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Tommy Gibbons vs Tommy Nelson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Tommy Gibbons

Tommy Nelson

Tommy Gibbons (96-5-4) 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.

Gibbons

96

Wins48 KO · 50%

5

Losses

4

Draws106 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

Gibbons leads 1–0

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

Tommy Gibbons and Tommy Nelson have met 1 time; Gibbons leads 1–0.
Met1912Dec 7Series
Tommy GibbonsFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tommy NelsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

Gibbons 5 · Nelson 0 of 5 measurable rows
GibbonsNelson
Record†
96-5-4 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
93.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
50%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
50%—
Times stopped‡max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 7.7
7.7 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
106
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
Tommy Gibbons: Died aged 69
Tommy Nelson: No date of birth
Stance
Tommy Gibbons: Orthodox
Tommy Nelson: Not recorded

Tommy Gibbons 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
Tommy Gibbons96 wins · from 106 tracked bouts

Tommy Gibbons: 96 tracked wins — 48 by KO/TKO (50%), 8 on the cards (8%) and 40 by another method or unrecorded (42%). Counted from 106 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

48 by KO/TKO 50%8 on the cards 8%40 by another method or unrecorded 42%

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 — Tommy Gibbons 106, 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

Tommy Gibbons had won four in a row before losing by stoppage to Gene Tunney. Gibbons last boxed on Jun 5, 1925.WWWWL

Jamieson Oct 1924Norfolk Dec 1924Burke Jan 1925Herman Jan 1925Tunney Jun 19257.7 tracked bouts per year

Tommy Nelson last boxed on Apr 8, 1931 — 34,904 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 Tommy Gibbons and Tommy Nelson ever fought each other?
Yes. Tommy Gibbons and Tommy Nelson met once on December 7, 1912, and Tommy Gibbons won by TKO.
The meeting

WDec 7, 1912 · Gibbons · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gibbons or Nelson?
Tommy Gibbons is 96-5-4 and Tommy Nelson is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Tommy Gibbons has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gibbons96–5–493.3%

Nelson0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gibbons or Nelson?
Tommy Gibbons has 48 knockout wins and Tommy Nelson has 0. Tommy Gibbons has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gibbons4850%

Nelson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Gibbons and Nelson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Tommy Gibbons and Tommy Nelson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gibbons and Nelson?
This comparison is drawn from 106 bouts tracked for Tommy Gibbons and 3 bouts tracked for Tommy Nelson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gibbons106bouts

Nelson3bouts

How They Win ↓

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