Have Battling Nelson and Steve Ketchel ever fought each other?

Yes. Battling Nelson and Steve Ketchel met once on September 2, 1912, and the bout was a draw by PTS.

Who has the better record, Nelson or Ketchel?

Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Steve Ketchel is 0-3-2 across the 5 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, Nelson or Ketchel?

Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Steve Ketchel has 0. Battling Nelson has more.

Do Nelson and Ketchel have any common opponents?

Battling Nelson and Steve Ketchel share 1 common opponent: Adolph Wolgast. Steve Ketchel fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Ketchel?

This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 5 bouts tracked for Steve Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Battling Nelson vs Steve Ketchel — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Battling Nelson

Steve Ketchel

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Steve Ketchel (0-3-2 across 5 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Nelson

Wins40 KO · 58%

Losses

Draws134 tracked bouts

Ketchel

Tracked record

0–3–2

counted from 5 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 Steve Ketchel have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1912Sep 2	Series
Battling NelsonFighter A	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Steve KetchelFighter B	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Result	PTSNelson vs Ketchel	1Meeting

Nelson vs Ketchel · Sep 2, 1912

The Numbers

Nelson 4 · Ketchel 1 of 5 measurable rows

NelsonEdge = longer wingKetchel

Record^†: 69-33-27 (edge)0-3-2
Win %0–100%: 64% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 40: 40 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable: 57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: 58%—
Times stopped^‡max 3: 3
2 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 6.5: 6.5 (edge)
0.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134: 134
5

† 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; Steve Ketchel: No date of birth
Stance: Battling Nelson: Orthodox; Steve Ketchel: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Steve Ketchel 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

40 by KO/TKO 58%18 on the cards 26%11 by another method or unrecorded 16%

Steve Ketchel0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Ketchel yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Steve Ketchel 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Ketchel better on 11 shared · Steve Ketchel better on 1

NelsonBattling Nelson

Opponent

KetchelSteve Ketchel

Battling Nelson
0–3 against
Loss, NWS
1913Oct 1913
Loss, TKO 40
1910Feb 1910
Loss, NWS
1909Jul 1909
WolgastAdolph WolgastUnited States 87–33–23Ketchel betterSteve Ketchel better — 0–0–1 to 0–3
Steve Ketchel
Draw, PTS
1915Jul 1915

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

Steve Ketchel last boxed on Sep 26, 1946 — 29,246 days ago. Ketchel had lost two straight.LDDLL

White Apr 1912Nelson Sep 1912Wolgast Jul 1915Louis Jan 1937Savold Sep 19460.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Battling Nelson and Steve Ketchel ever fought each other?: Yes. Battling Nelson and Steve Ketchel met once on September 2, 1912, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
Who has the better record, Nelson or Ketchel?: Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Steve Ketchel is 0-3-2 across the 5 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, Nelson or Ketchel?: Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Steve Ketchel has 0. Battling Nelson has more.
Do Nelson and Ketchel have any common opponents?: Battling Nelson and Steve Ketchel share 1 common opponent: Adolph Wolgast. Steve Ketchel fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Ketchel?: This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 5 bouts tracked for Steve Ketchel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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