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Battling Nelson vs Frank Ray Whitney — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Frank Ray Whitney

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Frank Ray Whitney (2-4-1 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Whitney

Tracked record

2–4–1

counted from 7 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

Whitney leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Frank Ray Whitney have met 1 time; Whitney leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Frank Ray Whitney have met 1 time; Whitney leads 1–0.
Met1913Mar 5Series
Battling NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Frank Ray WhitneyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 5 · Whitney 1 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonWhitney
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)2-4-1
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
35.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
58% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
2.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
7

† 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
Frank Ray Whitney: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Frank Ray Whitney: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Frank Ray Whitney 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%

Frank Ray Whitney2 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Frank Ray Whitney: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Frank Ray Whitney 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Nelson better on 1 · Whitney better on 1

Nelson

Opponent

Whitney

  • Battling Nelson

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    WelshNelson better

    Frank Ray Whitney

    0–3 against

    Loss, TKO

    1916

    Loss, NWS

    1916

    Loss, PTS

    1914

  • Battling Nelson

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, TKO 40

    1910

    Loss, NWS

    1909

    WolgastWhitney better

    Frank Ray Whitney

    Win, TKO 5

    1915

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

Frank Ray Whitney last boxed on Mar 24, 1916 — 40,389 days ago. Whitney had lost two straight, after one straight win.DLWLL

White Sep 1913Welsh Jan 1914Wolgast Dec 1915Welsh Jan 1916Welsh Mar 19162.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Frank Ray Whitney ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Frank Ray Whitney met once on March 5, 1913, and Frank Ray Whitney won by NWS.
The meeting

LMar 5, 1913 · Whitney · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Whitney?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Frank Ray Whitney is 2-4-1 across the 7 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%

Whitney2–4–135.7%

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

Nelson4058%

Whitney1

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Whitney have any common opponents?
Battling Nelson and Frank Ray Whitney share 2 common opponents: Freddie Welsh and Adolph Wolgast. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Freddie WelshLL

Adolph WolgastLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Whitney?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 7 bouts tracked for Frank Ray Whitney. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Whitney7bouts

How They Win ↓

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