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Battling Nelson

7240 KOs
333 KOs
24Draws
No contest: 5
Last six: W-W-L-L-W-L
Career
division
Lightweight
status
inactive
bouts
134
rounds
1258
KO %
55.6%
KO wins
40
KO losses
3
career
1896–1917
debut
1896-09-03
last fight
1917-04-17
Profile
birth name
Oscar Mattheus Nielsen
alias
The Durable Dane
sex
M
height
5′ 8″ / 173cm
origin
Copenhagen, Denmark
dob
1882-06-05
death
1954-02-07

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Fight history

date
w-l-d
last 6
result
Apr 17
Freddie Welsh
117 22 17
L-NWS
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
World Lightweight Title
12 of 12 · 132 lbs
Event →
Mar 17
Pierce Matthews
0 2 2
W-TKO
Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
8
Event →
Nov 5
Jimmy Reagan
14 10 10
L-PTS
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Sep 6
Bobby Waugh
37 11 9
L-PTS
Bull Ring, Ciudad Juarez, Chihuahua, Mexico
20 of 20
Referee: Australian Billy Smith
Event →
Apr 24
Dale Gardner
0 0 0
W-KO
Havana, Cuba
2
Event →
Mar 24
Jimmy Fryer
26 24 13
W-PTS
Havana, Cuba
25 of 25
Event →
Mar 18
Stewart Donnelly
14 9 9
W-KO
Havana, Cuba
3
Event →
Aug 19
Cliff Ford
0 3 0
W-PTS
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Oct 13
Ad Wolgast
62 9 14
L-NWS
Southside A.A., Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
10 of 10
Event →
May 3
Pat Bradley
14 16 2
L-NWS
National A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6 of 10
Event →
Apr 29
Gilbert Gallant
11 3 8
L-PTS
Atlas A.A., Boston, Massachusetts, United States
12 of 12
Event →
Apr 19
Bay Wood
16 10 13
D-PTS
Elm Rink, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
12 of 12
Event →
Mar 27
Mike Malone
6 9 8
W-NWS
Pueblo, Colorado, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Mar 5
Frank Whitney
19 4 7
L-NWS
Armory Auditorium, Atlanta, Georgia, United States
10 of 10
Referee: Louis Castro
Event →
Feb 22
Bay Wood
15 9 11
D-PTS
Bristol Arena, New Bedford, Massachusetts, United States
12 of 12
Event →
Feb 17
Joe Burke
7 13 9
W-NWS
Easton, Pennsylvania, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Feb 11
Harry Dillon
0 6 3
W-KO
Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Feb 5
Jack Sorenson
3 0 1
W-NWS
Racine, Wisconsin, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Jan 3
Frankie Russell
18 3 3
L-NWS
Greenwall Theater, New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Dec 31
Yankee Schwartz
79 27 29
L-NWS
Columbus, Ohio, United States
8 of 8
Event →
Dec 20
Jim Bonner
12 11 13
W-NWS
Tamaqua, Pennsylvania, United States
10
Event →
Dec 13
Teddy Maloney
20 21 9
W-NWS
Olympia A.C., Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
6
Event →
Nov 28
Leach Cross
57 23 12
L-NWS
44th Street A.C., New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 139 / 138 lbs
Event →
Nov 14
Art Stewart
1 0 0
W-NWS
Hammond, Indiana, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Sep 2
Steve Ketchel
17 5 12
D-PTS
Saint Joseph, Missouri, United States
15 of 15
Event →
Jul 12
Mickey McIntyre
6 1 5
L-NWS
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
12 of 12
Event →
Jul 1
Andy Bezenah
6 8 7
W-NWS
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
10 of 10
Event →
Mar 1
Sammy Trott
3 8 7
D-PTS
Dayton, Ohio, United States
15 of 15
Event →
Feb 26
Young Togo
0 0 1
D-PTS
Athletic Club, Fort Smith, Arkansas, United States
6 of 6 · 142 / 120 lbs
Event →
Jan 9
Tommy O'Rourke
0 2 0
L-NWS
Springfield, Missouri, United States
10
Event →
Dec 31
Jack Redmond
22 14 6
W-PTS
West Side A.C., New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
20 of 20
Event →
Dec 22
One Hogan
7 3 2
L-NWS
Madison A.C., New York, New York, United States
10 of 10 · 134 lbs
Event →
Dec 18
Willie Howard
5 6 3
W-NWS
Brooklyn, New York, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Dec 15
Bobby Wilson
6 14 8
W-NWS
Oneida County A.C., Utica, New York, United States
10 of 10
Referee: Claude Tibbitts
Event →
Dec 4
Andy Bezenah
6 8 5
D-NWS
Jeffersonville, Indiana, United States
10 of 10
Referee: Marvin Hart
Event →
Nov 30
Joseph Spero
0 1 2
W-KO
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
6
Event →
Nov 25
Louis Ponthieu
1 1 1
D-NWS
Convention Hall, Buffalo, New York, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Nov 10
Tommy Moore
4 4 0
W-TKO
Convention Hall, Buffalo, New York, United States
9 of 10
Event →
Nov 6
Frank Loughrey
11 12 9
D-NWS
Watervliet, New York, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Oct 25
Monte Dale
5 5 6
W-PTS
Manchester, New Hampshire, United States
15 of 15
Event →
Oct 19
George Alger
25 9 13
L-NWS
Augusta, Maine, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Oct 17
Philadelphia Pal Moore
50 9 13
L-PTS
Armory A.A., Boston, Massachusetts, USA
12 of 12
Event →
Oct 11
Willie Beecher
20 16 7
W-NWS
Madison A.C., New York, New York, United States
10 of 10
Event →
Oct 3
Milburn Saylor
24 6 9
L-PTS
Armory A.A., Boston, Massachusetts, United States
12 of 12
Event →
Sep 19
Billy Nixon
7 5 1
W-TKO
Armory A.A., Boston, Massachusetts, United States
10 of 12
Event →
Aug 4
Tommy Gaffney
0 0 0
W-TKO
Medford, Oregon, United States
5 of 10
Event →
Jul 4
Percy Cove
21 9 8
D-PTS
Bellingham, Washington, United States
6 of 6
Event →
Nov 26
Owen Moran
61 9 6
L-KO
Blot's Arena, San Francisco, California, USA
elimination bout for World Lightweight Title
11 of 20
Referee: Benny Selig
Event →
Oct 31
Anton LaGrave
5 1 4
D-PTS
Broadway A.C., San Francisco, California, United States
15 of 15
Event →
Oct 10
Monte Dale
5 2 3
W-TKO
Kansas City, Missouri, United States
3
Event →