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Matthew Curran vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Matthew Curran

Matthew Curran

Sam Langford

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Sam Langford

Matthew Curran (43-35-3) 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 1 common opponent.

Curran

43

Wins

35

Losses

3

Draws3 tracked bouts

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

43

Losses

53

Draws312 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Langford leads 1–0

Matthew Curran and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Matthew Curran and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1914Jan 24Series
Matthew CurranFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Curran 1 · Langford 6 of 7 measurable rows
CurranLangford
Record
43-35-3210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
54.9%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
0
126 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
0%
60% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
60% (edge)
Times stopped†max 9
2 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 12.8
0.7
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
3
312

† 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
Matthew Curran: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Matthew Curran: No reach on file
Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held
Matthew Curran: No date of birth
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Matthew Curran: Not recorded
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Matthew Curran 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
Matthew Curran1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Matthew Curran: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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 — Matthew Curran 3, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Langford better on 1

Curran

Opponent

Langford

  • Matthew Curran

    Win, DQ 4

    1911

    JohnsonLangford better

    Sam Langford

    11–0–1 against

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Win, NWS

    1918

    Win, PTS

    1918

    Win, PTS

    1917

    Win, KO

    1916

    Win, PTS

    1915

    Win, NWS

    1915

    Win, NWS

    1915

    Draw, PTS

    1914

    Win, NWS

    1914

    Win, NWS

    1914

    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

Matthew Curran last boxed on Mar 31, 1916 — 40,380 days ago. Curran had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Johnson Dec 1911Langford Jan 1914Wells Mar 19160.7 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 Matthew Curran and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Matthew Curran and Sam Langford met once on January 24, 1914, and Sam Langford won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LJan 24, 1914 · Langford · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Curran or Langford?
Matthew Curran is 43-35-3 and Sam Langford is 210-43-53. Sam Langford has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Curran43–35–354.9%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

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

Curran0

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Curran and Langford have any common opponents?
Matthew Curran and Sam Langford share 1 common opponent: Jim Johnson. Sam Langford fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Jim JohnsonW11–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Curran and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Matthew Curran and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Curran3bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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