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Bill Lang (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Jack Johnson (68-11-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Bill Lang vs Jack Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇦🇺AUSTRALIA

Bill Lang

Tracked record

1–5

6 tracked bouts

🇺🇸HEAVYWEIGHT

Jack Johnson

68–11–10

105 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

Jack Johnson leads 1–0

The Numbers

1-5
Record
68-11-10 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

16.7%
Win %
82% (edge)
1
Wins by knockout
34 (edge)
KO rate
50%
100% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
51%

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

3 (edge)
Times stopped
9

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
1.3 (edge)
Bouts per year
1.2

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

6
Bouts tracked
105

Tale of the Tape

Height
6′0″ (183 cm)
Reach
74″ (188 cm)
144
Age
148
Stance
Orthodox
Division
Heavyweight
Australia
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Bill Lang · 1 wins

KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0

Jack Johnson · 74 wins

KO/TKO
38
Decision
15
Other
21

Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 105 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared
  • Bill Lang

    LKO R2 · Oct 1911

    Sam McVey

    Jack Johnson

    WKO · Apr 1904WPTS · Oct 1903WPTS · Feb 1903
  • Bill Lang

    LDQ R6 · Feb 1911

    Sam Langford

    Jack Johnson

    WPTS · Apr 1906
  • Bill Lang

    LPTS · Apr 1910LKO R6 · Sep 1908

    Tommy Burns

    Jack Johnson

    WTKO R14 · Dec 1908
  • Bill Lang

    WKO R12 · Dec 1909

    Bob Fitzsimmons

    Jack Johnson

    WKO R2 · Jul 1907

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Bill Lang

LLLWL

L3 streak · last fought Oct 28, 1911

Jack Johnson

LLLLW

L4 streak · last fought Nov 6, 1985

Common Questions

Have Bill Lang and Jack Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill Lang and Jack Johnson met once on March 4, 1907, and Jack Johnson won by TKO in round 9.
Who has the better record, Bill Lang or Jack Johnson?
Bill Lang is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Johnson is 68-11-10. Jack Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Bill Lang or Jack Johnson?
Bill Lang has 1 knockout win and Jack Johnson has 34. Jack Johnson has more.
Do Bill Lang and Jack Johnson have any common opponents?
Bill Lang and Jack Johnson share 4 common opponents: Sam McVey, Sam Langford and Tommy Burns (and 1 other). Jack Johnson fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bill Lang and Jack Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Bill Lang and 105 bouts tracked for Jack Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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