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Battling Nelson vs William Rossler — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

William Rossler

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and William Rossler (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

Rossler

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 William Rossler have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and William Rossler have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.
Met1902Apr 5Series
Battling NelsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
William RosslerFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 3 · Rossler 1 of 4 measurable rows
NelsonRossler
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
William Rossler: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
William Rossler: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, William Rossler 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%

William Rossler0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

William Rossler: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Rossler yet.

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

William Rossler last boxed on Apr 5, 1902 — 45,499 days ago. Rossler had lost the most recent, to Battling Nelson.L

Nelson Apr 1902

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and William Rossler ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and William Rossler met once on April 5, 1902, and Battling Nelson won by KO.
The meeting

WApr 5, 1902 · Nelson · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Rossler?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and William Rossler 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%

Rossler0–10%

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

Nelson4058%

Rossler0

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

Nelson134bouts

Rossler1bout

How They Win ↓

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