career because it was great one. He was
  one of the great boxers in his times and mostly
  likely the greatest Canadian boxer of his time.

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Bibliography

• Sam Langford. ENSHRINEES. June 2002.
• lthttp//www.ibhof.com/langford.htm
• The Boston Terror. SAM E LANGFORD 1883-1956.
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