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Jack Lester vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Lester

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Sam Langford

Jack Lester (26-18-4) 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.

Lester

26

Wins19 KO · 73%

18

Losses

4

Draws9 tracked bouts

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

43

Losses

53

Draws312 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Langford leads 1–0

Jack Lester and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Jack Lester and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1913Oct 27Series
Jack LesterFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultRTDR51Meeting

The Numbers

Lester 2 · Langford 4 of 6 measurable rows
LesterLangford
Record
26-18-4210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
58.3%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
19
126 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
73.08% (edge)
60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
—60%
Times stopped†max 9
6 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 12.8
0.6
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
9
312

† 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
Jack Lester: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reach+2″
Jack Lester: 72″
Sam Langford: 74″ (edge)
Agenot held
Jack Lester: No date of birth
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Jack Lester: Orthodox
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Jack Lester 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
Jack Lester0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Jack Lester: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lester yet.

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 — Jack Lester 9, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Lester better on 1

Lester

Opponent

Langford

  • Jack Lester

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 8

    1911

    Loss, PTS

    1911

    McVeyLester better

    Sam Langford

    7–3–6 against

    Win, NWS

    1920

    Draw, PTS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1916

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Win, NWS

    1916

    Draw, NWS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    Loss, KO 8

    1915

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1913

    Win, KO 13

    1912

    Win, TKO 11

    1912

    Win, PTS

    1912

    Win, PTS

    1912

    Loss, PTS

    1911

    Draw, PTS

    1911

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

Jack Lester last boxed on Feb 11, 1924 — 37,505 days ago. Lester had lost nine straight.LLLLL

Dillon Mar 1914Dillon May 1915Miske Sep 1915Bass Apr 1922Bass Feb 19240.6 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 Jack Lester and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Lester and Sam Langford met once on October 27, 1913, and Sam Langford won by RTD in round 5.
The meeting

LOct 27, 1913 · Langford · RTD R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lester or Langford?
Jack Lester is 26-18-4 and Sam Langford is 210-43-53. Sam Langford has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Lester26–18–458.3%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Lester or Langford?
Jack Lester has 19 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Lester1973.1%

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lester and Langford have any common opponents?
Jack Lester and Sam Langford share 1 common opponent: Sam McVey. Jack Lester fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sam McVeyL7–3–6

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lester and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Jack Lester and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lester9bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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