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Big Boy Butler vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

Big Boy Butler

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Sam Langford

Big Boy Butler (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Butler

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Big Boy Butler and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Big Boy Butler and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1918Dec 12Series
Big Boy ButlerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Butler 1 · Langford 4 of 5 measurable rows
ButlerLangford
Record†
0-1210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
0
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 9
1 (edge)
9
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—12.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
1
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
Big Boy Butler: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Big Boy Butler: No reach on file
Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held
Big Boy Butler: No date of birth
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Big Boy Butler: Not recorded
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Big Boy Butler 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
Big Boy Butler0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Big Boy Butler: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Butler yet.

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 — Big Boy Butler 1, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Big Boy Butler last boxed on Dec 12, 1918 — 39,408 days ago. Butler had lost the most recent, to Sam Langford.L

Langford Dec 1918

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 Big Boy Butler and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Big Boy Butler and Sam Langford met once on December 12, 1918, and Sam Langford won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

LDec 12, 1918 · Langford · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Butler or Langford?
Big Boy Butler is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Butler0–10%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

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

Butler0

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Butler and Langford have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Big Boy Butler and Sam Langford have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Butler and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Big Boy Butler and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Butler1bout

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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