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Battling Nelson vs Gilbert Gallant — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Gilbert Gallant

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Gilbert Gallant (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Gallant

Tracked record

1–2

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

Gallant leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Gilbert Gallant have met 1 time; Gallant leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Gilbert Gallant have met 1 time; Gallant leads 1–0.
Met1913Apr 29Series
Battling NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Gilbert GallantFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 5 · Gallant 1 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonGallant
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
33.3%
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
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
0.3
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
Gilbert Gallant: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Gilbert Gallant: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Gilbert Gallant 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%

Gilbert Gallant1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Gilbert Gallant: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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

Gilbert Gallant last boxed on Mar 11, 1925 — 37,113 days ago. Gallant had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Nelson Apr 1913White Sep 1915III Mar 19250.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Gilbert Gallant ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Gilbert Gallant met once on April 29, 1913, and Gilbert Gallant won by PTS.
The meeting

LApr 29, 1913 · Gallant · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Gallant?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Gilbert Gallant is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Gallant1–233.3%

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

Nelson4058%

Gallant0

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

Nelson134bouts

Gallant3bouts

How They Win ↓

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