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Marcel Cerdan vs Willie Sampson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Marcel Cerdan

Willie Sampson

Marcel Cerdan (110-4) and Willie Sampson (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Cerdan

110

Wins65 KO · 59%

4

Losses

0

Draws114 tracked bouts

Sampson

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Cerdan leads 1–0

Marcel Cerdan and Willie Sampson have met 1 time; Cerdan leads 1–0.

Marcel Cerdan and Willie Sampson have met 1 time; Cerdan leads 1–0.
Met1944Jan 30Series
Marcel CerdanFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie SampsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Cerdan 4 · Sampson 0 of 4 measurable rows
CerdanSampson
Record†
110-4 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
96.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 65
65 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
59.09%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
59%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
7.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 114
114
1

† 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
Marcel Cerdan: 5′7″
Willie Sampson: No height on file
Reachnot held
Marcel Cerdan: 69″
Willie Sampson: No reach on file
Agenot held
Marcel Cerdan: Died aged 33
Willie Sampson: No date of birth
Stance
Marcel Cerdan: Orthodox
Willie Sampson: Not recorded

Marcel Cerdan left, Willie Sampson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Marcel Cerdan110 wins · from 114 tracked bouts

Marcel Cerdan: 110 tracked wins — 65 by KO/TKO (59%) and 45 on the cards (41%). Counted from 114 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

65 by KO/TKO 59%45 on the cards 41%

Willie Sampson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Willie Sampson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sampson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Marcel Cerdan 114, Willie Sampson 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Marcel Cerdan had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Jake LaMotta. Cerdan last boxed on Jun 16, 1949.WWWWL

Delannoit Jul 1948Zale Sep 1948Turpin Mar 1949Krawczyk May 1949LaMotta Jun 19497.8 tracked bouts per year

Willie Sampson last boxed on Jan 30, 1944 — 30,217 days ago. Sampson had lost the most recent, to Marcel Cerdan.L

Cerdan Jan 1944

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Marcel Cerdan and Willie Sampson ever fought each other?
Yes. Marcel Cerdan and Willie Sampson met once on January 30, 1944, and Marcel Cerdan won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WJan 30, 1944 · Cerdan · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cerdan or Sampson?
Marcel Cerdan is 110-4 and Willie Sampson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Marcel Cerdan has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cerdan110–496.5%

Sampson0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cerdan or Sampson?
Marcel Cerdan has 65 knockout wins and Willie Sampson has 0. Marcel Cerdan has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cerdan6559.1%

Sampson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Cerdan and Sampson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Marcel Cerdan and Willie Sampson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cerdan and Sampson?
This comparison is drawn from 114 bouts tracked for Marcel Cerdan and 1 bout tracked for Willie Sampson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cerdan114bouts

Sampson1bout

How They Win ↓

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