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Alf Langford vs Sam McVey — record, stats and common opponents compared

Alf Langford

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Sam McVey

Alf Langford (2-2 across 4 tracked bouts) and Sam McVey (78-18-13) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Langford

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

McVey

78

Wins60 KO · 77%

18

Losses

13

Draws112 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

McVey leads 1–0

Alf Langford and Sam McVey have met 1 time; McVey leads 1–0.

Alf Langford and Sam McVey have met 1 time; McVey leads 1–0.
Met1911Aug 3Series
Alf LangfordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam McVeyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Langford 1 · McVey 5 of 6 measurable rows
LangfordMcVey
Record†
2-278-18-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 60
1
60 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—76.92%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
77% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
1.5
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
4
112

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot held
Alf Langford: No date of birth
Sam McVey: Died aged 37
Stance
Alf Langford: Not recorded
Sam McVey: Orthodox

Alf Langford left, Sam McVey right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Alf Langford2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Alf Langford: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

Sam McVey78 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Sam McVey: 78 tracked wins — 60 by KO/TKO (77%), 13 on the cards (17%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

60 by KO/TKO 77%13 on the cards 17%5 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Alf Langford 4, Sam McVey 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Langford better on 1 · McVey better on 1

Langford

Opponent

McVey

  • Alf Langford

    2–0 against

    Win, DQ 3

    1912

    Win, KO 4

    1911

    JohnsonMcVey better

    Sam McVey

    6–0–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1917

    Win, PTS

    1917

    Win, NWS

    1915

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Win, NWS

    1914

    Win, KO 21

    1910

    Draw, PTS

    1910

  • Alf Langford

    Loss, DQ 7

    1914

    JeanetteLangford better

    Sam McVey

    1–2–2 against

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1909

    Loss, RTD

    1909

    Win, PTS

    1909

    Loss, NWS

    1907

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Alf Langford last boxed on Feb 21, 1914 — 41,149 days ago. Langford had won one in a row before losing to Joe Jeanette.WLWL

Johnson May 1911McVey Aug 1911Johnson Jan 1912Jeanette Feb 19141.5 tracked bouts per year

Sam McVey drew the most recent tracked bout with Jeff Clark. McVey last boxed on Aug 1, 1921.NCNCWWD

Wills Sep 1920Thompson Mar 1921Clark Mar 1921Clark Jul 1921Clark Aug 19215.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Alf Langford and Sam McVey ever fought each other?
Yes. Alf Langford and Sam McVey met once on August 3, 1911, and Sam McVey won by KO in round 9.
The meeting

LAug 3, 1911 · McVey · KO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Langford or McVey?
Alf Langford is 2-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sam McVey is 78-18-13. Sam McVey has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Langford2–250%

McVey78–18–1377.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Langford or McVey?
Alf Langford has 1 knockout win and Sam McVey has 60. Sam McVey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Langford1

McVey6076.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Langford and McVey have any common opponents?
Alf Langford and Sam McVey share 2 common opponents: Jim Johnson and Joe Jeanette. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Jim JohnsonW6–0–1

Joe JeanetteL1–2–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Langford and McVey?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Alf Langford and 112 bouts tracked for Sam McVey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Langford4bouts

McVey112bouts

How They Win ↓

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