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.
Battling Jim Johnson (3-32-4 across 39 tracked bouts) and Sam Langford (210-43-53) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 12 times. They share 6 common opponents.
Battling Jim Johnson vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam Langford leads 11–0- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonAug 22, 1918 · NWS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonAug 5, 1918 · NWS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonJun 19, 1918 · PTS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonJan 1, 1917 · PTS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonDec 12, 1916 · KO
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonOct 18, 1915 · PTS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonJun 8, 1915 · NWS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonApr 6, 1915 · NWS
- DrawLangford vs JohnsonSep 15, 1914 · PTS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonAug 12, 1914 · NWS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonMar 27, 1914 · NWS
- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonMay 14, 1910 · NWS
The Numbers
- 3-32-4
- Record
- 210-43-53 (edge)
- 12.8%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 126 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 60%
- 33%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57% (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.9
- Bouts per year
- 13.7 (edge)
- 39
- Bouts tracked
- 333
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
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- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- —
- Age
- 143
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Jim Johnson · 3 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
2
Sam Langford · 229 wins
KO/TKO
131
Decision
54
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (39 and 333 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
6 sharedBattling Jim Johnson
LNWS · Nov 1908LNWS · Apr 1908LNWS · Mar 1908Sam Langford
WPTS · Jan 1924WKO R3 · Oct 1923WPTS · Aug 1923WKO R8 · Mar 1910LNWS · Feb 1910WKO R1 · Dec 1908Battling Jim Johnson
LNWS · Jun 1917WTKO R2 · Feb 1917LNWS · Jul 1915Sam Langford
LPTS · Jan 1922LPTS · Apr 1920LPTS · Nov 1919LNWS · Sep 1919LNWS · Jul 1919LTKO R8 · May 1918LKO R6 · Apr 1918DNWS · Nov 1917LNWS · Sep 1917LNWS · May 1917LNWS · Apr 1916LNWS · Mar 1916WKO R19 · Feb 1916LPTS · Jan 1916LNWS · Dec 1915WKO R14 · Nov 1914DNWS · May 1914Battling Jim Johnson
LPTS · Oct 1917LPTS · Aug 1917LNWS · Jun 1915LPTS · Feb 1915LNWS · Dec 1914LKO R21 · Nov 1910DPTS · Aug 1910Sam Langford
WNWS · Aug 1920DPTS · Aug 1916DNWS · May 1916WNWS · Apr 1916WNWS · Feb 1916DNWS · Nov 1915DNWS · Oct 1915DPTS · Sep 1915LKO R8 · Aug 1915LPTS · Jun 1915DPTS · Mar 1913WKO R13 · Dec 1912WTKO R11 · Oct 1912WPTS · Aug 1912WPTS · Apr 1912LPTS · Dec 1911DPTS · Apr 1911Battling Jim Johnson
LPTS · Aug 1918WNWS · May 1915DPTS · Nov 1914LNWS · Aug 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LNWS · Jul 1914LDQ · Jan 1913LNWS · Jan 1913LNWS · Oct 1912WNWS · Jul 1912Sam Langford
WNWS · Sep 1917WKO R7 · May 1916LPTS · Apr 1915DNWS · Oct 1914WPTS · Dec 1913LNWS · Oct 1913WNWS · Sep 1911WPTS · Jan 1911WPTS · Sep 1910WNWS · Sep 1908DPTS · Mar 1908DPTS · Jan 1907WPTS · Apr 1906LTKO R8 · Dec 1905
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Battling Jim Johnson
LLLLL
L9 streak · last fought Nov 11, 1921
Sam Langford
LWLWD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 2, 1926
Common Questions
- Have Battling Jim Johnson and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Jim Johnson and Sam Langford have met 12 times and Sam Langford leads the series 11-0 with 1 draw.
- Who has the better record, Battling Jim Johnson or Sam Langford?
- Battling Jim Johnson is 3-32-4 across the 39 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sam Langford is 210-43-53. Sam Langford has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Battling Jim Johnson or Sam Langford?
- Battling Jim Johnson has 1 knockout win and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
- Do Battling Jim Johnson and Sam Langford have any common opponents?
- Battling Jim Johnson and Sam Langford share 6 common opponents: Andrew Chiariglione, Harry Wills and Sam McVey (and 3 others). Sam Langford fared better against 4 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Jim Johnson and Sam Langford?
- This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for Battling Jim Johnson and 333 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.