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Joe Nelson vs Kid Williams — record, stats and common opponents compared

Joe Nelson

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Kid Williams

Joe Nelson (0-8-1 across 9 tracked bouts) and Kid Williams (162-30-12) 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

0–8–1

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Williams

162

Wins50 KO · 31%

30

Losses

12

Draws205 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

Williams leads 1–0

Joe Nelson and Kid Williams have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.

Joe Nelson and Kid Williams have met 1 time; Williams leads 1–0.
Met1920Oct 16Series
Joe NelsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kid WilliamsFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Nelson 1 · Williams 4 of 5 measurable rows
NelsonWilliams
Record†
0-8-1162-30-12 (edge)
Win %0–100%
5.6%
82.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 50
0
50 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—30.86%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—30%
Times stopped‡max 5
4 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 10.7
0.4
10.7 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 205
9
205

† 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
Joe Nelson: No date of birth
Kid Williams: Died aged 69
Stance
Joe Nelson: Not recorded
Kid Williams: Orthodox

Joe Nelson left, Kid Williams right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joe Nelson0 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Joe Nelson: no tracked wins in the 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Nelson yet.

Kid Williams161 wins · from 205 tracked bouts

Kid Williams: 161 tracked wins — 49 by KO/TKO (30%), 42 on the cards (26%) and 70 by another method or unrecorded (43%). Counted from 205 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

49 by KO/TKO 30%42 on the cards 26%70 by another method or unrecorded 43%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joe Nelson 9, Kid Williams 205 — 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

Joe Nelson last boxed on Jan 1, 1926 — 36,817 days ago. Nelson had lost eight straight.LLLLL

Ballerino Aug 1923Bass Dec 1923Bass Jan 1924Bass Feb 1924Bass Jan 19260.4 tracked bouts per year

Kid Williams had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Bobby Burns. Williams last boxed on Sep 3, 1929.WLLWL

Lampe Feb 1929Lampe Mar 1929Belmont Apr 1929Garcia Jul 1929Burns Sep 192910.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joe Nelson and Kid Williams ever fought each other?
Yes. Joe Nelson and Kid Williams met once on October 16, 1920, and Kid Williams won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LOct 16, 1920 · Williams · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Nelson or Williams?
Joe Nelson is 0-8-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Williams is 162-30-12. Kid Williams has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Nelson0–8–15.6%

Williams162–30–1282.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Nelson or Williams?
Joe Nelson has 0 knockout wins and Kid Williams has 50. Kid Williams has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Nelson0

Williams5030.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Nelson and Williams have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joe Nelson and Kid Williams have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nelson and Williams?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Joe Nelson and 205 bouts tracked for Kid Williams. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Nelson9bouts

Williams205bouts

How They Win ↓

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