Sam Langford
74″ reach · +12.17% reach advantage · 98th percentile
Sam Langford has a reach of 74″ against a height of 66″ — a reach advantage of +12.17%, exceptional for heavyweight boxing and the 98th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+12.17%
74″ reach on a 66″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 74″ (188 cm) | 15th pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66″ (167.6 cm) | 0th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing competed at 5: lightweight, welterweight, middleweight, light heavyweight, heavyweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1910s | |
| Country | Canada |
Record
Boxing record
210–43
314 bouts on record
Finish rate
60%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 34th percentile
The career, bout by bout
227 recorded bouts from 1902 to 1926. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
25y
1902–1926
Longest unbeaten run
34
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1903
21 bouts
Recorded bouts
227
227 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | L | Brad Simmons | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1926 | W | Young Jack Johnson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1925 | L | Battling Gahee | Decision | 8 |
| 1925 | W | Frolin Gonzales | Decision | 10 |
| 1925 | D | Tim Sullivan | Decision | 6 |
| 1925 | L | Brad Simmons | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1925 | W | Young Jack Johnson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1924 | W | Smiling Kid Nolan | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1924 | W | Sydney Grant | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1924 | W | Eddie Tremblay | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1924 | W | Sammy Olson | Decision | 4 |
| 1924 | ? | Jim Jam Barry | — | 4 |
| 1924 | W | Tom Riley | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1924 | W | Fireman Jim Flynn | Decision | 8 |
| 1924 | W | Smiling 'Kid' Nolan | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1923 | L | Sonny Goodrich | Decision | 10 |
| 1923 | W | Roscoe Hall | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1923 | W | Andrés Balsa | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1923 | W | Fireman Jim Flynn | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1923 | L | Bearcat Wright | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1923 | L | Clem Johnson | KO/TKO | 13 |
| 1923 | W | Jim Tracey | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1923 | W | Jack Voight | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1923 | W | Art Surans | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1923 | W | Chihuahua Kid Brown | Decision | 15 |
| 1923 | W | Jack Savage | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1923 | W | Tom McCarty | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1923 | W | Chihuahua 'Kid' Brown | Decision | 15 |
| 1922 | W | Sonny Goodrich | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1922 | W | Roscoe Hall | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1922 | W | Jack Taylor | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1922 | D | Jim Jam Barry | Decision | 10 |
| 1922 | W | Cyclone Smith | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1922 | W | Battling Owens | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1922 | D | Brad Simmons | Draw | 10 |
| 1922 | W | Bill Tate | Decision | 12 |
| 1922 | W | Bearcat Wright | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1922 | W | Tiger Flowers | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1922 | D | Ted Jamieson | Decision | 10 |
| 1922 | W | Jack Leslie | — | 10 |
| 1922 | L | Tut Jackson | DQ | 5 |
| 1922 | L | Harry Wills | Decision | 10 |
| 1921 | W | Young Peter Jackson | — | 10 |
| 1921 | W | Lee Anderson | Decision | 10 |
| 1921 | L | Bill Tate | — | 12 |
| 1921 | D | Topeka Jack Johnson | Decision | 6 |
| 1921 | W | George Godfrey | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1921 | W | Bearcat Wright | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1921 | W | Bill Watkins | KO/TKO | — |
| 1921 | W | Alfred Johnson | KO/TKO | — |
| 1921 | D | Jack Thompson | Decision | 10 |
| 1921 | W | Bob Devere | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1920 | W | Jim Jam Barry | Decision | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Clem Johnson | Decision | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Terry Kellar | Decision | 6 |
| 1920 | W | Tiny Jim Herman | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1920 | W | George Godfrey | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1920 | W | Jack Thompson | Decision | 8 |
| 1920 | L | Lee Anderson | Decision | 10 |
| 1920 | W | Frank Farmer | Decision | 4 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 227 recorded bouts.
48 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Hein ten Hoff+12.02% 84″ reach · 98th pct
- Bryant Jennings+12.02% 84″ reach · 98th pct
- Carl Williams+11.87% 85″ reach · 97th pct
- Audley Harrison+11.66% 86″ reach · 97th pct
- Louis Monaco+12.7% 80″ reach · 99th pct
- Steve Hérélius+10.95% 81″ reach · 97th pct
- Harry Wills+13.51% 84″ reach · 99th pct
- Oliver McCall+10.8% 82″ reach · 96th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Sam Langford on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-14. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.