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Battling Nelson vs Clarence English — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Clarence English

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Clarence English (1-3-1 across 5 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

English

Tracked record

1–3–1

counted from 5 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

Nelson leads 1–0 with 1 draw

Battling Nelson and Clarence English have met 2 times; Nelson leads 1–0 with 1 draw.

Battling Nelson and Clarence English have met 2 times; Nelson leads 1–0 with 1 draw.
Met1903Jun 271903Dec 28Series
Battling NelsonFighter ADDrawWWon1–0–1W–L–D
Clarence EnglishFighter BDDrawLLost0–1–1W–L–D
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Nelson 4 · English 2 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonEnglish
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)1-3-1
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
30%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
58%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
5

† 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
Clarence English: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Clarence English: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Clarence English 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%

Clarence English1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Clarence English: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Clarence English 5 — 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

Clarence English last boxed on Oct 29, 1912 — 41,632 days ago. English had lost three straight.WDLLL

Murphy Apr 1902Nelson Jun 1903Nelson Dec 1903Bronson Apr 1912Bronson Oct 19120.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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

WDec 28, 1903 · Nelson · PTS

DJun 27, 1903 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or English?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Clarence English is 1-3-1 across the 5 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%

English1–3–130%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nelson or English?
Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Clarence English has 1. Battling Nelson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nelson4058%

English1

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and English have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Nelson and Clarence English have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and English?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 5 bouts tracked for Clarence English. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

English5bouts

How They Win ↓

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