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.
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.
Alf Langford vs Sam McVey — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam McVey leads 1–0- Sam McVey wonMcVey vs LangfordAug 3, 1911 · KO · R9
The Numbers
- 2-2
- Record
- 78-18-13 (edge)
- 50%
- Win %
- 77.5% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 60 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 76.92%
- 50%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 74% (edge)
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.5
- Bouts per year
- 6.4 (edge)
- 4
- Bouts tracked
- 124
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 142
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyAlf Langford · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
1
Sam McVey · 87 wins
KO/TKO
64
Decision
16
Other
7
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 124 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedAlf Langford
WDQ R3 · Jan 1912WKO R4 · May 1911Sam McVey
WPTS · Oct 1917WPTS · Aug 1917WNWS · Jun 1915WPTS · Feb 1915WNWS · Dec 1914WKO R21 · Nov 1910DPTS · Aug 1910Alf Langford
LDQ R7 · Feb 1914Sam McVey
DPTS · Apr 1915DPTS · Dec 1909LRTD · Apr 1909WPTS · Feb 1909LNWS · Apr 1907
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Alf Langford
LWLW
L1 streak · last fought Feb 21, 1914
Sam McVey
DWWNCNC
No active streak · last fought Aug 1, 1921
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Alf Langford or Sam 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Alf Langford or Sam McVey?
- Alf Langford has 1 knockout win and Sam McVey has 60. Sam McVey has more.
- Do Alf Langford and Sam 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Alf Langford and Sam McVey?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Alf Langford and 124 bouts tracked for Sam McVey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.