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.
John Lester Johnson (1-11-1 across 13 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 3 common opponents.
John Lester Johnson vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Sam Langford leads 1–0- Sam Langford wonLangford vs JohnsonSep 9, 1913 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 1-11-1
- Record
- 210-43-53 (edge)
- 11.5%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 126 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 60%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 57% (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 9
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.3
- Bouts per year
- 13.7 (edge)
- 13
- Bouts tracked
- 333
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
- —
- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 74″ (188 cm)
- 133
- Age
- 143
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Canada
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohn Lester Johnson · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
0
Other
1
Sam Langford · 229 wins
KO/TKO
131
Decision
54
Other
44
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (13 and 333 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedJohn Lester Johnson
LNWS · Jun 1922LNWS · Feb 1921LKO R1 · Jun 1920WDQ R3 · Jun 1920LPTS · Oct 1919Sam Langford
WKO R2 · Dec 1917John Lester Johnson
LNWS · Jun 1919LNWS · Apr 1916LPTS · Mar 1915Sam Langford
LPTS · Jan 1922LPTS · Apr 1920LPTS · Nov 1919LNWS · Sep 1919LNWS · Jul 1919LTKO R8 · May 1918LKO R6 · Apr 1918DNWS · Nov 1917LNWS · Sep 1917LNWS · May 1917LNWS · Apr 1916LNWS · Mar 1916WKO R19 · Feb 1916LPTS · Jan 1916LNWS · Dec 1915WKO R14 · Nov 1914DNWS · May 1914John Lester Johnson
LNWS · Jan 1915LNWS · Jul 1913Sam Langford
WNWS · Sep 1917WKO R7 · May 1916LPTS · Apr 1915DNWS · Oct 1914WPTS · Dec 1913LNWS · Oct 1913WNWS · Sep 1911WPTS · Jan 1911WPTS · Sep 1910WNWS · Sep 1908DPTS · Mar 1908DPTS · Jan 1907WPTS · Apr 1906LTKO R8 · Dec 1905
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
John Lester Johnson
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Oct 31, 1952
Sam Langford
LWLWD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 2, 1926
Common Questions
- Have John Lester Johnson and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
- Yes. John Lester Johnson and Sam Langford met once on September 9, 1913, and Sam Langford won by KO in round 1.
- Who has the better record, John Lester Johnson or Sam Langford?
- John Lester Johnson is 1-11-1 across the 13 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.
- Who has more knockouts, John Lester Johnson or Sam Langford?
- John Lester Johnson has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
- Do John Lester Johnson and Sam Langford have any common opponents?
- John Lester Johnson and Sam Langford share 3 common opponents: Kid Norfolk, Harry Wills and Joe Jeanette. John Lester Johnson fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on John Lester Johnson and Sam Langford?
- This comparison is drawn from 13 bouts tracked for John Lester Johnson and 333 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.