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

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Bill Lang

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Sam McVey

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.

Lang

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

McVey

78

Wins60 KO · 77%

18

Losses

13

Draws112 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

McVey leads 1–0

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

Bill Lang and Sam McVey have met 1 time; McVey leads 1–0.
Met1911Oct 28Series
Bill LangFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam McVeyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Lang 2 · McVey 4 of 6 measurable rows
LangMcVey
Record†
1-578-18-13 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 60
1
60 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—76.92%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
77%
Times stopped‡max 5
3 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
1.3
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
6
112

† 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

Heightnot held
Bill Lang: 6′1″
Sam McVey: No height on file
Reachnot held
Bill Lang: 73″
Sam McVey: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Bill Lang: Died aged 70
Sam McVey: Died aged 37
Stance
Bill Lang: Orthodox
Sam McVey: Orthodox

Bill Lang left, Sam McVey 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 McVey78 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Sam McVey: 78 tracked wins — 60 by KO/TKO (77%), 13 on the cards (17%) and 5 by another method or unrecorded (6%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

60 by KO/TKO 77%13 on the cards 17%5 by another method or unrecorded 6%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill Lang 6, Sam McVey 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Lang better on 2

Lang

Opponent

McVey

  • Bill Lang

    Loss, DQ 6

    1911

    LangfordLang better

    Sam McVey

    3–7–6 against

    Loss, NWS

    1920

    Draw, PTS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Win, KO 8

    1915

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1913

    Loss, KO 13

    1912

    Loss, TKO 11

    1912

    Loss, PTS

    1912

    Loss, PTS

    1912

    Win, PTS

    1911

    Draw, PTS

    1911

  • Bill Lang

    Loss, TKO 9

    1907

    JohnsonLang better

    Sam McVey

    0–3 against

    Loss, KO

    1904

    Loss, PTS

    1903

    Loss, PTS

    1903

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 McVey drew the most recent tracked bout with Jeff Clark. McVey last boxed on Aug 1, 1921.NCNCWWD

Wills Sep 1920Thompson Mar 1921Clark Mar 1921Clark Jul 1921Clark Aug 19215.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
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.
The meeting

LOct 28, 1911 · McVey · KO R2

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

Lang1–516.7%

McVey78–18–1377.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lang or McVey?
Bill Lang has 1 knockout win and Sam McVey has 60. Sam McVey has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lang1

McVey6076.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lang and 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.
2 shared opponents

Sam LangfordL3–7–6

Jack JohnsonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lang and McVey?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Bill Lang and 112 bouts tracked for Sam McVey. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lang6bouts

McVey112bouts

How They Win ↓

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