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Battling Nelson vs Tommy O'Rourke — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

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Tommy O'Rourke

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Tommy O'Rourke (1-0 across 1 tracked bouts) 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

O'Rourke

Tracked record

1–0

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

O'Rourke leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Tommy O'Rourke have met 1 time; O'Rourke leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Tommy O'Rourke have met 1 time; O'Rourke leads 1–0.
Met1912Jan 9Series
Battling NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tommy O'RourkeFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 2 · O'Rourke 3 of 5 measurable rows
NelsonO'Rourke
Record†
69-33-271-0 (edge)
Win %0–100%
64%
100% (edge)
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
0 (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
Tommy O'Rourke: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Tommy O'Rourke: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Tommy O'Rourke 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%

Tommy O'Rourke1 win · from 1 tracked bout

Tommy O'Rourke: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 1 bout 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, Tommy O'Rourke 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

Tommy O'Rourke last boxed on Jan 9, 1912 — 41,922 days ago. O'Rourke had won once, the most recent against Battling Nelson.W

Nelson Jan 1912

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Tommy O'Rourke ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Tommy O'Rourke met once on January 9, 1912, and Tommy O'Rourke won by NWS.
The meeting

LJan 9, 1912 · O'Rourke · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or O'Rourke?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Tommy O'Rourke is 1-0 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Tommy O'Rourke has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nelson69–33–2764%

O'Rourke1–0100%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nelson or O'Rourke?
Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Tommy O'Rourke has 0. Battling Nelson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nelson4058%

O'Rourke0

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

Nelson134bouts

O'Rourke1bout

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