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Battling Nelson vs Willie Beecher — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Nelson

Willie Beecher

Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Willie Beecher (2-3-1 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Nelson

69

Wins40 KO · 58%

33

Losses

27

Draws134 tracked bouts

Beecher

Tracked record

2–3–1

counted from 6 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

Nelson leads 1–0

Battling Nelson and Willie Beecher have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.

Battling Nelson and Willie Beecher have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.
Met1911Oct 11Series
Battling NelsonFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie BeecherFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 5 · Beecher 1 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonBeecher
Record†
69-33-27 (edge)2-3-1
Win %0–100%
64% (edge)
41.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 40
40 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
57.97%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
58% (edge)
50%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 6.5
6.5 (edge)
1.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 134
134
6

† 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
Willie Beecher: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Nelson: Orthodox
Willie Beecher: Not recorded

Battling Nelson left, Willie Beecher 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%

Willie Beecher2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Willie Beecher: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Nelson 134, Willie Beecher 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Nelson better on 1 · Beecher better on 1 · even on 1

Nelson

Opponent

Beecher

  • Battling Nelson

    Loss, NWS

    1917

    WelshEven

    Willie Beecher

    Loss, NWS

    1915

  • Battling Nelson

    0–1–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1908

    Loss, NWS

    1905

    AttellBeecher better

    Willie Beecher

    Win, NWS

    1913

  • Battling Nelson

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 9

    1905

    Win, TKO 10

    1904

    IINelson better

    Willie Beecher

    Win, TKO 4

    1909

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

Willie Beecher last boxed on Jan 26, 1915 — 40,810 days ago. Beecher had lost the most recent, to Freddie Welsh.LLWDL

Nelson Oct 1911Britton Sep 1912Attell Jul 1913Dundee Sep 1914Welsh Jan 19151.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Nelson and Willie Beecher ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Nelson and Willie Beecher met once on October 11, 1911, and Battling Nelson won by NWS.
The meeting

WOct 11, 1911 · Nelson · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Beecher?
Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Willie Beecher is 2-3-1 across the 6 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%

Beecher2–3–141.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nelson or Beecher?
Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Willie Beecher has 1. Battling Nelson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nelson4058%

Beecher1

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Beecher have any common opponents?
Battling Nelson and Willie Beecher share 3 common opponents: Freddie Welsh, Abe Attell and Young Corbett II. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
3 shared opponents

Freddie WelshLL

Abe Attell0–1–1W

Young Corbett IIWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Beecher?
This comparison is drawn from 134 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 6 bouts tracked for Willie Beecher. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson134bouts

Beecher6bouts

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