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Danny Hodge vs Niño Valdés — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Danny Hodge

🇨🇺CUBA

Niño Valdés

Danny Hodge (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Niño Valdés (48-18-3) 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.

Hodge

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Valdés

48

Wins36 KO · 75%

18

Losses

3

Draws70 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

Valdés leads 1–0

Danny Hodge and Niño Valdés have met 1 time; Valdés leads 1–0.

Danny Hodge and Niño Valdés have met 1 time; Valdés leads 1–0.
Met1959Apr 28Series
Danny HodgeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Niño ValdésFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Hodge 1 · Valdés 3 of 4 measurable rows
HodgeValdés
Record†
0-148-18-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
71.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 36
0
36 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—75%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 70
1
70

† 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
Danny Hodge: No height on file
Niño Valdés: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Danny Hodge: No reach on file
Niño Valdés: 78″
Agenot comparable
Danny Hodge: Died aged 88
Niño Valdés: Died aged 76
Stance
Danny Hodge: Not recorded
Niño Valdés: Orthodox

Danny Hodge left, Niño Valdés right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Danny Hodge0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Danny Hodge: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hodge yet.

Niño Valdés48 wins · from 70 tracked bouts

Niño Valdés: 48 tracked wins — 36 by KO/TKO (75%) and 12 on the cards (25%). Counted from 70 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

36 by KO/TKO 75%12 on the cards 25%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Danny Hodge 1, Niño Valdés 70 — 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

Danny Hodge has lost the most recent, to Niño Valdés. Hodge last boxed on Apr 28, 1959.L

Valdés Apr 1959

Niño Valdés has won once since losses to Alonzo Johnson and Sonny Liston. Valdés last boxed on Dec 1, 1959.LWLLW

Powell Mar 1959Hodge Apr 1959Johnson May 1959Liston Aug 1959London Dec 19593.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Danny Hodge and Niño Valdés ever fought each other?
Yes. Danny Hodge and Niño Valdés met once on April 28, 1959, and Niño Valdés won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LApr 28, 1959 · Valdés · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hodge or Valdés?
Danny Hodge is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Niño Valdés is 48-18-3. Niño Valdés has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Hodge0–10%

Valdés48–18–371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hodge or Valdés?
Danny Hodge has 0 knockout wins and Niño Valdés has 36. Niño Valdés has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hodge0

Valdés3675%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hodge and Valdés have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Danny Hodge and Niño Valdés have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hodge and Valdés?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Danny Hodge and 70 bouts tracked for Niño Valdés. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hodge1bout

Valdés70bouts

How They Win ↓

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