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Battling Nelson vs Charles Berry — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Charles Berry

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

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Berry

Tracked record

2–0–1

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

Berry leads 2–0 with 1 draw

Battling Nelson and Charles Berry have met 3 times; Berry leads 2–0 with 1 draw.

Battling Nelson and Charles Berry have met 3 times; Berry leads 2–0 with 1 draw.
Met1901May 31901Dec 171902Jan 21Series
Battling NelsonFighter ADDrawLLostLLost0–2–1W–L–D
Charles BerryFighter BDDrawWWonWWon2–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSPTS3Meetings

The Numbers

Nelson 2 · Berry 3 of 5 measurable rows
NelsonBerry
Record†
69-33-272-0-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
64%
83.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
58% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.5—
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
Charles Berry: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Charles Berry: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Charles Berry 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%

Charles Berry2 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Charles Berry: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

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

Charles Berry last boxed on Jan 21, 1902 — 45,569 days ago. Berry had won two straight since a draw with Battling Nelson.DWW

Nelson May 1901Nelson Dec 1901Nelson Jan 1902

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Charles Berry ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Charles Berry have met 3 times and Charles Berry leads the series 2-0 with 1 draw.
The 3 meetings

LJan 21, 1902 · Berry · PTS

LDec 17, 1901 · Berry · PTS

DMay 3, 1901 · Draw · PTS

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

Nelson69–33–2764%

Berry2–0–183.3%

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

Nelson4058%

Berry0

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

Nelson134bouts

Berry3bouts

How They Win ↓

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