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

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Jack Thompson

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Sam Langford

Jack Thompson (0-4-1 across 5 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 3 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Thompson

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 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 3–0

Jack Thompson and Sam Langford have met 3 times; Langford leads 3–0.

Jack Thompson and Sam Langford have met 3 times; Langford leads 3–0.
Met1915Jul 161917Apr 101918Aug 8Series
Jack ThompsonFighter ALLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
ResultTKOR1NWSNWS3Meetings

The Numbers

Thompson 1 · Langford 4 of 5 measurable rows
ThompsonLangford
Record†
0-4-1210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
0
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 9
2 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
1.6
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
5
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
Jack Thompson: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jack Thompson: No reach on file
Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held
Jack Thompson: No date of birth
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Jack Thompson: Not recorded
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Jack Thompson 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 Thompson0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Jack Thompson: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Thompson 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 Thompson 5, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Langford better on 1

Thompson

Opponent

Langford

  • Jack Thompson

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1916

    Draw, PTS

    1915

    JohnsonLangford better

    Sam Langford

    11–0–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Win, PTS

    1918

    Win, PTS

    1917

    Win, KO

    1916

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Win, NWS

    1915

    Win, NWS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1914

    Win, NWS

    1914

    Win, NWS

    1914

    Win, NWS

    1910

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 Thompson last boxed on Aug 8, 1918 — 39,519 days ago. Thompson had lost three straight.LDLLL

Langford Jul 1915Johnson Dec 1915Johnson May 1916Langford Apr 1917Langford Aug 19181.6 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 Thompson and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Thompson and Sam Langford have met 3 times and Sam Langford leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

LAug 8, 1918 · Langford · NWS

LApr 10, 1917 · Langford · NWS

LJul 16, 1915 · Langford · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Langford?
Jack Thompson is 0-4-1 across the 5 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 %

Thompson0–4–110%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

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

Thompson0

Langford12660%

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

Jim Johnson0–1–111–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson5bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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