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Ralph Calloway vs Sam Langford — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ralph Calloway

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Sam Langford

Ralph Calloway (0-2 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Calloway

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Ralph Calloway and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Ralph Calloway and Sam Langford have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1911May 30Series
Ralph CallowayFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sam LangfordFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Calloway 1 · Langford 3 of 4 measurable rows
CallowayLangford
Record†
0-2210-43-53 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 126
0
126 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—60%
Times stopped‡max 9
1 (edge)
9
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—12.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
2
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
Ralph Calloway: No height on file
Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Ralph Calloway: No reach on file
Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held
Ralph Calloway: No date of birth
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance
Ralph Calloway: Not recorded
Sam Langford: Orthodox

Ralph Calloway 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
Ralph Calloway0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Ralph Calloway: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Calloway yet.

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 — Ralph Calloway 2, Sam Langford 312 — 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

Ralph Calloway last boxed on Jun 26, 1911 — 42,118 days ago. Calloway had lost two straight.LL

Langford May 1911Levinsky Jun 1911

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 Ralph Calloway and Sam Langford ever fought each other?
Yes. Ralph Calloway and Sam Langford met once on May 30, 1911, and Sam Langford won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

LMay 30, 1911 · Langford · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Calloway or Langford?
Ralph Calloway is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Calloway0–20%

Langford210–43–5377.3%

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

Calloway0

Langford12660%

The Numbers ↓
Do Calloway and Langford have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ralph Calloway and Sam Langford have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Calloway and Langford?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Ralph Calloway and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Calloway2bouts

Langford312bouts

How They Win ↓

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