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Battling Nelson vs Billy Heck — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Billy Heck

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Billy Heck (1 tracked bout, which was ruled a no contest) 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.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Heck

Tracked record

0–0

counted from 1 bout 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

1 meeting, no decision

Battling Nelson and Billy Heck have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.

Battling Nelson and Billy Heck have met 1 time; 1 meeting, no decision.
Met1901Nov 10Series
Battling NelsonFighter ANCNo decision0–0W–L
Billy HeckFighter BNCNo decision0–0W–L
ResultND1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 1 · Heck 1 of 2 measurable rows
NelsonHeck
Record†
69-33-27—
Win %not comparable
64%—
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§not comparable
6.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
1

† 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
Billy Heck: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Billy Heck: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Billy Heck 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%

Billy Heck0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Billy Heck: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Heck yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Billy Heck 1 — 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

Billy Heck last boxed on Nov 10, 1901 — 45,642 days ago. Heck had a no contest in the most recent tracked bout with Battling Nelson.NC

Nelson Nov 1901

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Billy Heck ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Billy Heck met once on November 10, 1901, and the bout produced no decision by ND.
The meeting

NCNov 10, 1901 · No decision · ND

Head to Head ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nelson or Heck?
Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Billy Heck has 0. Battling Nelson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nelson4058%

Heck0

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

Nelson134bouts

Heck1bout

How They Win ↓

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