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.
Battling Nelson (69-33-27) and Willie Howard (0-2 across 2 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.
Battling Nelson vs Willie Howard — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Battling Nelson leads 1–0- Battling Nelson wonNelson vs HowardDec 18, 1911 · NWS
The Numbers
- 69-33-27 (edge)
- Record
- 0-2
- 64% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 40 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 57.97%
- KO rate
- —
- 58%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 6
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.4
- 138
- Bouts tracked
- 2
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 144
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- American
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBattling Nelson · 69 wins
KO/TKO
40
Decision
18
Other
11
Willie Howard · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (138 and 2 respectively), 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
Battling Nelson
LLWLL
L2 streak · last fought Jul 26, 1941
Willie Howard
LL
L2 streak · last fought Dec 18, 1911
Common Questions
- Have Battling Nelson and Willie Howard ever fought each other?
- Yes. Battling Nelson and Willie Howard met once on December 18, 1911, and Battling Nelson won by NWS.
- Who has the better record, Battling Nelson or Willie Howard?
- Battling Nelson is 69-33-27 and Willie Howard is 0-2 across the 2 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, Battling Nelson or Willie Howard?
- Battling Nelson has 40 knockout wins and Willie Howard has 0. Battling Nelson has more.
- Do Battling Nelson and Willie Howard have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Nelson and Willie Howard have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Battling Nelson and Willie Howard?
- This comparison is drawn from 138 bouts tracked for Battling Nelson and 2 bouts tracked for Willie Howard. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.