Punchers from the Past: Langston Carl (L C ) Morgan

Langston Carl (L C ) Morgan

Born Meridian Mississippi 15 November 1934.

Died 12 May 1987 at the age of 52.

Turned pro June 1954 retired October 1969

Record: 129 fights 80 wins (58) 46 losses 3 draws

Beat:  Glen Flanagan, Ludwig Lightburn, Don Jordan*, Joe Miceli, Charley “Tombstone” Smith, Eddie Perkins*, Willie Morton, Giordano Campari, Mauro Vazquez, Charley Austin, Battling Torres, Jose Napoles*, Carlos Hernandez*

Lost to: Ludwig Lightburn, Vicente Rivas, Stan Harrington, Bruno Visintin, Dave Charnley, Tony Montano, Ted Wright, Alfredo Urbina, Jose Napoles*, Luis Rodriguez*, Ramon La Cruz, Nicolino Locche*, Oscar Albarado*

*Former or future world title holder

Fought in: Argentina, Italy, USA, Philippines, United Kingdom. Venezuela and 63 times in Mexico.

Never fought for a world title

His busiest years were 1958, 1963 and 1964 when he fought 16 times each year but Morgan claimed many of his fights were not recorded.

His chin let him down with 24 of his 46 losses coming by way of KO/TKO

A football and baseball standout at High School, Morgan turned pro in 1954 after a successful amateur career with an 18-2 record as a featherweight, including Youngstown and Cleveland Golden Gloves Championships in 1953 and 1954. He also won an AAU national featherweight title in 1953. Colleges considered him too small for football or basketball so he quit school to become a boxer. After he completed his boxing career he became a trainer and had his own gym in Los Angeles before dying from liver cancer in 1987. He was  posthumously inducted into the Californian Boxing Hall of Fame in 2005.