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Sam Langford vs Willie Meehan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Sam Langford

Willie Meehan

Sam Langford (210-43-53) and Willie Meehan (4-10-3 across 17 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Langford

210

Wins126 KO · 60%

43

Losses

53

Draws312 tracked bouts

Meehan

Tracked record

4–10–3

counted from 17 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

Meehan leads 1–0

Sam Langford and Willie Meehan have met 1 time; Meehan leads 1–0.

Sam Langford and Willie Meehan have met 1 time; Meehan leads 1–0.
Met1919Mar 4Series
Sam LangfordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Willie MeehanFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Langford 5 · Meehan 1 of 6 measurable rows
LangfordMeehan
Record†
210-43-53 (edge)4-10-3
Win %0–100%
77.3% (edge)
32.4%
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
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
2.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 312
312
17

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

Sam Langford left, Willie Meehan 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%

Willie Meehan4 wins · from 17 tracked bouts

Willie Meehan: 4 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (75%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (25%). Counted from 17 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 75%1 by another method or unrecorded 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Sam Langford 312, Willie Meehan 17 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Langford better on 1 · Meehan better on 1

Langford

Opponent

Meehan

  • Sam Langford

    2–13–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1922

    Loss, PTS

    1920

    Loss, PTS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, NWS

    1919

    Loss, TKO 8

    1918

    Loss, KO 6

    1918

    Draw, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Win, KO 19

    1916

    Loss, PTS

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1915

    Win, KO 14

    1914

    Draw, NWS

    1914

    WillsMeehan better

    Willie Meehan

    Loss, PTS

    1914

  • Sam Langford

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 3

    1914

    Loss, PTS

    1913

    SmithLangford better

    Willie Meehan

    Loss, PTS

    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

Willie Meehan last boxed on Jul 3, 1922 — 38,094 days ago. Meehan had lost five straight.LLLLL

Greb May 1919Miske Jun 1919Smith Feb 1920Gibbons Jun 1921Miske Jul 19222.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Sam Langford and Willie Meehan ever fought each other?
Yes. Sam Langford and Willie Meehan met once on March 4, 1919, and Willie Meehan won by PTS.
The meeting

LMar 4, 1919 · Meehan · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Langford or Meehan?
Sam Langford is 210-43-53 and Willie Meehan is 4-10-3 across the 17 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%

Meehan4–10–332.4%

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

Langford12660%

Meehan0

The Numbers ↓
Do Langford and Meehan have any common opponents?
Sam Langford and Willie Meehan share 2 common opponents: Harry Wills and Gunboat Smith. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Harry Wills2–13–2L

Gunboat Smith1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Langford and Meehan?
This comparison is drawn from 312 bouts tracked for Sam Langford and 17 bouts tracked for Willie Meehan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Langford312bouts

Meehan17bouts

How They Win ↓

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