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Bill Lang vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Bill Lang

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Sam Langford

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.

Lang

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts 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

Bill Lang and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Bill Lang and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1911Feb 21Series
Bill LangFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultDQR61Meeting

The Numbers

Lang 2 · Langford 4 of 6 measurable rows
LangLangford
Record†
1-5210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
1
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
60%
Times stopped‡max 9
3 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
1.3
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
6
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

Height+6″
Bill Lang: 6′1″ (edge)
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reach+1″
Bill Lang: 73″
Sam Langford: 74″ (edge)
Agenot comparable
Bill Lang: Died aged 70
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Bill Lang: Orthodox
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Bill Lang 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
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%

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 — Bill Lang 6, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Lang better on 1 · even on 1

Lang

Opponent

Langford

  • Bill Lang

    Loss, KO 2

    1911

    McVeyLang better

    Sam Langford

    7–3–6 against

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Draw, PTS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1916

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Loss, KO 8

    1915

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1913

    Win, KO 13

    1912

    Win, TKO 11

    1912

    Win, PTS

    1912

    Win, PTS

    1912

    Loss, PTS

    1911

    Draw, PTS

    1911

  • Bill Lang

    Loss, TKO 9

    1907

    JohnsonEven

    Sam Langford

    Loss, PTS

    1906

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

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 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.
The meeting

LFeb 21, 1911 · Langford · DQ R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lang or 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.
Records · win %

Lang1–516.7%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lang or Langford?
Bill Lang has 1 knockout win and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lang1

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lang and 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.
2 shared opponents

Sam McVeyL7–3–6

Jack JohnsonLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Lang or Langford?
Bill Lang is the taller fighter at 185 cm, 16 cm above the other. Sam Langford also has the longer reach, by 3 cm.
Height · reach

Lang185 cm185 cm reach

Langford169 cm188 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lang and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Bill Lang and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lang6bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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