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   Apr 4, 2022 · Name: Battling Nelson. Alias: The Durable Dane. Birth Name: Oscar Mattheus Nielsen. Hometown: Chicago, Illinois, USA. Birthplace: Copenhagen, Denmark. Died: 1954-02-07 (Age:71) Height: 171cm. Reach: 172cm. Referee: Record.

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   Nelson weighed between 135 and 140 pounds. Short left to the jaw knocked Clifford on his back, throwing his head against the floor with great force. Clifford broke his left forearm in the 2nd round, when he hit Nelson on the head.

4. www.chicagotribune.com › 2022/11/06 › vintageVintage Chicago Tribune: Battling Nelson, the Peerless Dane ...

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   Nov 6, 2022 · Battling Nelson, former lightweight champion from 1908 to 1910, sits with his dog, Taffy, in his one-room dwelling on Chicago’s Near North Side, circa 1953.

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   height. 5′ 7½″ / 171cm. reach. 67½″ / 172cm. residence. Chicago, Illinois, USA. birth place. Copenhagen, Denmark. followers.

   • bouts: 106
   • rounds: 995

   • division: light

6. www.chicagotribune.com › 2022/10/28 › rememberingRemembering the Durable Dane: Battling Nelson – Chicago Tribune

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   Oct 28, 2022 · PUBLISHED: October 28, 2022 at 9:36 p.m. | UPDATED: October 29, 2022 at 2:00 a.m. The Danish-born Oscar “Battling” Nelson in an undated photo. He was nicknamed the Durable Dane. His birth name...

7. www.imdb.com › name › nm1182041Battling Nelson - Biography - IMDb

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   5′ 7½″ (1.71 m) Mini Bio. Battling Nelson was born on June 5, 1882 in Copenhagen, Denmark. He died on February 7, 1954 in the USA. Trivia. Professional boxer. Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1992. World lightweight boxing champion, 1908-1910.

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   Who was Oscar Matthew Battling Nelson?

   • In a discussion about boxing's keenest wits, the name of Oscar Matthew Battling Nelson - the early 20th century lightweight champion - isn't likely to come up. But he was no mere mindless boxing brute. In a discussion about boxing’s keenest wits, the name of Oscar Matthew Battling Nelson isn’t likely to come up.

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   Why did William Nelson get so many blows?

   • A 1915 newspaper article posited that "Nelson was struck more blows than any other fighter ever received in the ring," and reported that "doctors who examined him said he was of subnormal nervous organism, meaning his nerves were less sensitive than those of ordinary men, and did not carry shock to the brain in the normal way."

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   What did Nelson look like when he landed a Wolgast punch?

   • "Nelson took punch after punch in the face and ribs until he looked like a great chunk of round steak down as far as the belt," Davis recollected 43 years later. By the 39th round, Davis said, whenever a Wolgast punch landed on Nelson’s gory face, "it was almost like a child pushing his fists into a moist mud pie."

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   In a discussion about boxing's keenest wits, the name of Oscar Matthew Battling Nelson - the early 20th century lightweight champion - isn't likely to come up. But he was no mere mindless...