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Billy Hooper vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

Billy Hooper

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Sam Langford

Billy Hooper (0-4 across 4 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 1 common opponent.

Hooper

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 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

Billy Hooper and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Billy Hooper and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1919Apr 30Series
Billy HooperFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Hooper 1 · Langford 5 of 6 measurable rows
HooperLangford
Record†
0-4210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
0
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 9
2 (edge)
9
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 12.8
1.5
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
4
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

Heightnot held
Billy Hooper: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Billy Hooper: No reach on file
Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held
Billy Hooper: No date of birth
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Billy Hooper: Not recorded
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Billy Hooper 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
Billy Hooper0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Billy Hooper: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hooper yet.

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 — Billy Hooper 4, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Langford better on 1

Hooper

Opponent

Langford

  • Billy Hooper

    0–3 against

    Loss, PTS

    1920

    Loss, PTS

    1920

    Loss, KO

    1918

    FlowersLangford better

    Sam Langford

    Win, KO 2

    1922

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

Billy Hooper last boxed on Sep 27, 1920 — 38,746 days ago. Hooper had lost four straight.LLLL

Flowers Jan 1918Langford Apr 1919Flowers Mar 1920Flowers Sep 19201.5 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 Billy Hooper and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Hooper and Sam Langford met once on April 30, 1919, and Sam Langford won by KO in round 4.
The meeting

LApr 30, 1919 · Langford · KO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hooper or Langford?
Billy Hooper is 0-4 across the 4 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 %

Hooper0–40%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hooper or Langford?
Billy Hooper has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hooper0

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hooper and Langford have any common opponents?
Billy Hooper and Sam Langford share 1 common opponent: Tiger Flowers. Sam Langford fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Tiger FlowersLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hooper and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Billy Hooper and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hooper4bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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