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Dave Mills vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Mills

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Sam Langford

Dave Mills (1-3 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.

Mills

Tracked record

1–3

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

Dave Mills and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Dave Mills and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1916Mar 23Series
Dave MillsFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Mills 1 · Langford 5 of 6 measurable rows
MillsLangford
Record†
1-3210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
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
3 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
0.8
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
Dave Mills: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Dave Mills: No reach on file
Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held
Dave Mills: No date of birth
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Dave Mills: Not recorded
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Dave Mills 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
Dave Mills1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Dave Mills: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Dave Mills 4, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Mills better on 1

Mills

Opponent

Langford

  • Dave Mills

    Result unrecorded, ND

    1912

    WillsMills better

    Sam Langford

    2–13–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1922

    Loss, PTS

    1920

    Loss, PTS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, TKO 8

    1918

    Loss, KO 6

    1918

    Draw, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Win, KO 19

    1916

    Loss, PTS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Win, KO 14

    1914

    Draw, NWS

    1914

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

Dave Mills last boxed on Dec 11, 1920 — 38,665 days ago. Mills had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Langford Mar 1916Firpo Nov 1919Firpo Apr 1920Firpo Dec 19200.8 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 Dave Mills and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Mills and Sam Langford met once on March 23, 1916, and Sam Langford won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LMar 23, 1916 · Langford · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Mills or Langford?
Dave Mills is 1-3 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 %

Mills1–325%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

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

Mills0

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Mills and Langford have any common opponents?
Dave Mills and Sam Langford share 1 common opponent: Harry Wills. Dave Mills fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Harry Wills0–02–13–2

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

Mills4bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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