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.
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.
Jack Thompson vs Young Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Young Sam Langford leads 1–0- Young Sam Langford wonThompson vs LangfordMar 31, 1926 · PTS
The Numbers
- 79-31-12 (edge)
- Record
- 1-10-1
- 69.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 12.5%
- 44 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 55.7%
- KO rate
- —
- 61% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 8
- Times stopped
- 5 (edge)
- 4 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.8 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.5
- 150
- Bouts tracked
- 12
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
- 5′7″ (170 cm)
- Height
- —
- 122
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Welterweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJack Thompson · 82 wins
KO/TKO
50
Decision
32
Other
0
Young Sam Langford · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (150 and 12 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedJack Thompson
LPTS · Jul 1930LPTS · Jun 1930LPTS · Feb 1928DPTS · Jun 1927LPTS · May 1926Young Sam Langford
LPTS · Dec 1927DPTS · Jun 1925
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Jack Thompson
LWLWW
L1 streak · last fought Nov 16, 1938
Young Sam Langford
LLWDL
L2 streak · last fought Jun 8, 1934
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Jack Thompson or Young Sam 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Jack Thompson or Young Sam Langford?
- Jack Thompson has 44 knockout wins and Young Sam Langford has 0. Jack Thompson has more.
- Do Jack Thompson and Young Sam 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jack Thompson and Young Sam Langford?
- This comparison is drawn from 150 bouts tracked for Jack Thompson and 12 bouts tracked for Young Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.