Have Morris Harris and Sam Langford ever fought each other?

Yes. Morris Harris and Sam Langford have met 2 times and Sam Langford leads the series 2-0.

Who has the better record, Harris or Langford?

Morris Harris is 2-9-1 across the 12 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, Harris or Langford?

Morris Harris has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.

Do Harris and Langford have any common opponents?

Morris Harris and Sam Langford share 4 common opponents: Jim Johnson, Joe Jeanette and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (and 1 other). Sam Langford fared better against 3 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Harris and Langford?

This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Morris Harris and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Morris Harris vs Sam Langford — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Morris Harris

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Sam Langford

Morris Harris (2-9-1 across 12 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 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Harris

Tracked record

2–9–1

counted from 12 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

Losses

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 2–0

Morris Harris and Sam Langford have met 2 times; Langford leads 2–0.
Met	1909Mar 29	1910Dec 6	Series
Morris HarrisFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Sam LangfordFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	TKOR7Langford vs Harris	KOR2Langford vs Harris	2Meetings

The Numbers

Harris 1 · Langford 5 of 6 measurable rows

HarrisEdge = longer wingLangford

Record^†: 2-9-1210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 20.8%
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: 4 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 12.8: 1.7
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312: 12
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: Morris Harris: No height on file; Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held: Morris Harris: No reach on file; Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held: Morris Harris: No date of birth; Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance: Morris Harris: Not recorded; Sam Langford: Orthodox

Morris Harris 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

Morris Harris2 wins · from 12 tracked bouts

2 by another method or unrecorded 100%

Sam Langford211 wins · from 312 tracked bouts

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 — Morris Harris 12, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Langford better on 3 · even on 14 shared · Sam Langford better on 3 · even on 1

HarrisMorris Harris

Opponent

LangfordSam Langford

Morris Harris
Loss, NWS
1910May 1910
JohnsonJim JohnsonUnited States 35–35–13Langford betterSam Langford better — 11–0–1 to 0–1
Sam Langford
11–0–1 against
Win, NWS
1918Aug 1918
Win, NWS
1918Aug 1918
Win, PTS
1918Jun 1918
Win, PTS
1917Jan 1917
Win, KO
1916Dec 1916
Win, PTS
1915Oct 1915
Win, NWS
1915Jun 1915
Win, NWS
1915Apr 1915
Draw, PTS
1914Sep 1914
Win, NWS
1914Aug 1914
Win, NWS
1914Mar 1914
Win, NWS
1910May 1910
Morris Harris
2–4–1 against
Loss, NWS
1912Feb 1912
Loss, NWS
1910Sep 1910
Draw, NWS
1910Jul 1910
Loss, NWS
1908Dec 1908
Loss, TKO
1907Jun 1907
Win, NWS
1905Mar 1905
Win, NWS
1904Nov 1904
JeanetteJoe JeanetteUnited States 120–24–21 · HeavyweightLangford betterSam Langford better — 8–3–3 to 2–4–1
Sam Langford
8–3–3 against
Win, NWS
1917Sep 1917
Win, KO 7
1916May 1916
Loss, PTS
1915Apr 1915
Draw, NWS
1914Oct 1914
Win, PTS
1913Dec 1913
Loss, NWS
1913Oct 1913
Win, NWS
1911Sep 1911
Win, PTS
1911Jan 1911
Win, PTS
1910Sep 1910
Win, NWS
1908Sep 1908
Draw, PTS
1908Mar 1908
Draw, PTS
1907Jan 1907
Win, PTS
1906Apr 1906
Loss, TKO 8
1905Dec 1905
Morris Harris
Loss, NWS
1904Dec 1904
O'BrienPhiladelphia Jack O'BrienUnited States 147–16–24 · HeavyweightLangford betterSam Langford better — 1–0 to 0–1
Sam Langford
Win, TKO 5
1911Aug 1911
Morris Harris
Loss, KO 1
1905Jul 1905
JohnsonJack JohnsonUnited States 69–11–10 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Sam Langford
Loss, PTS
1906Apr 1906

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

Morris Harris last boxed on Feb 19, 1912 — 41,881 days ago. Harris had lost three straight.LDLLL

Johnson May 1910Jeanette Jul 1910Jeanette Sep 1910Langford Dec 1910Jeanette Feb 19121.7 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

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Have Morris Harris and Sam Langford ever fought each other?: Yes. Morris Harris and Sam Langford have met 2 times and Sam Langford leads the series 2-0.
Who has the better record, Harris or Langford?: Morris Harris is 2-9-1 across the 12 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, Harris or Langford?: Morris Harris has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Do Harris and Langford have any common opponents?: Morris Harris and Sam Langford share 4 common opponents: Jim Johnson, Joe Jeanette and Philadelphia Jack O'Brien (and 1 other). Sam Langford fared better against 3 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Harris and Langford?: This comparison is drawn from 12 bouts tracked for Morris Harris and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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