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Battling Nelson vs Mickey Riley — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Mickey Riley

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Mickey Riley (1-0-2 across 4 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

Riley

Tracked record

1–0–2

counted from 4 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

Riley leads 1–0 with 2 draws

Battling Nelson and Mickey Riley have met 4 times; Riley leads 1–0 with 2 draws.

Battling Nelson and Mickey Riley have met 4 times; Riley leads 1–0 with 2 draws.
Met1901Apr 191903Jun 191903Jul 151903Jul 24Series
Battling NelsonFighter ALLostDDrawNCNo decisionDDraw0–1–2W–L–D
Mickey RileyFighter BWWonDDrawNCNo decisionDDraw1–0–2W–L–D
ResultPTSPTSNCPTS4Meetings

The Numbers

Nelson 3 · Riley 3 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonRiley
Record†
69-33-271-0-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
64%
66.7% (edge)
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)
1.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
4

† 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
Mickey Riley: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Mickey Riley: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Mickey Riley 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%

Mickey Riley1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Mickey Riley: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 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, Mickey Riley 4 — 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

Mickey Riley last boxed on Jul 24, 1903 — 45,021 days ago. Riley had drawn the most recent tracked bout with Battling Nelson.WDNCD

Nelson Apr 1901Nelson Jun 1903Nelson Jul 1903Nelson Jul 19031.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Mickey Riley ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Mickey Riley have met 4 times and Mickey Riley leads the series 1-0 with 2 draws.
The 4 meetings

DJul 24, 1903 · Draw · PTS

NCJul 15, 1903 · No decision · NC

DJun 19, 1903 · Draw · PTS

LApr 19, 1901 · Riley · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Riley?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Mickey Riley is 1-0-2 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Mickey Riley has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nelson69–33–2764%

Riley1–0–266.7%

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

Nelson4058%

Riley0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Riley have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Nelson and Mickey Riley have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Riley?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 4 bouts tracked for Mickey Riley. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Riley4bouts

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