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.
Big Boy Butler (0-1 across 1 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Big Boy Butler vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam Langford leads 1–0- Sam Langford wonLangford vs ButlerDec 12, 1918 · KO · R5
The Numbers
- 0-1
- Record
- 210-43-53 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 126 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 60%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57%
- 1 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- —
- Bouts per year
- 13.7
- 1
- 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 onlyBig Boy Butler · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Sam Langford · 229 wins
KO/TKO
131
Decision
54
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (1 and 333 respectively), 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
Big Boy Butler
L
L1 streak · last fought Dec 12, 1918
Sam Langford
LWLWD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 2, 1926
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Big Boy Butler or Sam Langford?
- Big Boy Butler is 0-1 across the 1 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, Big Boy Butler or Sam Langford?
- Big Boy Butler has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
- Do Big Boy Butler and Sam 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 Big Boy Butler and Sam Langford?
- This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Big Boy Butler and 333 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.