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Frank Nelson vs Rubin Carter — record, stats and common opponents compared

Frank Nelson

🇨🇦CANADA

Rubin Carter

Frank Nelson (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Rubin Carter (27-12-1) 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

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Carter

27

Wins19 KO · 70%

12

Losses

1

Draw40 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

Carter leads 1–0

Frank Nelson and Rubin Carter have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.

Frank Nelson and Rubin Carter have met 1 time; Carter leads 1–0.
Met1961Oct 24Series
Frank NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Rubin CarterFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 0 · Carter 3 of 3 measurable rows
NelsonCarter
Record†
0-127-12-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
68.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 19
0
19 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.37%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—70%
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—8.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 40
1
40

† 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

Reachnot held
Frank Nelson: No reach on file
Rubin Carter: 72″
Agenot held
Frank Nelson: No date of birth
Rubin Carter: Died aged 76
Stance
Frank Nelson: Not recorded
Rubin Carter: Orthodox

Frank Nelson left, Rubin Carter right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Frank Nelson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Frank Nelson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nelson yet.

Rubin Carter27 wins · from 40 tracked bouts

Rubin Carter: 27 tracked wins — 19 by KO/TKO (70%) and 8 on the cards (30%). Counted from 40 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

19 by KO/TKO 70%8 on the cards 30%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Frank Nelson 1, Rubin Carter 40 — 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

Frank Nelson last boxed on Oct 24, 1961 — 23,737 days ago. Nelson had lost the most recent, to Rubin Carter.L

Carter Oct 1961

Rubin Carter has lost the most recent, to Juan Carlos Rivero. Carter last boxed on Aug 6, 1966.LLWDL

Morris Jan 1966Harrington Jan 1966Burford Feb 1966McClure Mar 1966Rivero Aug 19668.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Frank Nelson and Rubin Carter ever fought each other?
Yes. Frank Nelson and Rubin Carter met once on October 24, 1961, and Rubin Carter won by TKO in round 1.
The meeting

LOct 24, 1961 · Carter · TKO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Carter?
Frank Nelson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Rubin Carter is 27-12-1. Rubin Carter has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nelson0–10%

Carter27–12–168.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nelson or Carter?
Frank Nelson has 0 knockout wins and Rubin Carter has 19. Rubin Carter has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nelson0

Carter1970.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Carter have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Frank Nelson and Rubin Carter have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Carter?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Frank Nelson and 40 bouts tracked for Rubin Carter. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson1bout

Carter40bouts

How They Win ↓

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