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Battling Nelson vs Joe Percente — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Joe Percente

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Joe Percente (1-3-1 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Percente

Tracked record

1–3–1

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

Nelson leads 2–1 with 1 draw

Battling Nelson and Joe Percente have met 4 times; Nelson leads 2–1 with 1 draw.

Battling Nelson and Joe Percente have met 4 times; Nelson leads 2–1 with 1 draw.
Met1900Dec 71901Nov 151901Dec 21902Mar 13Series
Battling NelsonFighter AWWonLLostDDrawWWon2–1–1W–L–D
Joe PercenteFighter BLLostWWonDDrawLLost1–2–1W–L–D
ResultDQPTSPTSPTS4Meetings

The Numbers

Nelson 5 · Percente 1 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonPercente
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)1-3-1
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
30%
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)
1.1
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
Joe Percente: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Joe Percente: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Joe Percente 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%

Joe Percente1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Joe Percente: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 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, Joe Percente 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

Joe Percente last boxed on Jun 1, 1905 — 44,345 days ago. Percente had lost two straight.LWDLL

Nelson Dec 1900Nelson Nov 1901Nelson Dec 1901Nelson Mar 1902Bronson Jun 19051.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Joe Percente ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Joe Percente have met 4 times and Battling Nelson leads the series 2-1 with 1 draw.
The 4 meetings

WMar 13, 1902 · Nelson · PTS

DDec 2, 1901 · Draw · PTS

LNov 15, 1901 · Percente · PTS

WDec 7, 1900 · Nelson · DQ

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Percente?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Joe Percente is 1-3-1 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%

Percente1–3–130%

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

Nelson4058%

Percente0

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

Nelson134bouts

Percente5bouts

How They Win ↓

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