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Battling Nelson vs Frankie Russell — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Frankie Russell

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Frankie Russell (3-1-1 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Russell

Tracked record

3–1–1

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

Russell leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Frankie Russell have met 1 time; Russell leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Frankie Russell have met 1 time; Russell leads 1–0.
Met1913Jan 3Series
Battling NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Frankie RussellFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 3 · Russell 3 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonRussell
Record†
69-33-273-1-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
64%
70% (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)
1.3
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
Frankie Russell: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Frankie Russell: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Frankie Russell 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%

Frankie Russell3 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Frankie Russell: 3 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Frankie Russell 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Russell better on 1

Nelson

Opponent

Russell

  • Battling Nelson

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, TKO 40

    1910

    Loss, NWS

    1909

    WolgastRussell better

    Frankie Russell

    1–0–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1916

    Win, DQ 4

    1916

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

Frankie Russell last boxed on Nov 30, 1916 — 40,139 days ago. Russell had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Adolph Wolgast.WLWWD

Nelson Jan 1913Kansas Oct 1915Kansas Nov 1915Wolgast Jun 1916Wolgast Nov 19161.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Frankie Russell ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Frankie Russell met once on January 3, 1913, and Frankie Russell won by PTS.
The meeting

LJan 3, 1913 · Russell · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Russell?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Frankie Russell is 3-1-1 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Frankie Russell has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nelson69–33–2764%

Russell3–1–170%

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

Nelson4058%

Russell0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Russell have any common opponents?
Battling Nelson and Frankie Russell share 1 common opponent: Adolph Wolgast. Frankie Russell fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Adolph WolgastL1–0–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Russell?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 5 bouts tracked for Frankie Russell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Russell5bouts

How They Win ↓

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