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

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Sam Langford

Tom McMahon

Sam Langford (210-43-53) and Tom McMahon (2-10-3 across 15 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

McMahon

Tracked record

2–10–3

counted from 15 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 McMahon have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Sam Langford and Tom McMahon have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1914Nov 10Series
Sam LangfordFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tom McMahonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

Langford 5 · McMahon 1 of 6 measurable rows
LangfordMcMahon
Record†
210-43-53 (edge)2-10-3
Win %0–100%
77.3% (edge)
23.3%
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
312
15

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

Sam Langford left, Tom McMahon 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 McMahon2 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

Tom McMahon: 2 tracked wins — 2 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 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 McMahon 15 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Langford better on 1

Langford

Opponent

McMahon

  • Sam Langford

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 3

    1914

    Loss, PTS

    1913

    SmithLangford better

    Tom McMahon

    0–1–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1918

    Loss, NWS

    1916

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 McMahon last boxed on Nov 18, 1918 — 39,417 days ago. McMahon had lost the most recent, to Billy Miske.LDLDL

Smith Jul 1916Dillon May 1917Levinsky Oct 1917Smith Jul 1918Miske Nov 19181.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sam Langford and Tom McMahon ever fought each other?
Yes. Sam Langford and Tom McMahon met once on November 10, 1914, and Sam Langford won by TKO in round 6.
The meeting

WNov 10, 1914 · Langford · TKO R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Langford or McMahon?
Sam Langford is 210-43-53 and Tom McMahon is 2-10-3 across the 15 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%

McMahon2–10–323.3%

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

Langford12660%

McMahon0

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

Gunboat Smith1–10–1–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Langford and McMahon?
This comparison is drawn from 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford and 15 bouts tracked for Tom McMahon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Langford312bouts

McMahon15bouts

How They Win ↓

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