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Battling Nelson vs Percy Cove — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Percy Cove

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Percy Cove (3-3-3 across 9 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.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Cove

Tracked record

3–3–3

counted from 9 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Battling Nelson and Percy Cove have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Battling Nelson and Percy Cove have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1911Jul 4Series
Battling NelsonFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Percy CoveFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 5 · Cove 1 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonCove
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)3-3-3
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
50%
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
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
1.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
9

† 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
Percy Cove: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Percy Cove: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Percy Cove 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%

Percy Cove3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Percy Cove: 3 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Percy Cove 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Cove better on 2

Nelson

Opponent

Cove

  • Battling Nelson

    Loss, PTS

    1915

    ReaganCove better

    Percy Cove

    2–0–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1913

    Draw, PTS

    1912

    Win, PTS

    1911

  • Battling Nelson

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, TKO 40

    1910

    Loss, NWS

    1909

    WolgastCove better

    Percy Cove

    Draw, PTS

    1907

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

Percy Cove last boxed on Jan 24, 1913 — 41,543 days ago. Cove had won once since a draw with Jimmy Reagan.LDWDW

Attell Aug 1909Nelson Jul 1911Reagan Oct 1911Reagan Sep 1912Reagan Jan 19131.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Percy Cove ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Percy Cove met once on July 4, 1911, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
The meeting

DJul 4, 1911 · Draw · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Cove?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Percy Cove is 3-3-3 across the 9 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%

Cove3–3–350%

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

Nelson4058%

Cove0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Cove have any common opponents?
Battling Nelson and Percy Cove share 2 common opponents: Jimmy Reagan and Adolph Wolgast. Percy Cove fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Jimmy ReaganL2–0–1

Adolph WolgastLD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Cove?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 9 bouts tracked for Percy Cove. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Cove9bouts

How They Win ↓

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