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Eladio Valdés vs 'Happy' Melvin Atherton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Eladio Valdés

'Happy' Melvin Atherton

Eladio Valdés (127-25-14) and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton (2-1 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Valdés

127

Wins20 KO · 16%

25

Losses

14

Draws166 tracked bouts

Atherton

Tracked record

2–1

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Atherton leads 2–1

Eladio Valdés and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton have met 3 times; Atherton leads 2–1.

Eladio Valdés and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton have met 3 times; Atherton leads 2–1.
Met1926Nov 51929Sep 171930Sep 23Series
Eladio ValdésFighter ALLostWWonLLost1–2W–L
'Happy' Melvin AthertonFighter BWWonLLostWWon2–1W–L
ResultPTSPTSNWS3Meetings

The Numbers

Valdés 5 · Atherton 0 of 5 measurable rows
ValdésAtherton
Record†
127-25-14 (edge)2-1
Win %0–100%
80.7% (edge)
66.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 20
20 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
15.75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
17% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 15.1
15.1 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 166
166
3

† 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
Eladio Valdés: 5′3″
'Happy' Melvin Atherton: No height on file
Agenot held
Eladio Valdés: Died aged 27
'Happy' Melvin Atherton: No date of birth
Stance
Eladio Valdés: Orthodox
'Happy' Melvin Atherton: Not recorded

Eladio Valdés left, 'Happy' Melvin Atherton right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Eladio Valdés127 wins · from 166 tracked bouts

Eladio Valdés: 127 tracked wins — 21 by KO/TKO (17%), 100 on the cards (79%) and 6 by another method or unrecorded (5%). Counted from 166 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

21 by KO/TKO 17%100 on the cards 79%6 by another method or unrecorded 5%

'Happy' Melvin Atherton2 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

'Happy' Melvin Atherton: 2 tracked wins — 1 on the cards (50%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (50%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Eladio Valdés 166, 'Happy' Melvin Atherton 3 — 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

Eladio Valdés has won once since two bouts without a win. Valdés last boxed on Jan 1, 1931.WWLDW

Zimmerman Oct 1930Lattanzio Oct 1930Kocsis Nov 1930Lago Dec 1930Andrade Jan 193115.1 tracked bouts per year

'Happy' Melvin Atherton last boxed on Sep 23, 1930 — 35,099 days ago. Atherton had won once since losing a decision to Eladio Valdés.WLW

Valdés Nov 1926Valdés Sep 1929Valdés Sep 19300.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Eladio Valdés and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton ever fought each other?
Yes. Eladio Valdés and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton have met 3 times and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton leads the series 2-1.
The 3 meetings

LSep 23, 1930 · Atherton · NWS

WSep 17, 1929 · Valdés · PTS

LNov 5, 1926 · Atherton · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Valdés or Atherton?
Eladio Valdés is 127-25-14 and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton is 2-1 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Eladio Valdés has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Valdés127–25–1480.7%

Atherton2–166.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Valdés or Atherton?
Eladio Valdés has 20 knockout wins and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton has 0. Eladio Valdés has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Valdés2015.8%

Atherton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Valdés and Atherton have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Eladio Valdés and 'Happy' Melvin Atherton have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Valdés and Atherton?
This comparison is drawn from 166 bouts tracked for Eladio Valdés and 3 bouts tracked for 'Happy' Melvin Atherton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Valdés166bouts

Atherton3bouts

How They Win ↓

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