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Cleveland Williams vs Phillip Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Cleveland Williams

Phillip Nelson

Cleveland Williams (82-13-2) and Phillip Nelson (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.

Williams

82

Wins62 KO · 76%

13

Losses

2

Draws97 tracked bouts

Nelson

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

Williams leads 1–0

Cleveland Williams and Phillip Nelson have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Cleveland Williams and Phillip Nelson have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met1949Jun 30Series
Cleveland WilliamsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Phillip NelsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Williams 3 · Nelson 1 of 4 measurable rows
WilliamsNelson
Record†
82-13-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
85.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 62
62 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
75.61%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
76%—
Times stopped‡max 8
8
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
3.9—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 97
97
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

Heightnot held
Cleveland Williams: 6′2″
Phillip Nelson: No height on file
Reachnot held
Cleveland Williams: 78″
Phillip Nelson: No reach on file
Agenot held
Cleveland Williams: Died aged 66
Phillip Nelson: No date of birth

Cleveland Williams left, Phillip Nelson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored: younger is not better.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Cleveland Williams82 wins · from 97 tracked bouts

Cleveland Williams: 82 tracked wins — 62 by KO/TKO (76%), 19 on the cards (23%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (1%). Counted from 97 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

62 by KO/TKO 76%19 on the cards 23%1 by another method or unrecorded 1%

Phillip Nelson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Phillip Nelson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout 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 — Cleveland Williams 97, Phillip Nelson 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

Cleveland Williams has won three straight since losses to Jack O'Halloran and George Chuvalo. Williams last boxed on Oct 28, 1973.LLWWW

O'Halloran Sep 1971Chuvalo Nov 1971Daniels May 1972Mashburn Jul 1972Davila Oct 19733.9 tracked bouts per year

Phillip Nelson last boxed on Jun 30, 1949 — 28,247 days ago. Nelson had lost the most recent, to Cleveland Williams.L

Williams Jun 1949

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Cleveland Williams and Phillip Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Cleveland Williams and Phillip Nelson met once on June 30, 1949, and Cleveland Williams won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WJun 30, 1949 · Williams · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Williams or Nelson?
Cleveland Williams is 82-13-2 and Phillip Nelson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Cleveland Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Williams82–13–285.6%

Nelson0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Williams or Nelson?
Cleveland Williams has 62 knockout wins and Phillip Nelson has 0. Cleveland Williams has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Williams6275.6%

Nelson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Williams and Nelson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Cleveland Williams and Phillip Nelson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Williams and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 97 bouts tracked for Cleveland Williams and 1 bout tracked for Phillip Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Williams97bouts

Nelson1bout

How They Win ↓

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