Heavyweight · United States
Sam Langford 210-45-53, 8 NC 126 KO · 1902–1926
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Sam Langford was a heavyweight boxer from United States, born Mar 4, 1883. Record 210-45-53, 8 NC with 126 knockouts over 1902–1926. Sam Langford last fought Brad Simmons on Aug 2, 1926 and lost by TKO in round 1 of 10.
Also: Сам Лангфорд · Сем Ленгфорд · Сэм Лэнгфорд +8 more سام لانجفورد · سم لنگفورد · サム・ラングフォード · Boston Bonecrusher · Boston Tar Baby · Boston Terror · Samuel Edgar Langford · Samuel Langford
Born Mar 4, 1883
Died Jan 12, 1956
Country 🇺🇸 United States, 🇨🇦 Canada
Stance Orthodox
Height 169 cm
Reach 188 cm
Nickname Boston Tar Baby · Boston Terror · Boston Bonecrusher
Debut Apr 11, 1902
Career 1902–1926
Rounds boxed 1991
KO share 60%
Born in Weymouth Falls, Nova Scotia, Canada
Titles Mexico heavyweight title 1923
Confirmed bouts 86 of 316
Career record Record
210-45-53, 8 NC, 126 KOs · 1902–1926
Last result L
Brad Simmons
TKO 1/10 · Drumright, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
The record 316 bouts, 1902–1926, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in. Wikidata: 167-38-37
L
Brad Simmons
TKO 1/10 · Drumright, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Langford 210-44-53 · Simmons —
W
Young Jack Johnson
KO 2 · Shawnee, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Langford 209-44-53 · Johnson —
L
Battling Gahee
PTS 8/8 · Location unknown
Langford 209-43-53 · Gahee —
W
Frolin Gonzales
PTS 10/10 · Mexico
Langford 208-43-53 · Gonzales —
D
Tim Sullivan
PTS 6/6 · Location unknown
Langford 208-43-52 · Sullivan —
D
Tim Sullivan
PTS 6/6 · Location unknown
Langford 208-43-51 · Sullivan —
W
Smiling Kid Nolan
KO 2 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 207-43-51 · Nolan —
W
Sydney Grant
KO 4 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 206-43-51 · Grant —
W
Eddie Tremblay
KO 3/4 · Venice, California, 🇺🇸
Langford 205-43-51 · Tremblay —
L
Eddie Tremblay
PTS 4/4 · Venice, California, 🇺🇸
Langford 205-42-51 · Tremblay —
W
Sammy Olson
PTS 4/4 · Bakersfield Stadium, Bakersfield, 🇺🇸
Langford 204-42-51 · Olson —
NC
Jim Jam Barry
4 · San Fernando Stadium, San Fernando, 🇺🇸
Langford 204-42-51 · Barry —
W
Jim Jam Barry
PTS 4/4 · Huntington Beach, California, 🇺🇸
Langford 203-42-51 · Barry —
W
Smiling Kid Nolan
KO 5 · Venice, California, 🇺🇸
Langford 202-42-51 · Nolan —
W
Tom Riley
KO 2 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Langford 201-42-51 · Riley —
W
PTS 8/8 · Ford's Arena, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽
Langford 200-42-51 · Chiariglione 81-56-26
L
Sonny Goodrich
For Mexico heavyweight title PTS 10/10 · Community House, San Antonio, 🇺🇸
Langford 200-41-51 · Goodrich —
W
Roscoe Hall
KO 1 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 199-41-51 · Hall —
W
TKO 8/15 · Teatro Independencia, Monterrey, 🇲🇽
Langford 198-41-51 · Balsa —
W
KO 3/15 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 197-41-51 · Chiariglione 81-55-26
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Bearcat Wright
KO 9 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 197-40-51 · Wright —
W
PTS 10/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 196-40-51 · Chiariglione 80-53-26
L
Lost Mexico heavyweight title TKO 13/15 · Plaza de Toros, Ciudad Juarez, 🇲🇽
Langford 196-39-51 · Johnson —
W
Jim Tracey
Retained Mexico heavyweight title KO 4/20 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 195-39-51 · Tracey —
W
Jack Voight
Retained Mexico heavyweight title KO 5/15 · El Toreo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Langford 194-39-51 · Voight —
W
Art Surans
Retained Mexico heavyweight title KO 3 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 193-39-51 · Surans —
W
KO 3 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 192-39-51 · Balsa —
W
PTS 10/10 · Arena Cine Imperio, Torreon, 🇲🇽
Langford 191-39-51 · Balsa —
W
Chihuahua Kid Brown
PTS 15/15 · Plaza de Toros, Torreon, 🇲🇽
Langford 190-39-51 · Brown —
W
Retained Mexico heavyweight title TKO 6/15 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 189-39-51 · Balsa —
W
Jack Savage
Won Mexico heavyweight title KO 1 · Chapultepec Bull Ring, Mexico City, 🇲🇽
Langford 188-39-51 · Savage —
W
Chihuahua Kid Brown
KO 1/10 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 187-39-51 · Brown —
W
Jim Tracey
KO 6 · Mexico City, Distrito Federal, 🇲🇽
Langford 186-39-51 · Tracey —
W
Tom McCarty
KO 2 · Albuquerque, New Mexico, 🇺🇸
Langford 185-39-51 · McCarty —
W
Sonny Goodrich
TKO 7/12 · Market House Arena, San Antonio, 🇺🇸
Langford 184-39-51 · Goodrich —
W
Roscoe Hall
KO 3 · Mexico
Langford 183-39-51 · Hall —
W
Jack Taylor
KO 8 · Mexico
Langford 182-39-51 · Taylor —
D
Jim Jam Barry
PTS 10/10 · Douglas, Arizona, 🇺🇸
Langford 182-39-50 · Barry —
D
Jack Taylor
PTS 15/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Langford 182-39-49 · Taylor —
W
Jack Taylor
PTS 15/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Langford 181-39-49 · Taylor —
W
Cyclone Smith
KO 2 · El Paso, Texas, 🇺🇸
Langford 180-39-49 · Smith —
W
Battling Owens
KO 7/15 · Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, 🇲🇽
Langford 179-39-49 · Owens —
D
Jack Taylor
10 · Mizzou Park, Sioux City, 🇺🇸
Langford 179-39-48 · Taylor —
D
Brad Simmons
10 · Wichita, Kansas, 🇺🇸
Langford 179-39-47 · Simmons —
W
Bill Tate
PTS 12/12 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Langford 178-39-47 · Tate —
W
Bearcat Wright
RTD 5/12 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Langford 177-39-47 · Wright —
D
Bearcat Wright
PTS 12/12 · City Auditorium, Galveston, 🇺🇸
Langford 177-39-46 · Wright —
W
KO 2/10 · Ponce de Leon Ballpark, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Langford 176-39-46 · Flowers 30-4-1
D
Ted Jamieson
PTS 10/10 · Private club, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Langford 176-39-45 · Jamieson —
W
Roscoe Hall
KO 4/8 · Bijou Ring, Nashville, 🇺🇸
Langford 175-39-45 · Hall —
W
Roscoe Hall
KO 2/8 · Venice A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸
Langford 174-39-45 · Hall —
W
Jack Leslie
10 · Indianapolis, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Langford 173-39-45 · Leslie —
L
DQ 5/12 · Triangle Park, Dayton, 🇺🇸
Langford 173-38-45 · Jackson —
L
Bill Tate
PTS 8/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Langford 173-37-45 · Tate —
W
Cyclone Smith
KO 2/10 · Clyffeside Park, Ashland, 🇺🇸
Langford 172-37-45 · Smith —
L
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 10/10 · Arena, Milwaukie, 🇺🇸
Langford 172-36-45 · Wills 72-7-7
W
Young Peter Jackson
10 · Illinois Theatre, Urbana, 🇺🇸
Langford 171-36-45 · Jackson —
W
PTS 10/10 · Tucson, Arizona, 🇺🇸
Langford 170-36-45 · Anderson —
L
PTS 10/10 · Capital City Arena, Phoenix, 🇺🇸
Langford 170-35-45 · Anderson —
W
Young Peter Jackson
KO 2/10 · The Armouries, Toronto, 🇨🇦
Langford 169-35-45 · Jackson —
L
Bill Tate
12 · Riverside Arena, Covington, 🇺🇸
Langford 169-34-45 · Tate —
L
12 · Coliseum, Fort Worth, 🇺🇸
Langford 169-33-45 · Anderson —
D
Topeka Jack Johnson
PTS 6/6 · State Fairgrounds, Topeka, 🇺🇸
Langford 169-33-44 · Johnson —
W
KO 1/12 · Riverside Arena, Covington, 🇺🇸
Langford 168-33-44 · Godfrey 3-3-1
W
PTS 10/10 · Omaha, Nebraska, 🇺🇸
Langford 167-33-44 · Anderson —
W
Bearcat Wright
KO 9/10 · Omaha, Nebraska, 🇺🇸
Langford 166-33-44 · Wright —
W
Bill Watkins
KO · Canada
Langford 165-33-44 · Watkins —
W
Alfred Johnson
KO · Canada
Langford 164-33-44 · Johnson —
D
PTS 10/10 · Canada
Langford 164-33-43 · Thompson 0-3-1
W
Bob Devere
TKO 7/10 · Armory, Portland, 🇺🇸
Langford 163-33-43 · Devere —
D
PTS 12/12 · Omaha, Nebraska, 🇺🇸
Langford 163-33-42 · Anderson —
W
Jim Jam Barry
PTS 10/10 · Armory, Portland, 🇺🇸
Langford 162-33-42 · Barry —
W
PTS 10/10 · Aberdeen, Washington, 🇺🇸
Langford 161-33-42 · Johnson —
W
Terry Kellar
PTS 6/6 · Aberdeen, Washington, 🇺🇸
Langford 160-33-42 · Kellar —
W
Tiny Jim Herman
TKO 7/10 · Heilig Theater, Portland, 🇺🇸
Langford 159-33-42 · Herman —
W
KO 2/10 · Hot Springs, Arkansas, 🇺🇸
Langford 158-33-42 · Godfrey 2-1-1
W
PTS 8/8 · Southern A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸
Langford 157-33-42 · Thompson 0-2-1
L
PTS 10/10 · Heilig Theater, Portland, 🇺🇸
Langford 157-32-42 · Anderson —
W
Frank Farmer
PTS 4/4 · Arena, Seattle, 🇺🇸
Langford 156-32-42 · Farmer —
W
Tiny Jim Herman
KO 7/10 · Heilig Theater, Portland, 🇺🇸
Langford 155-32-42 · Herman —
L
Bill Tate
6 · Floyd Fitzsimmons Arena, Benton Harbor, 🇺🇸
Langford 155-31-42 · Tate —
W
Bearcat Wright
PTS 10/10 · Walthill, Nebraska, 🇺🇸
Langford 154-31-42 · Wright —
W
10 · East Chicago, Indiana, 🇺🇸
Langford 153-31-42 · McVey 75-19-12
W
Pinky Lewis
KO 7/8 · Southern A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸
Langford 152-31-42 · Lewis —
W
Jack Mitchell
KO 3/10 · Springfield, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Langford 151-31-42 · Mitchell —
W
Rough House Ware
KO 9/15 · Tulane Arena, New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Langford 150-31-42 · Ware —
W
Jeff Clark
PTS 15/15 · Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Langford 149-31-42 · Clark —
W
Marty Cutler
TKO 3/10 · Armouries, Windsor, 🇨🇦
Langford 148-31-42 · Cutler —
D
PTS 10/10 · Canada
Langford 148-31-41 · Godfrey 0-0-0
L
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Stockyards Stadium, Denver, 🇺🇸
Langford 148-30-41 · Wills 57-6-6
W
Silas Green
KO 3/10 · Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Langford 147-30-41 · Green —
W
PTS 15/15 · Convention Hall, Muskogee, 🇺🇸
Langford 146-30-41 · Thompson 0-1-1
W
TKO 7/12 · Columbus, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Langford 145-30-41 · Kid —
W
Battling Gahee
KO 2/8 · Southern A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸
Langford 144-30-41 · Gahee —
D
Jeff Clark
10 · K of C Hall, Terre Haute, 🇺🇸
Langford 144-30-40 · Clark —
W
Jeff Clark
10 · Kalamazoo, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Langford 143-30-40 · Clark —
W
Dave McBride
KO 1 · Liberty Theater, Camp Grant, 🇺🇸
Langford 142-30-40 · McBride —
NC
NC 6/10 · Shrine Auditorium, Duluth, 🇺🇸
Langford 142-30-40 · Thompson 0-0-1
W
Mexican Jim Johnson
KO 9/15 · Auditorium, Sioux City, 🇺🇸
Langford 141-30-40 · Johnson —
L
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Convention Hall, Tulsa, 🇺🇸
Langford 141-29-40 · Wills 52-6-6
D
PTS 15/15 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Langford 141-29-39 · Thompson 0-0-0
L
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Langford 141-28-39 · Wills 50-6-6
W
Rough House Wilson
KO 4/10 · Battle Creek, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Langford 140-28-39 · Wilson —
W
Bill Tate
10 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Langford 139-28-39 · Tate —
D
Jack Thompson
PTS 15/15 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Langford 139-28-38 · Thompson —
L
World colored heavyweight title at stake 8 · Sportsman's Park, Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Langford 139-27-38 · Wills 48-6-6
W
Bill Tate
DQ 5/10 · Nicollet Park, Minneapolis, 🇺🇸
Langford 138-27-38 · Tate —
W
Billy Hooper
KO 4/10 · Springer Opera House, Columbus, 🇺🇸
Langford 137-27-38 · Hooper —
L
Willie Meehan
PTS 4/4 · Coliseum, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Langford 137-26-38 · Meehan —
L
PTS 4/4 · Civic Auditorium, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Langford 137-25-38 · Fulton —
W
Jeff Clark
PTS 8/8 · Nashville, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Langford 136-25-38 · Clark —
W
Big Boy Butler
KO 5/10 · Empire Theatre, Rock Island, 🇺🇸
Langford 135-25-38 · Butler —
L
Jeff Clark
6 · Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 135-24-38 · Clark —
D
Jeff Clark
PTS 10/10 · Atlanta, Georgia, 🇺🇸
Langford 135-24-37 · Clark —
D
Jeff Clark
PTS 12/12 · Crescent Rink, Lowell, 🇺🇸
Langford 135-24-36 · Clark —
W
8 · Lafayette A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Langford 134-24-36 · Johnson 35-34-12
W
Rough House Ware
KO 9/15 · Tulsa, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Langford 133-24-36 · Ware —
W
Jack Thompson
6 · Shibe Park, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 132-24-36 · Thompson —
W
8 · Atlantic City S.C., Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Langford 131-24-36 · Johnson 35-33-12
W
PTS 10/10 · Auditorium, Atlanta, 🇺🇸
Langford 130-24-36 · Johnson 35-31-12
L
For world colored heavyweight title TKO 8/20 · Plaza de Toros Vista Alegre, Panama City, 🇵🇦
Langford 130-23-36 · Wills 43-6-5
L
For world colored heavyweight title KO 6/20 · Plaza de Toros Vista Alegre, Panama City, 🇵🇦
Langford 130-22-36 · Wills 42-6-5
W
For world colored heavyweight title KO 2/10 · Stockyards Stadium, Denver, 🇺🇸
Langford 129-22-36 · Norfolk 40-13-5
D
World colored heavyweight title at stake 12 · Coliseum, Toledo, 🇺🇸
Langford 129-22-35 · Wills 40-6-4
L
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Clermont Avenue Rink, New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 129-21-35 · Wills 39-6-4
W
Andy Johnson
KO 2/15 · Maryland A.C., Ardmore, 🇺🇸
Langford 128-21-35 · Johnson —
W
World colored heavyweight title at stake 12 · Coliseum, Toledo, 🇺🇸
Langford 127-21-35 · Jeanette 111-20-18
W
TKO 2 · Urban Liberty Park, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Langford 126-21-35 · Anderson —
L
TKO 7/12 · Armory A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 126-20-35 · Fulton —
L
6 · Cambria A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 126-19-35 · Wills 37-6-4
W
Bill Tate
Won world colored heavyweight title KO 5/12 · Future City A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Langford 125-19-35 · Tate —
W
Bob Devere
10 · Harlem S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 124-19-35 · Devere —
W
Jack Thompson
10 · Broadway S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 123-19-35 · Thompson —
L
Bill Tate
Lost world colored heavyweight title PTS 12/12 · Grand Opera House, Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Langford 123-18-35 · Tate —
W
For world colored heavyweight title claim PTS 12/12 · Academy A.C., Kansas City, 🇺🇸
Langford 122-18-35 · Johnson 33-26-12
W
Bob Devere
10 · Montreal, Quebec, 🇨🇦
Langford 121-18-35 · Devere —
W
For world colored heavyweight title claim KO 12/12 · Future City A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Langford 120-18-35 · Johnson 33-25-12
D
Bill Tate
10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Langford 120-18-34 · Tate —
D
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 20/20 · Teatro Roma, Avellaneda, 🇦🇷
Langford 120-18-33 · McVey 65-16-9
W
Won world colored heavyweight title KO 7/10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Langford 119-18-33 · Jeanette 104-19-18
D
World colored heavyweight title at stake 12 · East Market St. Rink, Akron, 🇺🇸
Langford 119-18-32 · McVey 65-16-8
L
World colored heavyweight title claim at stake 8 · Coliseum, Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Langford 119-17-32 · Wills 29-5-4
W
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Langford 118-17-32 · McVey 65-14-8
W
Jeff Clark
Retained world colored heavyweight title claim TKO 5/10 · Future City A.C., Saint Louis, 🇺🇸
Langford 117-17-32 · Clark —
W
Dave Mills
Retained world colored heavyweight title claim TKO 2/10 · Arena, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Langford 116-17-32 · Mills —
L
World colored heavyweight title claim at stake 10 · Broadway Arena, New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 116-16-32 · Wills 27-5-4
W
Cleve Hawkins
World colored heavyweight title claim at stake 10 · Long Acre A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 115-16-32 · Hawkins —
W
10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 114-16-32 · McVey 65-13-8
W
Won world colored heavyweight title claim KO 19/20 · Tommy Burns Arena, New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Langford 113-16-32 · Wills 27-4-4
L
For world colored heavyweight title claim PTS 20/20 · Tulane A.C., New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Langford 113-15-32 · Wills 26-4-4
L
World colored heavyweight title claim at stake 10 · Harlem S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 113-14-32 · Wills 25-4-4
D
Sam McVea
10 · American A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 113-14-31 · McVea —
D
10 · American A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 113-14-30 · McVey 65-12-7
W
PTS 15/15 · National A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Langford 112-14-30 · Johnson 30-23-10
D
PTS 20/20 · Stockyards Stadium, Denver, 🇺🇸
Langford 112-14-29 · McVey 64-12-6
L
KO 8/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 112-13-29 · McVey 63-11-6
W
Jack Thompson
TKO 1/15 · National A.C., Denver, 🇺🇸
Langford 111-13-29 · Thompson —
L
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 12/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 111-12-29 · McVey 62-11-6
W
10 · Broadway S.C., Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Langford 110-12-29 · Johnson 30-19-9
NC
NC 8/10 · Montreal Sporting Club, Montreal, 🇨🇦
Langford 110-12-29 · Flynn —
L
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 12/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 110-11-29 · Jeanette 98-18-17
W
World colored heavyweight title claim at stake 10 · 135th Street A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Langford 109-11-29 · Johnson 28-18-8
W
For world colored heavyweight title KO 14/20 · Arena, Vernon, 🇺🇸
Langford 108-11-29 · Wills 22-1-4
W
Jim Cameron
Retained world colored heavyweight title TKO 6/8 · Arctic Street Arena, San Diego, 🇺🇸
Langford 107-11-29 · Cameron —
W
Tom McMahon
TKO 6/20 · Arena, Vernon, 🇺🇸
Langford 106-11-29 · McMahon —
L
Jeff Clark
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Joplin, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Langford 106-10-29 · Clark —
W
KO 3/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 105-10-29 · Smith —
W
Colin Bell
TKO 4/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 104-10-29 · Bell —
D
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Stadium A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 104-10-28 · Jeanette 92-18-15
D
For world colored heavyweight title claim PTS 12/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 104-10-27 · Johnson 27-16-6
W
George 'Kid' Cotton
Retained world colored heavyweight title KO 4/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 103-10-27 · Cotton —
W
World colored heavyweight title claim at stake 10 · Stadium A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Langford 102-10-27 · Johnson 27-15-6
W
Bill Watkins
Retained world colored heavyweight title KO 4/10 · Olympic A.C., Rochester, 🇺🇸
Langford 101-10-27 · Watkins —
D
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · National Baseball Park, New Orleans, 🇺🇸
Langford 101-10-26 · Wills 14-1-2
W
Rough House Ware
TKO 5/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Langford 100-10-26 · Ware —
W
George 'Kid' Cotton
Retained world colored heavyweight title PTS 8/8 · Chattanooga, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Langford 99-10-26 · Cotton —
W
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Empire A.C., Manhattan, 🇺🇸
Langford 98-10-26 · Johnson 27-10-6
W
Bill Watkins
Retained world colored heavyweight title TKO 1/10 · National S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 97-10-26 · Watkins —
W
KO 1/20 · Luna Park Arena, Paris, 🇫🇷
Langford 96-10-26 · Curran —
W
For vacant world heavyweight title claim PTS 20/20 · Luna Park Arena, Paris, 🇫🇷
Langford 95-10-26 · Jeanette 80-17-14
L
PTS 12/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 95-9-26 · Smith —
W
RTD 5/10 · Taft, California, 🇺🇸
Langford 94-9-26 · Lester —
L
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 94-8-26 · Jeanette 79-17-14
W
Retained world colored heavyweight title KO 1/10 · Atlantic Garden A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 93-8-26 · Johnson —
W
KO 4/12 · Atlas A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 92-8-26 · Flynn —
D
Colin Bell
PTS 15/15 · Gymnasium Ground, Rockhampton, 🇦🇺
Langford 92-8-25 · Bell —
D
For world colored heavyweight titles PTS 20/20 · Olympic Stadium, Brisbane, 🇦🇺
Langford 92-8-24 · McVey 53-11-4
W
KO 1/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Langford 91-8-24 · Barry 63-15-16
W
For Australian and world colored heavyweight titles KO 13/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Langford 90-8-24 · McVey 53-10-4
W
For Australian and world colored heavyweight titles TKO 11/20 · Exhibition Stadium, Perth, 🇦🇺
Langford 89-8-24 · McVey 53-9-4
W
For Australian and world colored heavyweight titles PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Langford 88-8-24 · McVey 53-8-4
W
TKO 14/20 · Athletic Pavilion, Melbourne, 🇦🇺
Langford 87-8-24 · Flynn —
W
TKO 11/20 · Athletic Pavilion, Melbourne, 🇦🇺
Langford 86-8-24 · Barry 63-13-16
W
Won Australian and world colored heavyweight titles PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Langford 85-8-24 · McVey 53-7-4
W
PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Langford 84-8-24 · Barry 63-11-16
L
For Australian heavyweight title PTS 20/20 · Sydney Stadium, Sydney, 🇦🇺
Langford 84-7-24 · McVey 51-7-4
W
Tony Caponi
TKO 3/10 · Twentieth Century A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 83-7-24 · Caponi —
W
World colored heavyweight title at stake 10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 82-7-24 · Jeanette 40-14-12
W
Tony Ross
KO 6/10 · National Sporting Club, New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 81-7-24 · Ross —
W
TKO 5/10 · Twentieth Century A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 80-7-24 · O'Brien 148-15-24
W
Jim Smith
TKO 5/10 · Atlantic Garden A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 79-7-24 · Smith —
NC
Jack Driscoll
10 · Winnipeg, Manitoba, 🇨🇦
Langford 79-7-24 · Driscoll —
W
Jack Fitzgerald
TKO 5/10 · National S.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 78-7-24 · Fitzgerald —
W
Tony Caponi
10 · Auditorium Rink, Winnipeg, 🇨🇦
Langford 77-7-24 · Caponi —
W
Ralph Calloway
TKO 4/10 · Alhambra, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
Langford 76-7-24 · Calloway —
D
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 20/20 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Langford 76-7-23 · McVey 45-7-3
W
DQ 6/20 · Olympia Annexe, Kensington, 🇬🇧
Langford 75-7-23 · Lang —
W
Fred Atwater
TKO 3 · State Armory, Utica, 🇺🇸
Langford 74-7-23 · Atwater —
W
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 12/12 · Armory A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 73-7-23 · Jeanette 35-13-10
W
Morris Harris
Retained world colored heavyweight title KO 2/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 72-7-23 · Harris —
W
Jeff Clark
Retained world colored heavyweight title TKO 2/10 · Business Men's A.C., Joplin, 🇺🇸
Langford 71-7-23 · Clark —
W
Won world colored heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Armory A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 70-7-23 · Jeanette 32-12-10
W
Al Kubiak
TKO 2/10 · Fairmont A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 69-7-23 · Kubiak —
W
World colored heavyweight title claim at stake 6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 68-7-23 · Johnson 6-1-3
W
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 67-7-23 · Ketchel 48-6-3
W
KO 16/25 · Arena, Vernon, 🇺🇸
Langford 66-7-23 · Barry 63-9-14
W
KO 8/45 · Jeffries' Arena, Vernon, 🇺🇸
Langford 65-7-23 · Chiariglione 50-14-20
W
Nat Dewey
TKO 1/20 · Turner Hall, Cheyenne, 🇺🇸
Langford 64-7-23 · Dewey —
L
10 · Naud Junction, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Langford 64-6-23 · Chiariglione 49-14-20
W
For world colored heavyweight title claim KO 3/8 · Phoenix A.C., Memphis, 🇺🇸
Langford 63-6-23 · Kid 42-14-11
W
Mike Schreck
TKO 1/6 · Old City Hall, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Langford 62-6-23 · Schreck —
W
For world colored heavyweight title claim KO 2/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 61-6-23 · Klondike 29-13-5
W
For world colored heavyweight title claim RTD 5/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 60-6-23 · Kid 36-13-11
W
Langford claimed the world colored heavyweight title 6 · Bijou Theater, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
Langford 59-6-23 · Klondike 29-12-5
W
Won inaugural NSC version of the world heavyweight title KO 4/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Langford 58-6-23 · Hague —
D
PTS 12/12 · Armory A.A., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 58-6-22 · Ferguson —
W
Al Kubiak
6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 57-6-22 · Kubiak —
D
10 · Chadwick Park, Albany, 🇺🇸
Langford 57-6-21 · Barry 63-8-13
W
John Willie
KO 2/6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 56-6-21 · Willie —
W
Morris Harris
TKO 7/10 · Marathon A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 55-6-21 · Harris —
W
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 54-6-21 · Barry 63-7-13
W
KO 1/20 · Coliseum, San Francisco, 🇺🇸
Langford 53-6-21 · Chiariglione 46-11-19
D
6 · National A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 53-6-20 · Jeanette 19-10-5
W
Tony Ross
TKO 5/6 · Fairmont A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 52-6-20 · Ross —
W
John Willie
KO 2/10 · Navarre A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 51-6-20 · Willie —
W
KO 3/6 · Fairmont A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 50-6-20 · Barry 62-6-12
W
PTS 12/12 · Roanoke A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 49-6-20 · Ferguson —
W
KO 2/12 · Roanoke A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 48-6-20 · Barry 62-5-11
W
Larry Temple
PTS 8/8 · Roanoke A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 47-6-20 · Temple —
D
PTS 12/12 · Armory, Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 47-6-19 · Jeanette 18-10-3
W
Black Fitzsimmons
TKO 4/6 · Roanoke A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 46-6-19 · Fitzsimmons —
D
10 · Pacific A.C., Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Langford 46-6-18 · Barry 62-5-10
W
PTS 10/10 · Naud Junction Pavilion, Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Langford 45-6-18 · Barry 62-4-10
W
Won vacant world colored middleweight title PTS 20/20 · Pacific A.C., Los Angeles, 🇺🇸
Langford 44-6-18 · Jackson 75-27-24
W
10 · Winnisimmet A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Langford 43-6-18 · Barry 62-3-10
W
6 · Sharkey A.C., New York City, 🇺🇸
Langford 42-6-18 · Barry 62-2-10
W
Larry Temple
Vacant world colored middleweight title at stake 10 · Winnisimmet A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Langford 41-6-18 · Temple —
W
Geoff Thorne
KO 1/10 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Langford 40-6-18 · Thorne —
W
Tiger Smith
Won vacant NSC British and Commonwealth middleweight titles KO 4/20 · National Sporting Club, Covent Garden, 🇬🇧
Langford 39-6-18 · Smith —
W
Kid Williams
KO 6 · Rochester, New York, 🇺🇸
Langford 38-6-18 · Williams —
D
PTS 12/12 · Unity Cycle Club, Lawrence, 🇺🇸
Langford 38-6-17 · Jeanette 10-10-2
W
George Gunther
TKO 3 · Haverhill, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Langford 37-6-17 · Gunther —
W
PTS 15/15 · Rochester, New York, 🇺🇸
Langford 36-6-17 · Jackson 73-25-23
W
George Gunther
PTS 12/12 · Valley Falls A.C., Valley Falls, 🇺🇸
Langford 35-6-17 · Gunther —
L
TKO 5 · Southbridge, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Langford 35-5-17 · Jackson 72-24-23
L
For world colored heavyweight title PTS 15/15 · Lincoln Athletic Club, Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Langford 35-4-17 · Johnson 36-5-6
W
PTS 15/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Langford 34-4-17 · Jeanette 9-8-1
W
Black Fitzsimmons
TKO 11 · Lakeside A.C., Webster, 🇺🇸
Langford 33-4-17 · Fitzsimmons —
W
Larry Temple
KO 15/15 · Lincoln A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Langford 32-4-17 · Temple —
L
TKO 8/12 · Unity Cycle Club, Lawrence, 🇺🇸
Langford 32-3-17 · Jeanette 8-6-1
NC
NC 1/6 · National A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 32-3-17 · Blackburn 43-4-13
D
PTS 15/15 · Germania Maennerchor Hall, Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Langford 32-3-16 · Jackson 72-23-22
D
PTS 10/10 · Lyric A.C., Allentown, 🇺🇸
Langford 32-3-15 · Blackburn 42-4-11
D
Larry Temple
PTS 15/15 · Highland A.C., Marlborough, 🇺🇸
Langford 32-3-14 · Temple —
W
PTS 15/15 · Leiperville, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Langford 31-3-14 · Blackburn 42-3-10
L
Larry Temple
PTS 15/15 · Marlborough, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Langford 31-2-14 · Temple —
W
PTS 15/15 · Douglas A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Langford 30-2-14 · Jackson 72-22-22
W
PTS 15/15 · Highland A.C., Marlborough, 🇺🇸
Langford 29-2-14 · Jackson 72-21-22
W
Bogardus Hyde
TKO 3/15 · Music Hall, Webster, 🇺🇸
Langford 28-2-14 · Hyde —
W
George Gunther
PTS 12/12 · Auditorium, Portland, 🇺🇸
Langford 27-2-14 · Gunther —
NC
George Cole
NC 9/15 · Chelsea, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Langford 27-2-14 · Cole —
W
Dave Holly
15 · Apollo A.C., Salem, 🇺🇸
Langford 26-2-14 · Holly —
W
George Gunther
TKO 11 · Douglas A.C., Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Langford 25-2-14 · Gunther —
W
Joe Reed
KO 5/12 · Music Hall, Webster, 🇺🇸
Langford 24-2-14 · Reed —
W
Joe Reed
TKO 9 · Paper City A.C., Berlin, 🇺🇸
Langford 23-2-14 · Reed —
D
PTS 15/15 · Marlborough Theater, Marlborough, 🇺🇸
Langford 23-2-13 · Blackburn 33-2-9
W
Tommy Sullivan
TKO 3/12 · Highland A.C., Marlborough, 🇺🇸
Langford 22-2-13 · Sullivan —
W
Andy Watson
12 · Music Hall, Webster, 🇺🇸
Langford 21-2-13 · Watson —
D
Dave Holly
6 · Manhattan A.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 21-2-12 · Holly —
D
Dave Holly
PTS 15/15 · Eureka A.C., Baltimore, 🇺🇸
Langford 21-2-11 · Holly —
D
For world welterweight title PTS 15/15 · Lake Massabesic Coliseum, Manchester, 🇺🇸
Langford 21-2-10 · Walcott 81-15-15
W
TKO 2/15 · Manchester, New Hampshire, 🇺🇸
Langford 20-2-10 · McFadden —
L
Dave Holly
PTS 10/10 · Cambridge A.A., Cambridge, 🇺🇸
Langford 20-1-10 · Holly —
W
KO 2/12 · Warren A.C., New Bedford, 🇺🇸
Langford 19-1-10 · Lewis —
W
Charles Johnson
TKO 5 · Central A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 18-1-10 · Johnson —
W
Belfield Walcott
6 · Central A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 17-1-10 · Walcott —
D
6 · Washington S.C., Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Langford 17-1-9 · Blackburn 23-1-8
D
Andy Watson
PTS 12/12 · North Street Rink, Salem, 🇺🇸
Langford 17-1-8 · Watson —
D
PTS 12/12 · Central A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 17-1-7 · Blackburn 22-1-5
W
PTS 15/15 · Criterion A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 16-1-7 · Gans 136-8-17
W
Joe Reed
DQ 4 · Central A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 15-1-7 · Reed —
W
KO 12/12 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 14-1-7 · Sweeney —
W
Arthur Cote
TKO 5/12 · American A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 13-1-7 · Cote —
W
Shadow Morris
PTS 12/12 · Central A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 12-1-7 · Morris —
W
Kid Griffo
PTS 12/12 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 11-1-7 · Griffo —
W
Belfield Walcott
PTS 20/20 · Saundersville Athletic Club, Scituate, 🇺🇸
Langford 10-1-7 · Walcott —
L
Danny Duane
PTS 12/12 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 10-0-7 · Duane —
W
Walter Burgo
TKO 8 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 9-0-7 · Burgo —
D
Andy Watson
PTS 12/12 · Gloucester A.C., Gloucester, 🇺🇸
Langford 9-0-6 · Watson —
W
Tim Kearns
TKO 2/12 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 8-0-6 · Kearns —
D
Andy Watson
PTS 12/12 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 8-0-5 · Watson —
W
Chick Monahan
KO 1/10 · Criterion A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 7-0-5 · Monahan —
W
Billy Jordan
PTS 6/6 · Cambridge Athletic Club, Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 6-0-5 · Jordan —
D
Andy Watson
PTS 10/10 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 6-0-4 · Watson —
NC
Andy Watson
12 · West End A.C., Lawrence, 🇺🇸
Langford 6-0-4 · Watson —
W
Stonewall Allen
PTS 6/6 · Essex A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 5-0-4 · Allen —
D
Stonewall Allen
PTS 6/6 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 5-0-3 · Allen —
W
John E. Butler
PTS 6/6 · Essex A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 4-0-3 · Butler —
D
Johnny Johnson
PTS 6/6 · Essex A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 4-0-2 · Johnson —
W
Sadler Jennings
KO 2/6 · Highland Athletic Club, Chelsea, 🇺🇸
Langford 3-0-2 · Jennings —
W
Luther Manual
PTS 10/10 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 2-0-2 · Manual —
D
Luther Manual
PTS 6/6 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 2-0-1 · Manual —
D
Luther Manual
PTS 4/4 · Essex A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 2-0-0 · Manual —
NC
Billy Chisholm
6 · Lawrence, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Langford 2-0-0 · Chisholm —
W
Arthur Pratt
KO 1/6 · Essex A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 1-0-0 · Pratt —
W
Jack McVicker
KO 5/6 · Lenox A.C., Boston, 🇺🇸
Langford 0-0-0 · McVicker —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles No world title reigns recorded.
Facts
What is Sam Langford's record? Sam Langford's professional record is 210-45-53, 8 NC with 126 knockouts.
Who did Sam Langford fight last? Sam Langford last fought Brad Simmons on Aug 2, 1926 and lost by TKO in round 1 of 10. Sources Boxerbook ID 18175 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/18175 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
