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Anton LaGrave vs Battling Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Anton LaGrave

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Battling Nelson

Anton LaGrave (0-2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) and Battling Nelson (69-33-27) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

LaGrave

Tracked record

0–2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Anton LaGrave and Battling Nelson have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Anton LaGrave and Battling Nelson have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1910Oct 31Series
Anton LaGraveFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Battling NelsonFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

LaGrave 1 · Nelson 4 of 5 measurable rows
LaGraveNelson
Record†
0-2-169-33-27 (edge)
Win %0–100%
16.7%
64% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 40
0
40 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—57.97%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—58%
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
2.4
6.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
3
134

† 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

Agenot held
Anton LaGrave: No date of birth
Battling Nelson: Died aged 71
Stance
Anton LaGrave: Not recorded
Battling Nelson: Orthodox

Anton LaGrave left, Battling Nelson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Anton LaGrave0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Anton LaGrave: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for LaGrave yet.

Battling Nelson69 wins · from 134 tracked bouts

Battling Nelson: 69 tracked wins — 40 by KO/TKO (58%), 18 on the cards (26%) and 11 by another method or unrecorded (16%). Counted from 134 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

40 by KO/TKO 58%18 on the cards 26%11 by another method or unrecorded 16%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Anton LaGrave 3, Battling Nelson 134 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · LaGrave better on 1

LaGrave

Opponent

Nelson

  • Anton LaGrave

    Loss, TKO 5

    1911

    WolgastLaGrave better

    Battling Nelson

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, TKO 40

    1910

    Loss, NWS

    1909

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

Anton LaGrave last boxed on Mar 31, 1911 — 42,207 days ago. LaGrave had lost the most recent, to Adolph Wolgast.LDL

Ritchie Dec 1909Nelson Oct 1910Wolgast Mar 19112.4 tracked bouts per year

Battling Nelson had won one in a row before losing to Freddie Welsh. Nelson last boxed on Apr 17, 1917.WLLWL

Gardner Apr 1915Waugh Sep 1915Reagan Nov 1915Matthews Mar 1917Welsh Apr 19176.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Anton LaGrave and Battling Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Anton LaGrave and Battling Nelson met once on October 31, 1910, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DOct 31, 1910 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaGrave or Nelson?
Anton LaGrave is 0-2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Battling Nelson is 69-33-27. Battling Nelson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

LaGrave0–2–116.7%

Nelson69–33–2764%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, LaGrave or Nelson?
Anton LaGrave has 0 knockout wins and Battling Nelson has 40. Battling Nelson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

LaGrave0

Nelson4058%

The Numbers ↓
Do LaGrave and Nelson have any common opponents?
Anton LaGrave and Battling Nelson share 1 common opponent: Adolph Wolgast. Anton LaGrave fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Adolph WolgastLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaGrave and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Anton LaGrave and 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaGrave3bouts

Nelson134bouts

How They Win ↓

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