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Battling Nelson vs Bay Wood — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Bay Wood

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Bay Wood (0-1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Wood

Tracked record

0–1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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 2 draws

Battling Nelson and Bay Wood have met 2 times; Series level 0–0 with 2 draws.

Battling Nelson and Bay Wood have met 2 times; Series level 0–0 with 2 draws.
Met1913Feb 221913Apr 19Series
Battling NelsonFighter ADDrawDDraw0–0–2W–L–D
Bay WoodFighter BDDrawDDraw0–0–2W–L–D
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Nelson 4 · Wood 1 of 5 measurable rows
NelsonWood
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)0-1-2
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
58%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
3

† 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 Nelson: Died aged 71
Bay Wood: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Bay Wood: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Bay Wood 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 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%

Bay Wood0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Bay Wood: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Wood yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Bay Wood 3 — 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 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

Bay Wood last boxed on Dec 17, 1915 — 40,486 days ago. Wood had lost the most recent, to Mike Glover.DDL

Nelson Feb 1913Nelson Apr 1913Glover Dec 19151.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Bay Wood ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Bay Wood have met 2 times and the series is level at 0-0 with 2 draws.
The 2 meetings

DApr 19, 1913 · Draw · PTS

DFeb 22, 1913 · Draw · PTS

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

Nelson69–33–2764%

Wood0–1–233.3%

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

Nelson4058%

Wood0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Wood have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Nelson and Bay Wood have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Wood?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 3 bouts tracked for Bay Wood. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Wood3bouts

How They Win ↓

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