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Danny Lawford vs Johnny Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

Danny Lawford

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Johnny Nelson

Danny Lawford (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Johnny Nelson (45-12-2) 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.

Lawford

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Nelson

45

Wins29 KO · 64%

12

Losses

2

Draws61 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

Nelson leads 1–0

Danny Lawford and Johnny Nelson have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.

Danny Lawford and Johnny Nelson have met 1 time; Nelson leads 1–0.
Met1988Oct 26Series
Danny LawfordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny NelsonFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Lawford 0 · Nelson 5 of 5 measurable rows
LawfordNelson
Record†
0-345-12-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
78% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—64.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—64%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3.1
1.7
3.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 61
3
61

† 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
Danny Lawford: No height on file
Johnny Nelson: 6′2″
Reachnot held
Danny Lawford: No reach on file
Johnny Nelson: 81″
Agenot held
Danny Lawford: No date of birth
Johnny Nelson: 59
Stance
Danny Lawford: Not recorded
Johnny Nelson: Orthodox

Danny Lawford left, Johnny 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
Danny Lawford0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Danny Lawford: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lawford yet.

Johnny Nelson45 wins · from 61 tracked bouts

Johnny Nelson: 45 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (64%) and 16 on the cards (36%). Counted from 61 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 64%16 on the cards 36%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Danny Lawford 3, Johnny Nelson 61 — 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

Danny Lawford last boxed on Oct 26, 1988 — 13,874 days ago. Lawford had lost three straight.LLL

McCrory Feb 1987Kačar Apr 1987Nelson Oct 19881.7 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Nelson last boxed on Nov 26, 2005 — 7,634 days ago. Nelson had won three straight since a draw with Guillermo Jones.WDWWW

Sellers Apr 2002Jones Nov 2002Petkovic Nov 2003May Sep 2004Cantatore Nov 20053.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Danny Lawford and Johnny Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Danny Lawford and Johnny Nelson met once on October 26, 1988, and Johnny Nelson won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LOct 26, 1988 · Nelson · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Lawford or Nelson?
Danny Lawford is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Johnny Nelson is 45-12-2. Johnny Nelson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Lawford0–30%

Nelson45–12–278%

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

Lawford0

Nelson2964.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Lawford and Nelson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Danny Lawford and Johnny Nelson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Lawford and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Danny Lawford and 61 bouts tracked for Johnny Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Lawford3bouts

Nelson61bouts

How They Win ↓

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