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Jim Smith vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jim Smith

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Sam Langford

Jim Smith (3-4 across 7 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 once. They share 2 common opponents.

Smith

Tracked record

3–4

counted from 7 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 1–0

Jim Smith and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Jim Smith and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1911Aug 9Series
Jim SmithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 1 · Langford 5 of 6 measurable rows
SmithLangford
Record†
3-4210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
42.9%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
0
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 9
3 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
2.4
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
7
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
Jim Smith: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Jim Smith: No reach on file
Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot comparable
Jim Smith: Died aged 45
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Jim Smith: Not recorded
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Jim Smith 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
Jim Smith3 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Jim Smith: 3 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

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 — Jim Smith 7, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Smith better on 1 · Langford better on 1

Smith

Opponent

Langford

  • Jim Smith

    Loss, NWS

    1910

    JeanetteSmith better

    Sam Langford

    8–3–3 against

    Win, NWS

    1917

    Win, KO 7

    1916

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    Draw, NWS

    1914

    Win, PTS

    1913

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Win, NWS

    1911

    Win, PTS

    1911

    Win, PTS

    1910

    Win, NWS

    1908

    Draw, PTS

    1908

    Draw, PTS

    1907

    Win, PTS

    1906

    Loss, TKO 8

    1905

  • Jim Smith

    Loss, KO 5

    1910

    KetchelLangford better

    Sam Langford

    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

Jim Smith has lost four straight, after one straight win. Smith last boxed on Nov 11, 1911.WLLLL

Klaus May 1909Jeanette Jun 1910Ketchel Jun 1910Langford Aug 1911McCoy Nov 19112.4 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 Jim Smith and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Jim Smith and Sam Langford met once on August 9, 1911, and Sam Langford won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LAug 9, 1911 · Langford · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Langford?
Jim Smith is 3-4 across the 7 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 %

Smith3–442.9%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

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

Smith0

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Langford have any common opponents?
Jim Smith and Sam Langford share 2 common opponents: Joe Jeanette and Stanley Ketchel. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Joe JeanetteL8–3–3

Stanley KetchelLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Jim Smith and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith7bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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