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.
Bill Lang (1-5 across 6 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 2 common opponents.
Bill Lang vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam Langford leads 1–0- Sam Langford wonLangford vs LangFeb 21, 1911 · DQ · R6
The Numbers
- 1-5
- Record
- 210-43-53 (edge)
- 16.7%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 126 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 60%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57%
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.3
- Bouts per year
- 13.7 (edge)
- 6
- 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)
- 144
- Age
- 143
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Australia
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBill Lang · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Sam Langford · 229 wins
KO/TKO
131
Decision
54
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 333 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedBill Lang
LKO R2 · Oct 1911Sam Langford
WNWS · Aug 1920DPTS · Aug 1916DNWS · May 1916WNWS · Apr 1916WNWS · Feb 1916DNWS · Nov 1915DNWS · Oct 1915DPTS · Sep 1915LKO R8 · Aug 1915LPTS · Jun 1915DPTS · Mar 1913WKO R13 · Dec 1912WTKO R11 · Oct 1912WPTS · Aug 1912WPTS · Apr 1912LPTS · Dec 1911DPTS · Apr 1911
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
Sam Langford
LWLWD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 2, 1926
Common Questions
- Have Bill Lang and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
- Yes. Bill Lang and Sam Langford met once on February 21, 1911, and Sam Langford won by DQ in round 6.
- Who has the better record, Bill Lang or Sam Langford?
- Bill Lang is 1-5 across the 6 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, Bill Lang or Sam Langford?
- Bill Lang has 1 knockout win and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
- Do Bill Lang and Sam Langford have any common opponents?
- Bill Lang and Sam Langford share 2 common opponents: Sam McVey and Jack Johnson. Bill Lang fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bill Lang and Sam Langford?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Bill Lang and 333 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.