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Carlos Maldonado vs Joshua Franco — record, stats and common opponents compared

Carlos Maldonado

Joshua Franco

Carlos Maldonado (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) and Joshua Franco (18-2-3) 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.

Maldonado

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Franco

18

Wins8 KO · 44%

2

Losses

3

Draws24 tracked bouts

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

Franco leads 1–0

Carlos Maldonado and Joshua Franco have met 1 time; Franco leads 1–0.

Carlos Maldonado and Joshua Franco have met 1 time; Franco leads 1–0.
Met2017Dec 14Series
Carlos MaldonadoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joshua FrancoFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Maldonado 0 · Franco 6 of 6 measurable rows
MaldonadoFranco
Record†
1-318-2-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
84.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 8
0
8 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—44.44%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
44% (edge)
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignsmax 1
0
1 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 3
2.5
3 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 24
4
24

† 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

Heightnot held
Carlos Maldonado: No height on file
Joshua Franco: 5′5″
Reachnot held
Carlos Maldonado: No reach on file
Joshua Franco: 67″
Agenot held
Carlos Maldonado: No date of birth
Joshua Franco: 31
Stance
Carlos Maldonado: Not recorded
Joshua Franco: Orthodox

Carlos Maldonado left, Joshua Franco right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carlos Maldonado1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Carlos Maldonado: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

Joshua Franco18 wins · from 24 tracked bouts

Joshua Franco: 18 tracked wins — 8 by KO/TKO (44%) and 10 on the cards (56%). Counted from 24 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

8 by KO/TKO 44%10 on the cards 56%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carlos Maldonado 4, Joshua Franco 24 — 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

Carlos Maldonado last boxed on Jul 20, 2019 — 2,657 days ago. Maldonado had lost two straight, after one straight win.LWLL

Franco Dec 2017Cartagena Jun 2018Arroyo Feb 2019Libranza Jul 20192.5 tracked bouts per year

Joshua Franco last boxed on Jun 24, 2023 — 1,222 days ago. Franco had lost the most recent, to Kazuto Ioka.WNCWDL

Moloney Jun 2020Moloney Nov 2020Moloney Aug 2021Ioka Dec 2022Ioka Jun 20233 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carlos Maldonado and Joshua Franco ever fought each other?
Yes. Carlos Maldonado and Joshua Franco met once on December 14, 2017, and Joshua Franco won by UD.
The meeting

LDec 14, 2017 · Franco · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Maldonado or Franco?
Carlos Maldonado is 1-3 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joshua Franco is 18-2-3. Joshua Franco has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Maldonado1–325%

Franco18–2–384.8%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Maldonado or Franco?
Carlos Maldonado has 0 knockout wins and Joshua Franco has 8. Joshua Franco has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Maldonado0

Franco844.4%

The Numbers ↓
Do Maldonado and Franco have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carlos Maldonado and Joshua Franco have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Maldonado and Franco?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Carlos Maldonado and 24 bouts tracked for Joshua Franco. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Maldonado4bouts

Franco24bouts

How They Win ↓

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