Sam Mcvea was a Heavyweight that fought from 1902 till 1921 and was one of the great Heavyweights of his time, many often forget about him and his epic runs against other greats of his time. In my opinion, he was one of the finest Heavyweights to ever live and I'm gonna share why.
Profesional record: 75-18-13 (including newspaper decisions)
2 Time Colored Heavyweight Champion
32 fights against Champions
28 fights against Hall of Famers
Beat 4 World Champions
Beat 3 Hall of Famers
The thing that impressed me the most about Mcvea was his conditioning and the amazing fight runs that he had with other fighters of his time, he fought: Sam Langford 15 times, Jeff Clark 6 times, Jim Johnson 7 times, Harry Wills 5 times, Denver Ed Martin 4 times, Joe Jeannette 5 times. He could also fight 25 rounds for fun if he wanted to, often doing that. Once he fought Joe Jeannette for 49 rounds in a 2-hour battle.
He was also a massive puncher some people call him the Mike Tyson of his day because of his explosiveness. Even though he did not make a lot of defenses like other greats of his time did, he is nothing to laugh at since had such massive runs against all of these greats.
I wanna point out that when he fought the great Jack Johnson 3 times inside 11 bouts and was only 18 years old, they fought for the World Colored Heavyweight Title but Mcvea did not have the experience to beat Johnson. I believe it would be not so easy for Johnson to beat him if they fought some years later when Mcvea was at his peak, but sadly that never happened since Johnson avoided Mcvea among other fighters after winning the World Heavyweight Title since he did not want to take the risk of losing it.
Sadly he died of Pneumonia in 1921 other wise I believe he would fight in his 40's or maybe even in his 50's like Jack Johnson did.
Final thoughts: Even though I don't personally rate him over some other greats of his time (Jeannette, Johnson etc.) I believe he is definitely an all time great that should be respected for his toughness and heart shown in the ring.
1884-1921
Profesional record: 75-18-13 (including newspaper decisions)
2 Time Colored Heavyweight Champion
32 fights against Champions
28 fights against Hall of Famers
Beat 4 World Champions
Beat 3 Hall of Famers
The thing that impressed me the most about Mcvea was his conditioning and the amazing fight runs that he had with other fighters of his time, he fought: Sam Langford 15 times, Jeff Clark 6 times, Jim Johnson 7 times, Harry Wills 5 times, Denver Ed Martin 4 times, Joe Jeannette 5 times. He could also fight 25 rounds for fun if he wanted to, often doing that. Once he fought Joe Jeannette for 49 rounds in a 2-hour battle.
He was also a massive puncher some people call him the Mike Tyson of his day because of his explosiveness. Even though he did not make a lot of defenses like other greats of his time did, he is nothing to laugh at since had such massive runs against all of these greats.
I wanna point out that when he fought the great Jack Johnson 3 times inside 11 bouts and was only 18 years old, they fought for the World Colored Heavyweight Title but Mcvea did not have the experience to beat Johnson. I believe it would be not so easy for Johnson to beat him if they fought some years later when Mcvea was at his peak, but sadly that never happened since Johnson avoided Mcvea among other fighters after winning the World Heavyweight Title since he did not want to take the risk of losing it.
Sadly he died of Pneumonia in 1921 other wise I believe he would fight in his 40's or maybe even in his 50's like Jack Johnson did.
Final thoughts: Even though I don't personally rate him over some other greats of his time (Jeannette, Johnson etc.) I believe he is definitely an all time great that should be respected for his toughness and heart shown in the ring.
1884-1921
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