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Sam Langford vs Smiling Kid Nolan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sam Langford

Smiling Kid Nolan

Sam Langford (210-43-53) and Smiling Kid Nolan (0-5 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 2 common opponents.

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

43

Losses

53

Draws312 tracked bouts

Nolan

Tracked record

0–5

counted from 5 bouts 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

Langford leads 2–0

Sam Langford and Smiling Kid Nolan have met 2 times; Langford leads 2–0.

Sam Langford and Smiling Kid Nolan have met 2 times; Langford leads 2–0.
Met1924Mar 61924Sep 10Series
Sam LangfordFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Smiling Kid NolanFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultKOKO2Meetings

The Numbers

Langford 4 · Nolan 1 of 5 measurable rows
LangfordNolan
Record†
210-43-53 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
77.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 126
126 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
60%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
5 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
312
5

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

Sam Langford left, Smiling Kid Nolan right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Smiling Kid Nolan0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Smiling Kid Nolan: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nolan yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sam Langford 312, Smiling Kid Nolan 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Langford better on 2

Langford

Opponent

Nolan

  • Sam Langford

    Win, KO 2

    1917

    NorfolkLangford better

    Smiling Kid Nolan

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 3

    1924

    Loss, KO 3

    1923

  • Sam Langford

    1–0–4 against

    No contest, NC 1

    1905

    Draw, PTS

    1905

    Win, PTS

    1905

    Draw, PTS

    1904

    Draw, NWS

    1904

    Draw, PTS

    1903

    BlackburnLangford better

    Smiling Kid Nolan

    Loss, KO 2

    1920

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

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

Smiling Kid Nolan last boxed on Sep 10, 1924 — 37,296 days ago. Nolan had lost five straight.LLLLL

Blackburn Jan 1920Norfolk Sep 1923Langford Mar 1924Norfolk May 1924Langford Sep 19241.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sam Langford and Smiling Kid Nolan ever fought each other?
Yes. Sam Langford and Smiling Kid Nolan have met 2 times and Sam Langford leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WSep 10, 1924 · Langford · KO

WMar 6, 1924 · Langford · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Langford or Nolan?
Sam Langford is 210-43-53 and Smiling Kid Nolan is 0-5 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Sam Langford has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Langford210–43–5377.3%

Nolan0–50%

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

Langford12660%

Nolan0

The Numbers ↓
Do Langford and Nolan have any common opponents?
Sam Langford and Smiling Kid Nolan share 2 common opponents: Kid Norfolk and Jack Blackburn. Sam Langford fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Kid NorfolkWL

Jack Blackburn1–0–4L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Langford and Nolan?
This comparison is drawn from 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford and 5 bouts tracked for Smiling Kid Nolan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Langford312bouts

Nolan5bouts

How They Win ↓

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