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.
Cleve Hawkins (0-6 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 4 common opponents.
Cleve Hawkins vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam Langford leads 1–0- Sam Langford wonLangford vs HawkinsFeb 28, 1916 · NWS
The Numbers
- 0-6
- Record
- 210-43-53 (edge)
- 0%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 126 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 60%
- —
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.3
- Bouts per year
- 13.7 (edge)
- 6
- Bouts tracked
- 333
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
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- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
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- Age
- 143
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyCleve Hawkins · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Sam Langford · 229 wins
KO/TKO
131
Decision
54
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 333 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
4 sharedCleve Hawkins
LNWS · Mar 1915Sam Langford
WNWS · Sep 1917WKO R7 · May 1916LPTS · Apr 1915DNWS · Oct 1914WPTS · Dec 1913LNWS · Oct 1913WNWS · Sep 1911WPTS · Jan 1911WPTS · Sep 1910WNWS · Sep 1908DPTS · Mar 1908DPTS · Jan 1907WPTS · Apr 1906LTKO R8 · Dec 1905Cleve Hawkins
LKO R2 · May 1906Sam Langford
NCNC R1 · Oct 1905DPTS · Sep 1905WPTS · Aug 1905DPTS · Dec 1904DNWS · Jan 1904DPTS · Dec 1903
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Cleve Hawkins
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L6 streak · last fought Oct 21, 1924
Sam Langford
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L1 streak · last fought Aug 2, 1926
Common Questions
- 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, Cleve Hawkins or Sam Langford?
- Cleve Hawkins is 0-6 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Cleve Hawkins or Sam Langford?
- Cleve Hawkins has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
- Do Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford have any common opponents?
- Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford share 4 common opponents: Tiger Flowers, Kid Norfolk and Joe Jeanette (and 1 other). Sam Langford fared better against 3 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cleve Hawkins and Sam Langford?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Cleve Hawkins and 333 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.