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 Owens (2-2 across 4 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 once. They share 1 common opponent.
Battling Owens vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam Langford leads 1–0- Sam Langford wonLangford vs OwensSep 22, 1922 · KO · R7
The Numbers
- 2-2
- Record
- 210-43-53 (edge)
- 50%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 126 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 60%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57% (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.2
- Bouts per year
- 13.7 (edge)
- 4
- 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
- —
- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- —
- Age
- 143
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Owens · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
1
Sam Langford · 229 wins
KO/TKO
131
Decision
54
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (4 and 333 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedBattling Owens
LKO R3 · Dec 1925WDQ R5 · Dec 1923Sam Langford
WKO R1 · Aug 1921WKO R2 · Nov 1920DPTS · May 1920
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 Owens
LWWL
L1 streak · last fought Dec 14, 1925
Sam Langford
LWLWD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 2, 1926
Common Questions
- Have Battling Owens and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Owens and Sam Langford met once on September 22, 1922, and Sam Langford won by KO in round 7.
- Who has the better record, Battling Owens or Sam Langford?
- Battling Owens is 2-2 across the 4 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 Owens or Sam Langford?
- Battling Owens has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
- Do Battling Owens and Sam Langford have any common opponents?
- Battling Owens and Sam Langford share 1 common opponent: George Godfrey. Sam Langford fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Owens and Sam Langford?
- This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Battling Owens and 333 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.