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

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Bill Lang

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Jack Johnson

Bill Lang (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) and Jack Johnson (69-11-10) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Lang

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Johnson

69

Wins

11

Losses

10

Draws92 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

Johnson leads 1–0

Bill Lang and Jack Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.

Bill Lang and Jack Johnson have met 1 time; Johnson leads 1–0.
Met1907Mar 4Series
Bill LangFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jack JohnsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Lang 3 · Johnson 3 of 6 measurable rows
LangJohnson
Record†
1-569-11-10 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
82.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 1
1 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
—0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
51%
Times stopped‡max 6
3 (edge)
6
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 2.7
1.3
2.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 92
6
92

† 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

Height+1″
Bill Lang: 6′1″ (edge)
Jack Johnson: 6′0″
Reach+2″
Bill Lang: 73″
Jack Johnson: 75″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Bill Lang: Died aged 70
Jack Johnson: Died aged 68
Stance
Bill Lang: Orthodox
Jack Johnson: Orthodox

Bill Lang left, Jack Johnson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill Lang1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Bill Lang: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Jack Johnson69 wins · from 92 tracked bouts

Jack Johnson: 69 tracked wins — 35 by KO/TKO (51%), 14 on the cards (20%) and 20 by another method or unrecorded (29%). Counted from 92 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

35 by KO/TKO 51%14 on the cards 20%20 by another method or unrecorded 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Lang 6, Jack Johnson 92 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Johnson better on 3 · even on 1

Lang

Opponent

Johnson

  • Bill Lang

    Loss, KO 2

    1911

    McVeyJohnson better

    Jack Johnson

    3–0 against

    Win, KO

    1904

    Win, PTS

    1903

    Win, PTS

    1903

  • Bill Lang

    Loss, DQ 6

    1911

    LangfordJohnson better

    Jack Johnson

    Win, PTS

    1906

  • Bill Lang

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1910

    Loss, KO 6

    1908

    BurnsJohnson better

    Jack Johnson

    Win, TKO 14

    1908

  • Bill Lang

    Win, KO 12

    1909

    FitzsimmonsEven

    Jack Johnson

    Win, KO 2

    1907

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

Bill Lang has lost three straight, after one straight win. Lang last boxed on Oct 28, 1911.LWLLL

Burns Sep 1908Fitzsimmons Dec 1909Burns Apr 1910Langford Feb 1911McVey Oct 19111.3 tracked bouts per year

Jack Johnson has won once since losing a decision to Brad Simmons. Johnson last boxed on Apr 28, 1931.LLWLW

Wright Apr 1928Hartwell May 1928Wilson Jul 1928Simmons Mar 1931Simmons Apr 19312.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LMar 4, 1907 · Johnson · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lang or Johnson?
Bill Lang is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jack Johnson is 69-11-10. Jack Johnson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lang1–516.7%

Johnson69–11–1082.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lang or Johnson?
Bill Lang has 1 knockout win and Jack Johnson has 0. Bill Lang has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lang1

Johnson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Lang and 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.
4 shared opponents

Sam McVeyLW

Sam LangfordLW

Tommy BurnsLW

Bob FitzsimmonsWW

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Lang or Johnson?
Bill Lang is the taller fighter at 185 cm, 1 cm above the other. Jack Johnson also has the longer reach, by 5 cm.
Height · reach

Lang185 cm185 cm reach

Johnson184 cm190 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lang and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Bill Lang and 92 bouts tracked for Jack Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lang6bouts

Johnson92bouts

How They Win ↓

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