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.
George Cole (4-16 across 22 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.
George Cole vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 0–0- No decisionLangford vs ColeMar 3, 1905 · NC · R9
The Numbers
- 4-16
- Record
- 210-43-53 (edge)
- 20%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 126 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 60%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57% (edge)
- 4 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1.9
- Bouts per year
- 13.7 (edge)
- 22
- 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
- —
- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- —
- Age
- 143
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGeorge Cole · 4 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
4
Sam Langford · 229 wins
KO/TKO
131
Decision
54
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (22 and 333 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
5 sharedGeorge Cole
LTKO R4 · Feb 1908LNWS · Oct 1905LNWS · Aug 1905WNWS · Jul 1905Sam 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 1905George Cole
LNWS · Nov 1908LNWS · May 1904LNWS · Jun 1902LTKO R4 · May 1902LDQ R10 · Oct 1900LPTS · Mar 1899LNWS · Jan 1899Sam Langford
WTKO R5 · Aug 1911George Cole
LKO R4 · Jul 1910WNWS · Oct 1908WNWS · Jan 1905Sam Langford
WKO R3 · Jan 1910WRTD R5 · Sep 1909George Cole
LNWS · Jan 1908LNWS · Dec 1907LKO R4 · Mar 1903NCNC R4 · Oct 1902Sam Langford
DPTS · Sep 1904George Cole
LNWS · Jun 1907LNWS · Jan 1907WNWS · Jun 1905Sam 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
George Cole
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Jul 20, 1910
Sam Langford
LWLWD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 2, 1926
Common Questions
- Have George Cole and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
- Yes. George Cole and Sam Langford met once on March 3, 1905, and the bout produced no decision by NC in round 9.
- Who has the better record, George Cole or Sam Langford?
- George Cole is 4-16 across the 22 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, George Cole or Sam Langford?
- George Cole has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
- Do George Cole and Sam Langford have any common opponents?
- George Cole and Sam Langford share 5 common opponents: Joe Jeanette, Philadelphia Jack O'Brien and Dixie Kid (and 2 others). Sam Langford fared better against 5 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on George Cole and Sam Langford?
- This comparison is drawn from 22 bouts tracked for George Cole and 333 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.