Sam Langford vs. Jack Dempsey

[Luigi1985]

Who wins at HW and at MW and why?

[Grebfan9]

Dempsey would have his hands full with a prime Sam Langford.

Langford had KO power & good boxing skills.

[Luigi1985]

Dempsey would have his hands full with a prime Sam Langford.

Langford had KO power & good boxing skills.


Yeah, I know it, that´s why I made this IMO equivalent matchup... :lol:


so, what´s your pick?

[Bo Bo Olson]

Jack Dempsy of course, bare knuckle at his middleweigh championship...before TB let Fitzsimmons win.......well who do you think Jack Dempsy named himself after....don't remember Jack's real name, but it was not Dempsy....and against either it would be a good hard fight.

[Maxmomer]

William Harrison Dempsey

[Mega Lamps]

"Others have written about my 'killer instinct', my 'fighting heart'; some even say I was the greatest fighter of my century. They were impressed by my courage in the ring. I was small as heavyweights go and usually fought giants, so they called me 'Jack the Giant Killer.' They said I feared no man.
"The hell I feared no man! There was one man – he was even smaller than me – I wouldn't fight because I knew he would flatten me. I was afraid of Sam Langford."

:think

[abraq]

Okay, a straight answer to the question IMO.

At HW Dempsey has a better chance, though a Langford triumph is not at all improbable.

At MW it will be all Sam Langford. Dempsey was 6'1'' and about 188 pounds - lean and rangy. He would lose too much strength going down to MW.

[janitor]

Make no mistake Langford would have a verry real chance of beating any heavyweight in history. As a puncher he was right up there with the likes of Dempsey, Louis and Tyson. An unholy blend of brute force and method.

Having made these observations I would tend towards Dempsey to beat his role model having endured some shakey moments.