Have Rough House Ware and Sam Langford ever fought each other?

Yes. Rough House Ware and Sam Langford have met 3 times and Sam Langford leads the series 3-0.

Who has the better record, Ware or Langford?

Rough House Ware is 0-7 across the 7 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, Ware or Langford?

Rough House Ware has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.

Do Ware and Langford have any common opponents?

Rough House Ware and Sam Langford share 3 common opponents: George Godfrey, Harry Wills and Kid Norfolk. Sam Langford fared better against 2 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Rough House Ware and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Rough House Ware vs Sam Langford — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Rough House Ware

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Sam Langford

Rough House Ware (0-7 across 7 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 3 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Ware

Tracked record

0–7

counted from 7 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 3–0

Rough House Ware and Sam Langford have met 3 times; Langford leads 3–0.
Met	1914Apr 20	1918Aug 19	1920Jun 7	Series
Rough House WareFighter A	LLost	LLost	LLost	0–3W–L
Sam LangfordFighter B	WWon	WWon	WWon	3–0W–L
Result	TKOR5Langford vs Ware	KOR9Langford vs Ware	KOR9Langford vs Ware	3Meetings

The Numbers

Ware 1 · Langford 5 of 6 measurable rows

WareEdge = longer wingLangford

Record^†: 0-7210-43-53 (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: 5 (edge)
9
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 12.8: 0.7
12.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312: 7
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: Rough House Ware: No height on file; Sam Langford: 5′7″
Reachnot held: Rough House Ware: No reach on file; Sam Langford: 74″
Agenot held: Rough House Ware: No date of birth; Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Stance: Rough House Ware: Not recorded; Sam Langford: Orthodox

Rough House Ware 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

Rough House Ware0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Ware yet.

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 — Rough House Ware 7, Sam Langford 312 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Ware better on 1 · Langford better on 23 shared · Rough House Ware better on 1 · Sam Langford better on 2

WareRough House Ware

Opponent

LangfordSam Langford

Rough House Ware
Loss, KO 1
1923Dec 1923
GodfreyGeorge GodfreyUnited StatesLangford betterSam Langford better — 2–0–2 to 0–1
Sam Langford
2–0–2 against
Win, KO 1
1921Aug 1921
Win, KO 2
1920Nov 1920
Draw, PTS
1920May 1920
Draw, PTS
1920May 1920
Rough House Ware
Loss, KO 10
1914Feb 1914
WillsHarry WillsUnited States 89–10–7 · HeavyweightWare betterRough House Ware better — 0–1 to 2–13–2
Sam Langford
2–13–2 against
Loss, PTS
1922Jan 1922
Loss, PTS
1920Apr 1920
Loss, PTS
1919Nov 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Sep 1919
Loss, NWS
1919Jul 1919
Loss, TKO 8
1918May 1918
Loss, KO 6
1918Apr 1918
Draw, NWS
1917Nov 1917
Loss, NWS
1917Sep 1917
Loss, NWS
1917May 1917
Loss, NWS
1916Apr 1916
Loss, NWS
1916Mar 1916
Win, KO 19
1916Feb 1916
Loss, PTS
1916Jan 1916
Loss, NWS
1915Dec 1915
Win, KO 14
1914Nov 1914
Draw, NWS
1914May 1914
Rough House Ware
0–2 against
Loss, PTS
1916Mar 1916
Loss, PTS
1915Mar 1915
NorfolkKid NorfolkUnited States 115–28–8 · Light HeavyweightLangford betterSam Langford better — 1–0 to 0–2
Sam Langford
Win, KO 2
1917Dec 1917

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

Rough House Ware last boxed on Dec 7, 1923 — 37,578 days ago. Ware had lost seven straight.LLLLL

Norfolk Mar 1915Norfolk Mar 1916Langford Aug 1918Langford Jun 1920Godfrey Dec 19230.7 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 Rough House Ware and Sam Langford ever fought each other?: Yes. Rough House Ware and Sam Langford have met 3 times and Sam Langford leads the series 3-0.
Who has the better record, Ware or Langford?: Rough House Ware is 0-7 across the 7 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, Ware or Langford?: Rough House Ware has 0 knockout wins and Sam Langford has 126. Sam Langford has more.
Do Ware and Langford have any common opponents?: Rough House Ware and Sam Langford share 3 common opponents: George Godfrey, Harry Wills and Kid Norfolk. Sam Langford fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ware and Langford?: This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Rough House Ware and 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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