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Battling Hurley vs Battling Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Hurley

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Battling Nelson

Battling Hurley (0-0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Hurley

Tracked record

0–0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

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

Battling Hurley and Battling Nelson have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1902Jun 14Series
Battling HurleyFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Battling NelsonFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Hurley 1 · Nelson 3 of 4 measurable rows
HurleyNelson
Record†
0-0-169-33-27 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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
0 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
1
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
Battling Hurley: No date of birth
Battling Nelson: Died aged 71
Stance
Battling Hurley: Not recorded
Battling Nelson: Orthodox

Battling Hurley 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
Battling Hurley0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Battling Hurley: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hurley 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 — Battling Hurley 1, Battling Nelson 134 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Battling Hurley last boxed on Jun 14, 1902 — 45,429 days ago. Hurley had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Battling Nelson.D

Nelson Jun 1902

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 Battling Hurley and Battling Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Hurley and Battling Nelson met once on June 14, 1902, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJun 14, 1902 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hurley or Nelson?
Battling Hurley is 0-0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Hurley0–0–150%

Nelson69–33–2764%

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

Hurley0

Nelson4058%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hurley and Nelson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Hurley and Battling Nelson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hurley and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Battling Hurley and 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hurley1bout

Nelson134bouts

How They Win ↓

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