Have Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson ever fought each other?

Yes. Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson met once on January 2, 1988, and Dennis Bailey won by PTS.

Who has the better record, Bailey or Nelson?

Dennis Bailey is 1-2 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.

Who has more knockouts, Bailey or Nelson?

Dennis Bailey has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Nelson has 29. Johnny Nelson has more.

Do Bailey and Nelson have any common opponents?

Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson share 1 common opponent: Henry Akinwande. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bailey and Nelson?

This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Dennis Bailey and 60 bouts tracked for Johnny Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Dennis Bailey vs Johnny Nelson — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Dennis Bailey

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Johnny Nelson

Dennis Bailey (1-2 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 1 common opponent.

Bailey

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Nelson

Wins29 KO · 64%

Losses

Draws60 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

Bailey leads 1–0

Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson have met 1 time; Bailey leads 1–0.
Met	1988Jan 2	Series
Dennis BaileyFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Johnny NelsonFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	PTSNelson vs Bailey	1Meeting

Nelson vs Bailey · Jan 2, 1988

The Numbers

Bailey 0 · Nelson 7 of 7 measurable rows

BaileyEdge = longer wingNelson

Record^†: 1-245-12-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 33.3%
78% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29: 0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —64.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
64% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 2: 2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1: 0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 3: 0.5
3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 60: 3
60

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

Dennis Bailey 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

Dennis Bailey1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 100%

Johnny Nelson45 wins · from 60 tracked bouts

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 — Dennis Bailey 3, Johnny Nelson 60 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

BaileyDennis Bailey

Opponent

NelsonJohnny Nelson

Dennis Bailey
Loss, TKO 2
1989Nov 1989
AkinwandeHenry AkinwandeUnited Kingdom 50–4–1 · HeavyweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Johnny Nelson
Loss, PTS
1994Apr 1994

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Dennis Bailey last boxed on Jan 19, 1994 — 11,961 days ago. Bailey had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLL

Nelson Jan 1988Akinwande Nov 1989Keeton Jan 19940.5 tracked bouts per year

Johnny Nelson last boxed on Nov 26, 2005 — 7,632 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 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

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Have Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson ever fought each other?: Yes. Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson met once on January 2, 1988, and Dennis Bailey won by PTS.
Who has the better record, Bailey or Nelson?: Dennis Bailey is 1-2 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.
Who has more knockouts, Bailey or Nelson?: Dennis Bailey has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Nelson has 29. Johnny Nelson has more.
Do Bailey and Nelson have any common opponents?: Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson share 1 common opponent: Henry Akinwande. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bailey and Nelson?: This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Dennis Bailey and 60 bouts tracked for Johnny Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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