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Battling Nelson vs Pat Bradley — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

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Pat Bradley

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Pat Bradley (15-12-3) 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

Bradley

15

Wins14 KO · 93%

12

Losses

3

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Bradley leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Pat Bradley have met 1 time; Bradley leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Pat Bradley have met 1 time; Bradley leads 1–0.
Met1913May 3Series
Battling NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Pat BradleyFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWSR61Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 5 · Bradley 2 of 7 measurable rows
NelsonBradley
Record
69-33-27 (edge)15-12-3
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
55%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
14
KO rate0–100%
57.97%
93.33% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
58% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
0.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
3

† 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 comparable
Battling Nelson: Died aged 71
Pat Bradley: Died aged 91
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Pat Bradley: Orthodox

Battling Nelson left, Pat Bradley 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%

Pat Bradley1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Pat Bradley: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Pat Bradley 3 — 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

Pat Bradley has lost two straight, after one straight win. Bradley last boxed on Oct 6, 1921.WLL

Nelson May 1913Smith Apr 1914Loughran Oct 19210.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Pat Bradley ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Pat Bradley met once on May 3, 1913, and Pat Bradley won by NWS in round 6.
The meeting

LMay 3, 1913 · Bradley · NWS R6

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Bradley?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Pat Bradley is 15-12-3. Battling Nelson has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Nelson69–33–2764%

Bradley15–12–355%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nelson or Bradley?
Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Pat Bradley has 14. Battling Nelson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nelson4058%

Bradley1493.3%

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Bradley have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Nelson and Pat Bradley have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Bradley?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 3 bouts tracked for Pat Bradley. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Bradley3bouts

How They Win ↓

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