One such fighter was the old-time heavyweight contender Sam McVey. McVey, who lived in Oxnard, Calif., was one of a group of black heavyweights, including Sam Langford, Joe Jeanette and Harry ...

Sam Langford and Sam McVey. According to boxing historian Nat Fleischer, "There really wasn't a white man who could be classed with this dusky quartet." Fleischer contends this was the real reason ...

‘The Dream’ responded to a picture of former Heavyweight contender Sam McVey and spotted a resemblance. Sam McVey is widely regarded as one of the greatest heavyweights of his era. “The ...

Certainly the caliber of black championship hopefuls was that of title quality and the emergence of Jackson, Sam McVey, Jack Johnson, Sam Langford and Joe Jeanette posed a threat that the white ...

In a boxing carnival at the National Sporting Club to-night Sam Langford and Sam McVey, Americans, easily got the better of their British opponents. Langford knocked out Jeff Thorn in the first ...

Sullivan and Charley Mitchell fought their 39-round draw at Chantilly in 1888, Joe Jeannette of New York to-night defeated Sam McVey of California in the fiftieth round of a finish fight.