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.
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.
Dennis Bailey vs Johnny Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Dennis Bailey leads 1–0- Dennis Bailey wonNelson vs BaileyJan 2, 1988 · PTS
The Numbers
- 1-2
- Record
- 45-12-2 (edge)
- 33.3%
- Win %
- 78% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 29 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 64.44%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 64% (edge)
- 2
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 1 (edge)
- 0.5
- Bouts per year
- 0.9 (edge)
- 3
- Bouts tracked
- 62
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 6′2″ (189 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 81″ (206 cm)
- —
- Age
- 59
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- British
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyDennis Bailey · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Johnny Nelson · 45 wins
KO/TKO
29
Decision
16
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (3 and 62 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Dennis Bailey
LLW
L2 streak · last fought Jan 19, 1994
Johnny Nelson
WWWDW
W3 streak · last fought Nov 26, 2005
Common Questions
- 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, Dennis Bailey or Johnny 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, Dennis Bailey or Johnny Nelson?
- Dennis Bailey has 0 knockout wins and Johnny Nelson has 29. Johnny Nelson has more.
- Do Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson have any common opponents?
- Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson share 1 common opponent: Henry Akinwande. Dennis Bailey fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Dennis Bailey and Johnny Nelson?
- This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Dennis Bailey and 62 bouts tracked for Johnny Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.