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Bill Lang
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Heavyweight
Male
(William Lanfranchi)
(William Langfranchi)
Australia, Melbourne, Victoria
Born: July 8, 1883, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
(some sources report: July 6, 1882)
Died: September 3, 1952, East St Kilda, Victoria, Australia
Height: 5ft 11 1/2in, mt 1,82
Italian-Australian
(Lang was also an Australian rules footballer)
Lang had been the first Australian to fight for a world heavyweight title
He was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2004
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No amateur results
Professional record| | | 1905 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | = Jan. 9 | Young Starlight | Melbourne, Australia | Draw 5 | | - May 2 | Bob Fraser | Melbourne, Australia | LDQ 9 | | + Aug. 14 | Ed Keys | Melbourne, Australia | KO 2 | | + Sept. 4 | Pat Farley | Melbourne, Australia | KO 7 | | * Nov. 11 | Tom Liggins | Melbourne, Australia | NC 4 | | - Dec. 11 |  Ed Williams | Melbourne, Australia | L 20 | | | | 1906 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Mar. 12 | Malley Jackson | Melbourne, Australia | WDQ 3 | | - Apr. 20 | Bob Fraser | Melbourne, Australia | L 20 | | + Oct. 29 | Tom Fennessy | Melbourne, Australia | TKO 14 | | + Dec. 10 | Peter Kling | Melbourne, Australia | WDQ 5 | | | | 1907 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | - Mar. 4 |  Jack Johnson | Melbourne, Australia | TKO by 9 | | + May 18 | Finn McLean | Broken Hill, Australia | KO 4 | | + May 27 | Peter Kling | Melbourne, Australia | TKO 9 | | + July 8 | Dick Kernick | Melbourne, Australia | KO 2 | | + Aug. 19 | Mike Williams
| Melbourne, Australia | KO 1 | | + Sept. 16 | George Ruenalf | Broken Hill, Australia | WDQ 3 | | + Oct. 3 | Peter Felix | Broken Hill, Australia | KO 12 | | vacant Australian Heavyweight Title | | + Nov. 6 | Arthur Cripps | Melbourne, Australia | TKO 8 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | + Dec. 23 | Ed Williams | Melbourne, Australia | KO 3 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | | | 1908 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Feb. 17 | Peter Felix | Melbourne, Australia | TKO 7 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | + Mar. 9 | Bill Smith | Melbourne, Australia | KO 1 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | + July 20 |  Jim Griffin | Melbourne, Australia | TKO 6 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | - Sept. 2 |  Tommy Burns | Melbourne, Australia | KO by 6 | | World Heavyweight Title | | + Nov. 16 | Jim Griffin | Melbourne, Australia | TKO 5 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | | | 1909 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Feb. 3 | Bill Squires | Sydney, Australia | KO 17 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | + Oct. 25 | Bill Squires | Melbourne, Australia | KO 20 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | + Dec. 27 |  Bob Fitzsimmons | Sydney, Australia | KO 12 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | | | 1910 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Jan. 17 | Bill Squires | Sydney, Australia | KO 7 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | - Apr. 11 | Tommy Burns | Sydney, Australia | L 20 | | Australian and inaugural British Empire Heavyweight Titles | | - Sept. 5 | Al Kaufman | Philadelphia, United States | L 6 | | + Dec. 26 | Salinas Jack Burns | Kensington, Great Britain | TKO 12 | | | | 1911 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | - Jan. 18 | Matthew Curran | London, Great Britain | LDQ 1 | | vacant British Empire Heavyweight Title | | - Feb. 21 | Sam Langford | Kensington, Great Britain | LDQ 6 | | + May 13 | Jack Lester | Sydney, Australia | WDQ 6 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | + Aug. 9 | Bill Squires | Brisbane, Australia | TKO 5 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | - Sept. 9 | Jack Lester | Sydney, Australia | L 20 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | - Oct. 28 | Sam McVea | Sydney, Australia | KO by 2 | | Australian Heavyweight Title | | | | 1912 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | - Jan. 24 | Jim Barry | Sydney, Australia | L 20 | | | | 1913 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + May 3 | Matthew Curran | Sydney, Australia | W 20 | | + Aug. 16 | Matthew Curran | Sydney, Australia | W 20 | | - Nov. 5 | Dave Smith | Sydney, Australia | L 20 | | vacant Australian Heavyweight Title | | | | 1914 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | + Apr. 4 | Arthur Pelkey | Sydney, Australia | KO 19 | | - Oct. 5 |  Fred Storbeck | Sydney, Australia | LDQ 18 | | | | | 1915
Inactive | | | | 1916 | | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | - Nov. 25 | Tom McMahon | Melbourne, Australia | KO by 5 |
Summary
Total bouts: 44, Won: 27 (21 inside the limit), Lost: 15 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 1, ND: 0
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