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Battling Nelson vs Harry Dillon — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Harry Dillon

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Harry Dillon (0-5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Dillon

Tracked record

0–5

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

Nelson leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Harry Dillon have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Harry Dillon have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.
Met1913Feb 11Series
Battling NelsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Harry DillonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 4 · Dillon 1 of 5 measurable rows
NelsonDillon
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)0-5
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
58%—
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
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
Harry Dillon: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Harry Dillon: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Harry Dillon 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%

Harry Dillon0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Harry Dillon: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Dillon yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Harry Dillon 5 — 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

Harry Dillon last boxed on Jan 30, 1931 — 34,961 days ago. Dillon had lost five straight.LLLLL

Nelson Feb 1913Flowers Aug 1927Stribling Nov 1927Rosenbloom Jul 1929Levinsky Jan 19310.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Harry Dillon ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Harry Dillon met once on February 11, 1913, and Battling Nelson won by TKO.
The meeting

WFeb 11, 1913 · Nelson · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Dillon?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Harry Dillon is 0-5 across the 5 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%

Dillon0–50%

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

Nelson4058%

Dillon0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Dillon have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Nelson and Harry Dillon have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Dillon?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 5 bouts tracked for Harry Dillon. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Dillon5bouts

How They Win ↓

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