Have George Kid Cotton and Sam Langford ever fought each other?

Yes. George Kid Cotton and Sam Langford have met 2 times and Sam Langford leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Cotton or Langford?

George Kid Cotton is 1-9 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, Cotton or Langford?

George Kid Cotton has 1 knockout win and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.

Do Cotton and Langford have any common opponents?

George Kid Cotton and Sam Langford share 4 common opponents: Harry Wills, Jim Johnson and Joe Jeanette (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

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

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

George Kid Cotton vs Sam Langford — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

George Kid Cotton

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Sam Langford

George Kid Cotton (1-9 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 4 common opponents.

Cotton

Tracked record

1–9

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 2–0

George Kid Cotton and Sam Langford have met 2 times; Langford leads 2–0.
Met	1914Apr 15	1914Aug 25	Series
George Kid CottonFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Sam LangfordFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	PTSLangford vs Cotton	KOR4Langford vs Cotton	2Meetings

The Numbers

Cotton 2 · Langford 5 of 7 measurable rows

CottonEdge = longer wingLangford

Record^†: 1-9210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 10%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126: 1
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
60%
Times stopped^‡max 9: 7 (edge)
9
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 12.8: 1.6
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: George Kid Cotton: No height on file; Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held: George Kid Cotton: No reach on file; Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held: George Kid Cotton: No date of birth; Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance: George Kid Cotton: Not recorded; Sam Langford: Orthodox

George Kid Cotton 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

George Kid Cotton1 win · from 11 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 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 — George Kid Cotton 11, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Cotton better on 2 · Langford better on 24 shared · George Kid Cotton better on 2 · Sam Langford better on 2

CottonGeorge Kid Cotton

Opponent

LangfordSam Langford

George Kid Cotton
1–4 against
Loss, TKO 4
1916Oct 1916
Loss, TKO 4
1916Jun 1916
Loss, KO 4
1914Jan 1914
Loss, KO 3
1913Oct 1913
Win, KO 2
1912Feb 1912
WillsHarry WillsUnited States 89–10–7 · HeavyweightCotton betterGeorge Kid Cotton better — 1–4 to 2–13–2
Sam Langford
2–13–2 against
Loss, PTS
1922Jan 1922
Loss, PTS
1920Apr 1920
Loss, PTS
1919Nov 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Sep 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Jul 1919
Loss, TKO 8
1918May 1918
Loss, KO 6
1918Apr 1918
Draw, NWS
1917Nov 1917
Loss, NWS
1917Sep 1917
Loss, NWS
1917May 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Apr 1916
Loss, NWS
1916Mar 1916
Win, KO 19
1916Feb 1916
Loss, PTS
1916Jan 1916
Loss, NWS
1915Dec 1915
Win, KO 14
1914Nov 1914
Draw, NWS
1914May 1914
George Kid Cotton
Loss, PTS
1910Jan 1910
JohnsonJim JohnsonUnited States 35–35–13Langford betterSam Langford better — 11–0–1 to 0–1
Sam Langford
11–0–1 against
Win, NWS
1918Aug 1918
Win, NWS
1918Aug 1918
Win, PTS
1918Jun 1918
Win, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Win, KO
1916Dec 1916
Win, PTS
1915Oct 1915
Win, NWS
1915Jun 1915
Win, NWS
1915Apr 1915
Draw, PTS
1914Sep 1914
Win, NWS
1914Aug 1914
Win, NWS
1914Mar 1914
Win, NWS
1910May 1910
George Kid Cotton
0–2 against
Loss, KO 2
1916Mar 1916
Loss, KO 4
1913Apr 1913
JeanetteJoe JeanetteUnited States 120–24–21 · HeavyweightCotton betterGeorge Kid Cotton better — 0–2 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
George Kid Cotton
No contest, NC 5
1911Jan 1911
KlondikeKlondikeUnited States 24–11–3Langford betterSam Langford better — 2–0 to 0–0
Sam Langford
2–0 against
Win, KO 2
1909Nov 1909
Win, NWS
1909Jul 1909

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

George Kid Cotton last boxed on Oct 13, 1916 — 40,187 days ago. Cotton had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Langford Apr 1914Langford Aug 1914Jeanette Mar 1916Wills Jun 1916Wills Oct 19161.6 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 George Kid Cotton and Sam Langford ever fought each other?: Yes. George Kid Cotton and Sam Langford have met 2 times and Sam Langford leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Cotton or Langford?: George Kid Cotton is 1-9 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, Cotton or Langford?: George Kid Cotton has 1 knockout win and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Do Cotton and Langford have any common opponents?: George Kid Cotton and Sam Langford share 4 common opponents: Harry Wills, Jim Johnson and Joe Jeanette (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cotton and Langford?: This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for George Kid Cotton and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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