L'HISTOIRE DE SAM LANGFORD
Ca vient de sortir aux US et on y decouvre un boxeur emerite, ayant combattu et battu les meilleurs de son epoque...mais a qui jamais personne n'a donne de chance mondiale. Aujourd'hui un journaliste Americain le rehabilite.
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Sixty-four years ago, a blind and indigent Sam
Langford was rediscovered through an award winning article published in
the New York Herald Tribune. Now, in 2008, Clay Moyle 'discovers'
Langford anew-in greater depth and with remarkable clarity. In
tenaciously applying the forensic skills of a seasoned sports historian
and archivist, Moyle plots a stunning tale which is set against the
backdrop of the pervasive racial mores of the times in which Langford
lived and fought, and in the process reclaims for posterity the life
and career of one of boxing's truly great figures. ---Adeyinka Makinde,
author of Dick Tiger:The Life and Times of a Boxing Immortal
Review
As the title of this book indicates,
Sam Langford was, indeed, an 'uncrowned champion'-one of the greatest
pound-for-pound pugilists ever to step through the ropes. The only
reason Langford never held a world title was that no champion gave him
a chance to fight for the crown, even though Sam was eminently
qualified. Now, the uncrowned champion has found a champion in Clay
Moyle, an eminent boxing historian. This book gives Langford the
recognition he has deserved for such a long time. Langford was small in
stature, but he was larger than life. He was capable of knocking
opponents twice his size colder than a mackerel. Had there been any
justice in the world of the early 1900s, Langford would have been
champion of the middleweight, light-heavyweight and heavyweight
divisions. Moyle s epic chronicle of Langford s life in and out of the
ring redresses the fighter s slide into obscurity during the
half-century since his death. The author deftly balances the triumphs
and tragedies of this extraordinary man s career. This book is a
must-read, from the opening bell to the last. --Charles R. Saunders,
author of Sweat and Soul: The Saga of Black Boxers from the Halifax
Forum to Ceasars Palace
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