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Sam Langford vs Walter Burgo — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sam Langford

Walter Burgo

Sam Langford (210-43-53) and Walter Burgo (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

43

Losses

53

Draws312 tracked bouts

Burgo

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Walter Burgo have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.

Sam Langford and Walter Burgo have met 1 time; Langford leads 1–0.
Met1903Jun 19Series
Sam LangfordFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Walter BurgoFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Langford 4 · Burgo 1 of 5 measurable rows
LangfordBurgo
Record†
210-43-53 (edge)0-2
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
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
312
2

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

Sam Langford left, Walter Burgo 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%

Walter Burgo0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Walter Burgo: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Burgo yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sam Langford 312, Walter Burgo 2 — 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

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

Walter Burgo last boxed on Jun 19, 1903 — 45,048 days ago. Burgo had lost two straight.LL

Ferns Dec 1899Langford Jun 19030.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sam Langford and Walter Burgo ever fought each other?
Yes. Sam Langford and Walter Burgo met once on June 19, 1903, and Sam Langford won by TKO.
The meeting

WJun 19, 1903 · Langford · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Langford or Burgo?
Sam Langford is 210-43-53 and Walter Burgo is 0-2 across the 2 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%

Burgo0–20%

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

Langford12660%

Burgo0

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

Langford312bouts

Burgo2bouts

How They Win ↓

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