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 McVey (78-18-13) 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 McVey — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam McVey leads 1–0- Sam McVey wonMcVey vs LangOct 28, 1911 · KO · R2
The Numbers
- 1-5
- Record
- 78-18-13 (edge)
- 16.7%
- Win %
- 77.5% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 60 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 76.92%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 74%
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.3
- Bouts per year
- 6.4 (edge)
- 6
- Bouts tracked
- 124
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
- 144
- Age
- 142
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Heavyweight
- Australia
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBill Lang · 1 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
0
Other
0
Sam McVey · 87 wins
KO/TKO
64
Decision
16
Other
7
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 124 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedBill Lang
LDQ R6 · Feb 1911Sam McVey
LNWS · Aug 1920DPTS · Aug 1916DNWS · May 1916LNWS · Apr 1916LNWS · Feb 1916DNWS · Nov 1915DNWS · Oct 1915DPTS · Sep 1915WKO R8 · Aug 1915WPTS · Jun 1915DPTS · Mar 1913LKO R13 · Dec 1912LTKO R11 · Oct 1912LPTS · Aug 1912LPTS · Apr 1912WPTS · 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 McVey
DWWNCNC
No active streak · last fought Aug 1, 1921
Common Questions
- Have Bill Lang and Sam McVey ever fought each other?
- Yes. Bill Lang and Sam McVey met once on October 28, 1911, and Sam McVey won by KO in round 2.
- Who has the better record, Bill Lang or Sam McVey?
- Bill Lang is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Sam McVey is 78-18-13. Sam McVey 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 McVey?
- Bill Lang has 1 knockout win and Sam McVey has 60. Sam McVey has more.
- Do Bill Lang and Sam McVey have any common opponents?
- Bill Lang and Sam McVey share 2 common opponents: Sam Langford and Jack Johnson. Bill Lang fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bill Lang and Sam McVey?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Bill Lang and 124 bouts tracked for Sam McVey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.