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Chic Nelson vs Johnny Wilson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Chic Nelson

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Johnny Wilson

Chic Nelson (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) and Johnny Wilson (62-29-8) 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

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Wilson

62

Wins29 KO · 47%

29

Losses

8

Draws100 tracked bouts

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

Wilson leads 1–0

Chic Nelson and Johnny Wilson have met 1 time; Wilson leads 1–0.

Chic Nelson and Johnny Wilson have met 1 time; Wilson leads 1–0.
Met1915Mar 16Series
Chic NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny WilsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 1 · Wilson 5 of 6 measurable rows
NelsonWilson
Record†
0-1-162-29-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
66.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—46.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—47%
Times stopped‡max 3
0 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 7.1
0.2
7.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 100
2
100

† 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 comparable
Chic Nelson: Died aged 78
Johnny Wilson: Died aged 92
Stance
Chic Nelson: Not recorded
Johnny Wilson: Southpaw

Chic Nelson left, Johnny Wilson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Chic Nelson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Chic Nelson: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nelson yet.

Johnny Wilson62 wins · from 100 tracked bouts

Johnny Wilson: 62 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (47%), 18 on the cards (29%) and 15 by another method or unrecorded (24%). Counted from 100 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 47%18 on the cards 29%15 by another method or unrecorded 24%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Chic Nelson 2, Johnny Wilson 100 — 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

Chic Nelson drew the most recent tracked bout with Ted "Kid" Lewis. Nelson last boxed on Apr 6, 1924.LD

Wilson Mar 1915Lewis Apr 19240.2 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Wilson had won one in a row before losing a decision to Maxie Rosenbloom. Wilson last boxed on Oct 4, 1926.LWLWL

Greb Apr 1925Marion Jun 1926Rosenbloom Aug 1926Halbran Sep 1926Rosenbloom Oct 19267.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Chic Nelson and Johnny Wilson ever fought each other?
Yes. Chic Nelson and Johnny Wilson met once on March 16, 1915, and Johnny Wilson won by NWS.
The meeting

LMar 16, 1915 · Wilson · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Wilson?
Chic Nelson is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Wilson is 62-29-8. Johnny Wilson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nelson0–1–125%

Wilson62–29–866.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nelson or Wilson?
Chic Nelson has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Wilson has 29. Johnny Wilson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nelson0

Wilson2946.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Wilson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Chic Nelson and Johnny Wilson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Wilson?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Chic Nelson and 100 bouts tracked for Johnny Wilson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson2bouts

Wilson100bouts

How They Win ↓

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