Battling Nelson
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Oscar Matthew "Battling" Nelson was a Danish-American professional boxer who held the World Lightweight championship. He was also nicknamed "the Durable Dane".
Nelson c. 1900s
1911 cartoon of Nelson and his future wife Fay King, drawn by herself for his guide The wonders of the Yellowstone National Park.
Marker commemorating the 1906 Gans-Nelson fight.
A motion picture of the second Gans-Nelson fight in Colma, California, was shown in theaters across the country. Above, reporter-artist Marguerite Martyn sketched her impression of women watching the fight in St. Louis, Missouri, in October 1908.
Freddie Welsh
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Freddie Welsh was a Welsh World boxing champion. The lightweight boxer was born in Pontypridd, Wales, nicknamed the "Welsh Wizard". Brought up in a tough mining community, Welsh left a working-class b
Battling Nelson
…the title when the referee stopped the fight in either the fortieth or the forty-second round. Nelson continued to fight, and in 1917, he challenged Freddie Welsh for the lightweight title. He lost a twelve-round decision and retired from fighting in 1920. He was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame…
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Young Erne, who faced Welsh twice, firstly in Philadelphia in 1906
Packey McFarland fought Welsh three times, twice in 1908
Freddie Welsh at docks, incorrectly labelled as 1910