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Battling Nelson vs Rudy Unholz — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Rudy Unholz

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Rudy Unholz (1-2 across 3 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

Unholz

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Unholz leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Rudy Unholz have met 1 time; Unholz leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Rudy Unholz have met 1 time; Unholz leads 1–0.
Met1908Feb 4Series
Battling NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rudy UnholzFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 5 · Unholz 1 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonUnholz
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
33.3%
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
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
3

† 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
Rudy Unholz: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Rudy Unholz: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Rudy Unholz 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%

Rudy Unholz1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Rudy Unholz: 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, Rudy Unholz 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Nelson better on 1 · Unholz better on 1

Nelson

Opponent

Unholz

  • Battling Nelson

    0–3 against

    Loss, NWS

    1913

    Loss, TKO 40

    1910

    Loss, NWS

    1909

    WolgastUnholz better

    Rudy Unholz

    Loss, TKO 2

    1914

  • Battling Nelson

    2–1 against

    Win, KO 21

    1908

    Win, KO 17

    1908

    Loss, DQ

    1906

    GansNelson better

    Rudy Unholz

    Loss, TKO 11

    1908

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

Rudy Unholz last boxed on Jan 29, 1914 — 41,176 days ago. Unholz had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Nelson Feb 1908Gans May 1908Wolgast Jan 19140.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Rudy Unholz ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Rudy Unholz met once on February 4, 1908, and Rudy Unholz won by NWS.
The meeting

LFeb 4, 1908 · Unholz · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Unholz?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Rudy Unholz is 1-2 across the 3 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%

Unholz1–233.3%

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

Nelson4058%

Unholz0

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Unholz have any common opponents?
Battling Nelson and Rudy Unholz share 2 common opponents: Adolph Wolgast and Joe Gans. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
2 shared opponents

Adolph WolgastLL

Joe Gans2–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Unholz?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 3 bouts tracked for Rudy Unholz. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Unholz3bouts

How They Win ↓

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