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Battling Owens vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

Battling Owens

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Sam Langford

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.

Owens

Tracked record

2–2

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

43

Losses

53

Draws312 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

Langford leads 1–0

Battling Owens and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Battling Owens and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1922Sep 22Series
Battling OwensFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Owens 1 · Langford 5 of 6 measurable rows
OwensLangford
Record†
2-2210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
0
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
2 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
1.2
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
4
312

† 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

Heightnot held
Battling Owens: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Battling Owens: No reach on file
Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held
Battling Owens: No date of birth
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Battling Owens: Not recorded
Sam Langford: Orthodox

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Battling Owens2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Battling Owens: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

Sam Langford211 wins · from 312 tracked bouts

Sam Langford: 211 tracked wins — 126 by KO/TKO (60%), 49 on the cards (23%) and 36 by another method or unrecorded (17%). Counted from 312 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

126 by KO/TKO 60%49 on the cards 23%36 by another method or unrecorded 17%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Owens 4, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Langford better on 1

Owens

Opponent

Langford

  • Battling Owens

    1–1 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1925

    Win, DQ 5

    1923

    GodfreyLangford better

    Sam Langford

    2–0–2 against

    Win, KO 1

    1921

    Win, KO 2

    1920

    Draw, PTS

    1920

    Draw, PTS

    1920

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

Battling Owens last boxed on Dec 14, 1925 — 36,836 days ago. Owens had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to George Godfrey.LWWL

Langford Sep 1922Godfrey Dec 1923Fall Jan 1924Godfrey Dec 19251.2 tracked bouts per year

Sam Langford had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Brad Simmons. Langford last boxed on Aug 2, 1926.DWLWL

Sullivan Mar 1925Gonzales Apr 1925Gahee Sep 1925Johnson Jul 1926Simmons Aug 192612.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LSep 22, 1922 · Langford · KO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Owens or 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.
Records · win %

Owens2–250%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Owens or Langford?
Battling Owens has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Owens0

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Owens and Langford have any common opponents?
Battling Owens and Sam Langford share 1 common opponent: George Godfrey. Sam Langford fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

George Godfrey1–12–0–2

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Owens and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Battling Owens and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Owens4bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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