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Battling Shaw vs Tommy Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Battling Shaw

Tommy Nelson

Battling Shaw (79-29-9) and Tommy Nelson (0-3 across 3 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.

Shaw

79

Wins32 KO · 41%

29

Losses

9

Draws119 tracked bouts

Nelson

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Shaw leads 1–0

Battling Shaw and Tommy Nelson have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.

Battling Shaw and Tommy Nelson have met 1 time; Shaw leads 1–0.
Met1931Apr 8Series
Battling ShawFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy NelsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Shaw 4 · Nelson 1 of 5 measurable rows
ShawNelson
Record†
79-29-9 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
71.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 32
32 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
40.51%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
41%—
Times stopped‡max 7
7
3 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 12.8
12.8 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 119
119
3

† 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

Heightnot held
Battling Shaw: 5′7″
Tommy Nelson: No height on file
Agenot held
Battling Shaw: Died aged 83
Tommy Nelson: No date of birth
Stance
Battling Shaw: Orthodox
Tommy Nelson: Not recorded

Battling Shaw left, Tommy Nelson 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 Shaw79 wins · from 119 tracked bouts

Battling Shaw: 79 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (41%), 35 on the cards (44%) and 12 by another method or unrecorded (15%). Counted from 119 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 41%35 on the cards 44%12 by another method or unrecorded 15%

Tommy Nelson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Tommy Nelson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nelson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Battling Shaw 119, Tommy Nelson 3 — 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 Shaw has lost seven straight. Shaw last boxed on Oct 1, 1936.LLLLL

Snipes Sep 1934Mexico Jul 1935Mack Nov 1935Saldana Apr 1936Velasco Oct 193612.8 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Nelson last boxed on Apr 8, 1931 — 34,903 days ago. Nelson had lost three straight.LLL

Gibbons Dec 1912Delaney Feb 1920Shaw Apr 19310.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Battling Shaw and Tommy Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Battling Shaw and Tommy Nelson met once on April 8, 1931, and Battling Shaw won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WApr 8, 1931 · Shaw · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shaw or Nelson?
Battling Shaw is 79-29-9 and Tommy Nelson is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Battling Shaw has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Shaw79–29–971.4%

Nelson0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Shaw or Nelson?
Battling Shaw has 32 knockout wins and Tommy Nelson has 0. Battling Shaw has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Shaw3240.5%

Nelson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Shaw and Nelson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Battling Shaw and Tommy Nelson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shaw and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 119 bouts tracked for Battling Shaw and 3 bouts tracked for Tommy Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shaw119bouts

Nelson3bouts

How They Win ↓

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