Have Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford ever fought each other?

Yes. Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford met once on February 28, 1916, and Sam Langford won by NWS.

Who has the better record, Hawkins or Langford?

Cleve Hawkins is 0-7 across the 7 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, Hawkins or Langford?

Cleve Hawkins has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.

Do Hawkins and Langford have any common opponents?

Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford share 5 common opponents: Tiger Flowers, Kid Norfolk and Joe Jeanette (and 2 others). Sam Langford fared better against 4 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hawkins and Langford?

This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Cleve Hawkins and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Cleve Hawkins vs Sam Langford — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Cleve Hawkins

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Sam Langford

Cleve Hawkins (0-7 across 7 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 5 common opponents.

Hawkins

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

Losses

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

Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met	1916Feb 28	Series
Cleve HawkinsFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	NWSLangford vs Hawkins	1Meeting

Langford vs Hawkins · Feb 28, 1916

The Numbers

Hawkins 1 · Langford 4 of 5 measurable rows

HawkinsEdge = longer wingLangford

Record^†: 0-7210-43-53 (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: 3 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 12.8: 0.4
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312: 7
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: Cleve Hawkins: No height on file; Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held: Cleve Hawkins: No reach on file; Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held: Cleve Hawkins: No date of birth; Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance: Cleve Hawkins: Not recorded; Sam Langford: Orthodox

Cleve Hawkins 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

Cleve Hawkins0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Hawkins yet.

Sam Langford211 wins · from 312 tracked bouts

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 — Cleve Hawkins 7, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Hawkins better on 1 · Langford better on 45 shared · Cleve Hawkins better on 1 · Sam Langford better on 4

HawkinsCleve Hawkins

Opponent

LangfordSam Langford

Cleve Hawkins
Loss, KO
1924Oct 1924
FlowersTiger FlowersUnited States 135–17–8 · MiddleweightLangford betterSam Langford better — 1–0 to 0–1
Sam Langford
Win, KO 2
1922Jun 1922
Cleve Hawkins
0–2 against
Loss, NWS
1920May 1920
Loss, PTS
1918Apr 1918
NorfolkKid NorfolkUnited States 115–28–8 · Light HeavyweightLangford betterSam Langford better — 1–0 to 0–2
Sam Langford
Win, KO 2
1917Dec 1917
Cleve Hawkins
Loss, NWS
1915Mar 1915
JeanetteJoe JeanetteUnited States 120–24–21 · HeavyweightHawkins betterCleve Hawkins better — 0–1 to 8–3–3
Sam Langford
8–3–3 against
Win, NWS
1917Sep 1917
Win, KO 7
1916May 1916
Loss, PTS
1915Apr 1915
Draw, NWS
1914Oct 1914
Win, PTS
1913Dec 1913
Loss, NWS
1913Oct 1913
Win, NWS
1911Sep 1911
Win, PTS
1911Jan 1911
Win, PTS
1910Sep 1910
Win, NWS
1908Sep 1908
Draw, PTS
1908Mar 1908
Draw, PTS
1907Jan 1907
Win, PTS
1906Apr 1906
Loss, TKO 8
1905Dec 1905
Cleve Hawkins
Loss, TKO 3
1916Sep 1916
SmithGunboat SmithUnited States 81–49–13 · HeavyweightLangford betterSam Langford better — 1–1 to 0–1
Sam Langford
1–1 against
Win, KO 3
1914Oct 1914
Loss, PTS
1913Nov 1913
Cleve Hawkins
Loss, KO 2
1906May 1906
BlackburnJack BlackburnUnited States 117–24–22Langford betterSam Langford better — 1–0–4 to 0–1
Sam Langford
1–0–4 against
No contest, NC 1
1905Oct 1905
Draw, PTS
1905Sep 1905
Win, PTS
1905Aug 1905
Draw, PTS
1904Dec 1904
Draw, NWS
1904Jan 1904
Draw, PTS
1903Dec 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

Cleve Hawkins last boxed on Oct 21, 1924 — 37,255 days ago. Hawkins had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Langford Feb 1916Smith Sep 1916Norfolk Apr 1918Norfolk May 1920Flowers Oct 19240.4 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 Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford ever fought each other?: Yes. Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford met once on February 28, 1916, and Sam Langford won by NWS.
Who has the better record, Hawkins or Langford?: Cleve Hawkins is 0-7 across the 7 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, Hawkins or Langford?: Cleve Hawkins has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Do Hawkins and Langford have any common opponents?: Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford share 5 common opponents: Tiger Flowers, Kid Norfolk and Joe Jeanette (and 2 others). Sam Langford fared better against 4 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hawkins and Langford?: This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Cleve Hawkins and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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