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

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Jack Thompson

Young Sam Langford

Jack Thompson (79-31-12) and Young Sam Langford (1-10-1 across 12 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Thompson

79

Wins44 KO · 56%

31

Losses

12

Draws142 tracked bouts

Langford

Tracked record

1–10–1

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

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

Jack Thompson and Young Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1926Mar 31Series
Jack ThompsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Young Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Thompson 6 · Langford 1 of 7 measurable rows
ThompsonLangford
Record†
79-31-12 (edge)1-10-1
Win %0–100%
69.7% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 44
44 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
55.7%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
63% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 7
7
5 (edge)
Title reignsmax 4
4 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 7
7 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 142
142
12

† 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: 5′7″
Young Sam Langford: No height on file
Agenot held
Jack Thompson: Died aged 41
Young Sam Langford: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Thompson: Orthodox
Young Sam Langford: Not recorded

Jack Thompson left, Young 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 Thompson80 wins · from 142 tracked bouts

Jack Thompson: 80 tracked wins — 50 by KO/TKO (63%) and 30 on the cards (38%). Counted from 142 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

50 by KO/TKO 63%30 on the cards 38%

Young Sam Langford1 win · from 12 tracked bouts

Young Sam Langford: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jack Thompson 142, Young Sam Langford 12 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Langford better on 1

Thompson

Opponent

Langford

  • Jack Thompson

    0–4–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1930

    Loss, PTS

    1930

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    Draw, PTS

    1927

    Loss, PTS

    1926

    IIILangford better

    Young Sam Langford

    0–1–1 against

    Loss, PTS

    1927

    Draw, PTS

    1925

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 had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Obie Walker. Thompson last boxed on Nov 16, 1938.WWLWL

Wells Mar 1932Trulmans Mar 1932Cobb Mar 1932Bennett May 1932Walker Nov 19387 tracked bouts per year

Young Sam Langford last boxed on Jun 8, 1934 — 33,744 days ago. Langford had lost two straight, after one straight win.LDWLL

Gans May 1920III Jun 1925Thompson Mar 1926III Dec 1927Rosenbloom Jun 19340.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Thompson and Young Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Thompson and Young Sam Langford met once on March 31, 1926, and Young Sam Langford won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 31, 1926 · Langford · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Thompson or Langford?
Jack Thompson is 79-31-12 and Young Sam Langford is 1-10-1 across the 12 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jack Thompson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Thompson79–31–1269.7%

Langford1–10–112.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Thompson or Langford?
Jack Thompson has 44 knockout wins and Young Sam Langford has 0. Jack Thompson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Thompson4455.7%

Langford0

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

Young Corbett III0–4–10–1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Thompson and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 142 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson and 12 bouts tracked for Young Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Thompson142bouts

Langford12bouts

How They Win ↓

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