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

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Battling Nelson

Joe Spider Welsh

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Joe Spider Welsh (0-3 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 1 common opponent.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Welsh

Tracked record

0–3

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

Nelson leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Joe Spider Welsh have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Joe Spider Welsh have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.
Met1904Apr 5Series
Battling NelsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe Spider WelshFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR161Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 4 · Welsh 0 of 4 measurable rows
NelsonWelsh
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)0-3
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‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
0.6
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
Joe Spider Welsh: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Joe Spider Welsh: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Joe Spider Welsh 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 Spider Welsh0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Joe Spider Welsh: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Welsh yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Joe Spider Welsh 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Nelson better on 1

Nelson

Opponent

Welsh

  • Battling Nelson

    Win, PTS

    1904

    HerreraNelson better

    Joe Spider Welsh

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO

    1900

    Loss, KO 9

    1899

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

Joe Spider Welsh last boxed on Apr 5, 1904 — 44,765 days ago. Welsh had lost three straight.LLL

Herrera Jan 1899Herrera Feb 1900Nelson Apr 19040.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Joe Spider Welsh ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Joe Spider Welsh met once on April 5, 1904, and Battling Nelson won by TKO in round 16.
The meeting

WApr 5, 1904 · Nelson · TKO R16

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Welsh?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Joe Spider Welsh is 0-3 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%

Welsh0–30%

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

Nelson4058%

Welsh0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Welsh have any common opponents?
Battling Nelson and Joe Spider Welsh share 1 common opponent: Aurelio Herrera. Battling Nelson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Aurelio HerreraWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Welsh?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 3 bouts tracked for Joe Spider Welsh. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Welsh3bouts

How They Win ↓

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