Have Colin Bell and Sam Langford ever fought each other?

Yes. Colin Bell and Sam Langford have met 2 times and Sam Langford leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.

Who has the better record, Bell or Langford?

Colin Bell is 3-6-2 across the 11 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, Bell or Langford?

Colin Bell has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.

Do Bell and Langford have any common opponents?

Colin Bell and Sam Langford share 3 common opponents: Sam McVey, Joe Jeanette and Gunboat Smith. Colin Bell fared better against 3 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Colin Bell and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Colin Bell vs Sam Langford — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Colin Bell

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Sam Langford

Colin Bell (3-6-2 across 11 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 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Bell

Tracked record

3–6–2

counted from 11 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 with 1 draw

Colin Bell and Sam Langford have met 2 times; Langford leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1913Jun 19	1914Oct 6	Series
Colin BellFighter A	DDraw	LLost	0–1–1W–L–D
Sam LangfordFighter B	DDraw	WWon	1–0–1W–L–D
Result	PTSLangford vs Bell	TKOR4Langford vs Bell	2Meetings

The Numbers

Bell 1 · Langford 5 of 6 measurable rows

BellEdge = longer wingLangford

Record^†: 3-6-2210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 36.4%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126: 0
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 9: 4 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 12.8: 1.2
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312: 11
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: Colin Bell: No height on file; Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held: Colin Bell: No reach on file; Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held: Colin Bell: No date of birth; Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance: Colin Bell: Not recorded; Sam Langford: Orthodox

Colin Bell 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

Colin Bell3 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

3 on the cards 100%

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 — Colin Bell 11, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Bell better on 33 shared · Colin Bell better on 3

BellColin Bell

Opponent

LangfordSam Langford

Colin Bell
0–2 against
Loss, KO 2
1913Dec 1913
Loss, TKO 16
1913Apr 1913
McVeySam McVeyUnited States 78–18–13 · HeavyweightBell betterColin Bell better — 0–2 to 7–3–6
Sam Langford
7–3–6 against
Win, NWS
1920Aug 1920
Draw, PTS
1916Aug 1916
Draw, NWS
1916May 1916
Win, NWS
1916Apr 1916
Win, NWS
1916Feb 1916
Draw, NWS
1915Oct 1915
Draw, PTS
1915Sep 1915
Loss, KO 8
1915Aug 1915
Loss, PTS
1915Jun 1915
Draw, PTS
1913Mar 1913
Win, KO 13
1912Dec 1912
Win, TKO 11
1912Oct 1912
Win, PTS
1912Aug 1912
Win, PTS
1912Apr 1912
Loss, PTS
1911Dec 1911
Draw, PTS
1911Apr 1911
Colin Bell
Loss, PTS
1914May 1914
JeanetteJoe JeanetteUnited States 120–24–21 · HeavyweightBell betterColin Bell 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
Colin Bell
Win, PTS
1915Oct 1915
SmithGunboat SmithUnited States 81–49–13 · HeavyweightBell betterColin Bell better — 1–0 to 1–1
Sam Langford
1–1 against
Win, KO 3
1914Oct 1914
Loss, PTS
1913Nov 1913

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

Colin Bell last boxed on Jun 30, 1922 — 38,097 days ago. Bell had won two straight since a draw with Tom Heeney.LWDWW

Levinsky Aug 1915Smith Oct 1915Heeney Oct 1921Heeney Mar 1922Heeney Jun 19221.2 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 Colin Bell and Sam Langford ever fought each other?: Yes. Colin Bell and Sam Langford have met 2 times and Sam Langford leads the series 1-0 with 1 draw.
Who has the better record, Bell or Langford?: Colin Bell is 3-6-2 across the 11 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, Bell or Langford?: Colin Bell has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Do Bell and Langford have any common opponents?: Colin Bell and Sam Langford share 3 common opponents: Sam McVey, Joe Jeanette and Gunboat Smith. Colin Bell fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bell and Langford?: This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Colin Bell and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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