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Jack Delaney vs Tommy Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jack Delaney

Tommy Nelson

Jack Delaney (73-11-2) and Tommy Nelson (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Delaney

73

Wins43 KO · 59%

11

Losses

2

Draws90 tracked bouts

Nelson

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts 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

Delaney leads 1–0

Jack Delaney and Tommy Nelson have met 1 time; Delaney leads 1–0.

Jack Delaney and Tommy Nelson have met 1 time; Delaney leads 1–0.
Met1920Feb 13Series
Jack DelaneyFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy NelsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Delaney 4 · Nelson 0 of 4 measurable rows
DelaneyNelson
Record†
73-11-2 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
86% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 43
43 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
58.9%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
57%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 3
3
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.2
7.2 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 90
90
3

† 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

Agenot held
Jack Delaney: Died aged 48
Tommy Nelson: No date of birth
Stance
Jack Delaney: Orthodox
Tommy Nelson: Not recorded

Jack Delaney left, Tommy 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
Jack Delaney75 wins · from 90 tracked bouts

Jack Delaney: 75 tracked wins — 43 by KO/TKO (57%), 28 on the cards (37%) and 4 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 90 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

43 by KO/TKO 57%28 on the cards 37%4 by another method or unrecorded 5%

Tommy Nelson0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Tommy Nelson: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts 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 — Jack Delaney 90, Tommy Nelson 3 — 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

Jack Delaney has won four straight since losing by stoppage to Jack Sharkey. Delaney last boxed on Apr 21, 1932.LWWWW

Sharkey Apr 1928Tassi Sep 1928Johnson Mar 1932Willis Mar 1932Williams Apr 19327.2 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Nelson last boxed on Apr 8, 1931 — 34,903 days ago. Nelson had lost three straight.LLL

Gibbons Dec 1912Delaney Feb 1920Shaw Apr 19310.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jack Delaney and Tommy Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Jack Delaney and Tommy Nelson met once on February 13, 1920, and Jack Delaney won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WFeb 13, 1920 · Delaney · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Delaney or Nelson?
Jack Delaney is 73-11-2 and Tommy Nelson is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jack Delaney has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Delaney73–11–286%

Nelson0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Delaney or Nelson?
Jack Delaney has 43 knockout wins and Tommy Nelson has 0. Jack Delaney has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Delaney4358.9%

Nelson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Delaney and Nelson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jack Delaney and Tommy Nelson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Delaney and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 90 bouts tracked for Jack Delaney and 3 bouts tracked for Tommy Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Delaney90bouts

Nelson3bouts

How They Win ↓

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