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.
Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Leach Cross (7-9 across 16 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Battling Nelson vs Leach Cross — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Leach Cross leads 1–0- Leach Cross wonNelson vs CrossNov 28, 1912 · NWS
The Numbers
- 69-33-27 (edge)
- Record
- 7-9
- 64% (edge)
- Win %
- 43.8%
- 40 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 2
- 57.97%
- KO rate
- —
- 58% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 29%
- 6
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 2.1
- 138
- Bouts tracked
- 16
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 144
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- American
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Nelson · 69 wins
KO/TKO
40
Decision
18
Other
11
Leach Cross · 7 wins
KO/TKO
2
Decision
0
Other
5
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (138 and 16 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedBattling Nelson
LNWS · Oct 1913LTKO R40 · Feb 1910LNWS · Jul 1909Leach Cross
WTKO R6 · Dec 1915WNWS · Jun 1915
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Battling Nelson
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Jul 26, 1941
Leach Cross
WLWWL
W1 streak · last fought Dec 17, 1915
Common Questions
- Have Battling Nelson and Leach Cross ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Nelson and Leach Cross met once on November 28, 1912, and Leach Cross won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Battling Nelson or Leach Cross?
- Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Leach Cross is 7-9 across the 16 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Battling Nelson or Leach Cross?
- Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Leach Cross has 2. Battling Nelson has more.
- Do Battling Nelson and Leach Cross have any common opponents?
- Battling Nelson and Leach Cross share 2 common opponents: Freddie Welsh and Adolph Wolgast. Leach Cross fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Nelson and Leach Cross?
- This comparison is drawn from 138 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 16 bouts tracked for Leach Cross. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.