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 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.
Battling Nelson vs Percy Cove — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 0–0- DrawNelson vs CoveJul 4, 1911 · PTS
The Numbers
- 69-33-27 (edge)
- Record
- 3-3-3
- 64% (edge)
- Win %
- 50%
- 40 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 57.97%
- KO rate
- —
- 58% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 6
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.6
- 138
- Bouts tracked
- 9
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
Percy Cove · 3 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
1
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (138 and 9 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedBattling Nelson
LNWS · Oct 1913LTKO R40 · Feb 1910LNWS · Jul 1909Percy Cove
DPTS · Jun 1907
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
Percy Cove
WDWDL
W1 streak · last fought Jan 24, 1913
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Battling Nelson or Percy 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Battling Nelson or Percy Cove?
- Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Percy Cove has 0. Battling Nelson has more.
- Do Battling Nelson and Percy 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Nelson and Percy Cove?
- This comparison is drawn from 138 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 9 bouts tracked for Percy Cove. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.