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Johnny Wilson vs Young Battling Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Johnny Wilson

Young Battling Nelson

Johnny Wilson (62-29-8) and Young Battling Nelson (0-1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Wilson

62

Wins29 KO · 47%

29

Losses

8

Draws100 tracked bouts

Nelson

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Johnny Wilson and Young Battling Nelson have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.

Johnny Wilson and Young Battling Nelson have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met1913Sep 20Series
Johnny WilsonFighter ADDraw0–0–1W–L–D
Young Battling NelsonFighter BDDraw0–0–1W–L–D
ResultNWS1Meeting

The Numbers

Wilson 4 · Nelson 1 of 5 measurable rows
WilsonNelson
Record†
62-29-8 (edge)0-1-1
Win %0–100%
66.7% (edge)
25%
Wins by knockoutmax 29
29 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
46.77%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
47%—
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
7.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 100
100
2

† 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
Johnny Wilson: Died aged 92
Young Battling Nelson: No date of birth
Stance
Johnny Wilson: Southpaw
Young Battling Nelson: Not recorded

Johnny Wilson left, Young Battling 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
Johnny Wilson62 wins · from 100 tracked bouts

Johnny Wilson: 62 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (47%), 18 on the cards (29%) and 15 by another method or unrecorded (24%). Counted from 100 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 47%18 on the cards 29%15 by another method or unrecorded 24%

Young Battling Nelson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Young Battling Nelson: no tracked wins in the 2 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 — Johnny Wilson 100, Young Battling Nelson 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Nelson better on 1

Wilson

Opponent

Nelson

  • Johnny Wilson

    0–3 against

    Loss, PTS

    1925

    Loss, UD

    1924

    Loss, UD

    1923

    GrebNelson better

    Young Battling Nelson

    Loss, TKO 3

    1913

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

Johnny Wilson had won one in a row before losing a decision to Maxie Rosenbloom. Wilson last boxed on Oct 4, 1926.LWLWL

Greb Apr 1925Marion Jun 1926Rosenbloom Aug 1926Halbran Sep 1926Rosenbloom Oct 19267.1 tracked bouts per year

Young Battling Nelson last boxed on Dec 12, 1913 — 41,224 days ago. Nelson had lost the most recent, to Harry Greb.DL

Wilson Sep 1913Greb Dec 1913

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Wilson and Young Battling Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Wilson and Young Battling Nelson met once on September 20, 1913, and the bout was a draw by NWS.
The meeting

DSep 20, 1913 · Draw · NWS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wilson or Nelson?
Johnny Wilson is 62-29-8 and Young Battling Nelson is 0-1-1 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Johnny Wilson has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Wilson62–29–866.7%

Nelson0–1–125%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Wilson or Nelson?
Johnny Wilson has 29 knockout wins and Young Battling Nelson has 0. Johnny Wilson has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Wilson2946.8%

Nelson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Wilson and Nelson have any common opponents?
Johnny Wilson and Young Battling Nelson share 1 common opponent: Harry Greb. Young Battling Nelson fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Harry GrebLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wilson and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 100 bouts tracked for Johnny Wilson and 2 bouts tracked for Young Battling Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wilson100bouts

Nelson2bouts

How They Win ↓

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