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Sam Langford vs Tom McCarty — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sam Langford

Tom McCarty

Sam Langford (210-43-53) and Tom McCarty (1-8-1 across 10 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

43

Losses

53

Draws312 tracked bouts

McCarty

Tracked record

1–8–1

counted from 10 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 1–0

Sam Langford and Tom McCarty have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Sam Langford and Tom McCarty have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1923Feb 15Series
Sam LangfordFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom McCartyFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Langford 5 · McCarty 1 of 6 measurable rows
LangfordMcCarty
Record†
210-43-53 (edge)1-8-1
Win %0–100%
77.3% (edge)
15%
Wins by knockoutmax 126
126 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
60%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
60% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 9
9
4 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
1.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
312
10

† 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″
Tom McCarty: No height on file
Reachnot held
Sam Langford: 74″
Tom McCarty: No reach on file
Agenot held
Sam Langford: Died aged 72
Tom McCarty: No date of birth
Stance
Sam Langford: Orthodox
Tom McCarty: Not recorded

Sam Langford left, Tom McCarty 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%

Tom McCarty1 win · from 10 tracked bouts

Tom McCarty: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sam Langford 312, Tom McCarty 10 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Langford better on 1

Langford

Opponent

McCarty

  • Sam Langford

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 3

    1914

    Loss, PTS

    1913

    SmithLangford better

    Tom McCarty

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    Loss, TKO 4

    1914

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

Tom McCarty last boxed on Feb 15, 1923 — 37,866 days ago. McCarty had lost four straight.DLLLL

Dillon Aug 1915Levinsky Nov 1915Dempsey Jul 1918Miske May 1921Langford Feb 19231.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sam Langford and Tom McCarty ever fought each other?
Yes. Sam Langford and Tom McCarty met once on February 15, 1923, and Sam Langford won by KO.
The meeting

WFeb 15, 1923 · Langford · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Langford or McCarty?
Sam Langford is 210-43-53 and Tom McCarty is 1-8-1 across the 10 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%

McCarty1–8–115%

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

Langford12660%

McCarty0

The Numbers ↓
Do Langford and McCarty have any common opponents?
Sam Langford and Tom McCarty share 1 common opponent: Gunboat Smith. Sam Langford fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Gunboat Smith1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Langford and McCarty?
This comparison is drawn from 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford and 10 bouts tracked for Tom McCarty. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Langford312bouts

McCarty10bouts

How They Win ↓

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