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Battling Nelson vs John Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

John Smith

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and John Smith (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Smith

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 John Smith have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and John Smith have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.
Met1899Jun 1Series
Battling NelsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
John SmithFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 3 · Smith 1 of 4 measurable rows
NelsonSmith
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)0-1
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
1

† 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
John Smith: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
John Smith: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, John Smith 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%

John Smith0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

John Smith: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, John Smith 1 — 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

John Smith last boxed on Jun 1, 1899 — 46,530 days ago. Smith had lost the most recent, to Battling Nelson.L

Nelson Jun 1899

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and John Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and John Smith met once on June 1, 1899, and Battling Nelson won by KO.
The meeting

WJun 1, 1899 · Nelson · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Smith?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and John Smith is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Smith0–10%

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

Nelson4058%

Smith0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Smith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Nelson and John Smith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 1 bout tracked for John Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Smith1bout

How They Win ↓

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