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Battling Nelson vs Pierce Matthews — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Pierce Matthews

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Pierce Matthews (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

Matthews

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Nelson leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Pierce Matthews have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Pierce Matthews have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.
Met1917Mar 17Series
Battling NelsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Pierce MatthewsFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 3 · Matthews 1 of 4 measurable rows
NelsonMatthews
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
58%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
1

† 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
Pierce Matthews: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Pierce Matthews: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Pierce Matthews 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%

Pierce Matthews0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Pierce Matthews: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Matthews yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Pierce Matthews 1 — 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

Pierce Matthews last boxed on Mar 17, 1917 — 40,028 days ago. Matthews had lost the most recent, to Battling Nelson.L

Nelson Mar 1917

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Pierce Matthews ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Pierce Matthews met once on March 17, 1917, and Battling Nelson won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

WMar 17, 1917 · Nelson · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Matthews?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Pierce Matthews is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Matthews0–10%

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

Nelson4058%

Matthews0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Matthews have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Nelson and Pierce Matthews have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Matthews?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 1 bout tracked for Pierce Matthews. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Matthews1bout

How They Win ↓

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