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Battling Nelson vs Danny McMahon — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Danny McMahon

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Danny McMahon (1-0-2 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

McMahon

Tracked record

1–0–2

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 Danny McMahon have met 2 times; Series level 0–0 with 2 draws.

Battling Nelson and Danny McMahon have met 2 times; Series level 0–0 with 2 draws.
Met1900Dec 11902Apr 12Series
Battling NelsonFighter ADDrawDDraw0–0–2W–L–D
Danny McMahonFighter BDDrawDDraw0–0–2W–L–D
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Nelson 3 · McMahon 3 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonMcMahon
Record†
69-33-271-0-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
64%
66.7% (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§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
0.6
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
Danny McMahon: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Danny McMahon: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Danny McMahon 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%

Danny McMahon1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Danny McMahon: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

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

Danny McMahon last boxed on Apr 12, 1902 — 45,484 days ago. McMahon had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Battling Nelson.WDD

Murphy Feb 1897Nelson Dec 1900Nelson Apr 19020.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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

DApr 12, 1902 · Draw · PTS

DDec 1, 1900 · Draw · PTS

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

Nelson69–33–2764%

McMahon1–0–266.7%

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

Nelson4058%

McMahon0

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

Nelson134bouts

McMahon3bouts

How They Win ↓

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