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Battling Nelson vs Dick Hyland — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Dick Hyland

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Dick Hyland (1-7 across 8 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Hyland

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 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

Battling Nelson and Dick Hyland have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Dick Hyland have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.
Met1909May 29Series
Battling NelsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Dick HylandFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR231Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 4 · Hyland 1 of 5 measurable rows
NelsonHyland
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)1-7
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
12.5%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
58%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
0.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
8

† 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
Dick Hyland: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Dick Hyland: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Dick Hyland 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%

Dick Hyland1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Dick Hyland: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 8 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, Dick Hyland 8 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Nelson better on 1 · even on 2

Nelson

Opponent

Hyland

  • Battling Nelson

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    WelshEven

    Dick Hyland

    Loss, PTS

    1913

  • Battling Nelson

    Win, PTS

    1904

    HerreraEven

    Dick Hyland

    Win, KO 6

    1909

  • Battling Nelson

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 9

    1905

    Win, TKO 10

    1904

    IINelson better

    Dick Hyland

    Loss, TKO 5

    1906

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

Dick Hyland last boxed on Oct 8, 1913 — 41,288 days ago. Hyland had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Nelson May 1909Herrera Sep 1909McFarland Sep 1910Wells Jul 1911Welsh Oct 19130.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Dick Hyland ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Dick Hyland met once on May 29, 1909, and Battling Nelson won by KO in round 23.
The meeting

WMay 29, 1909 · Nelson · KO R23

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Hyland?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Dick Hyland is 1-7 across the 8 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%

Hyland1–712.5%

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

Nelson4058%

Hyland1

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Hyland have any common opponents?
Battling Nelson and Dick Hyland share 3 common opponents: Freddie Welsh, Aurelio Herrera and Young Corbett II. Battling Nelson fared better against 1 of them.
3 shared opponents

Freddie WelshLL

Aurelio HerreraWW

Young Corbett IIWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Hyland?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 8 bouts tracked for Dick Hyland. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Hyland8bouts

How They Win ↓

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