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John Holman vs Niño Valdés — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Holman

🇨🇺CUBA

Niño Valdés

John Holman (3-7 across 10 tracked bouts) 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 3 common opponents.

Holman

Tracked record

3–7

counted from 10 bouts 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

John Holman and Niño Valdés have met 1 time; Valdés leads 1–0.

John Holman and Niño Valdés have met 1 time; Valdés leads 1–0.
Met1957May 8Series
John HolmanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Niño ValdésFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Holman 2 · Valdés 4 of 6 measurable rows
HolmanValdés
Record†
3-748-18-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
30%
71.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 36
3
36 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
75%
Times stopped‡max 5
4 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 3.9
1.2
3.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 70
10
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
John Holman: No height on file
Niño Valdés: 6′3″
Reachnot held
John Holman: No reach on file
Niño Valdés: 78″
Agenot held
John Holman: No date of birth
Niño Valdés: Died aged 76
Stance
John Holman: Not recorded
Niño Valdés: Orthodox

John Holman 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
John Holman3 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

John Holman: 3 tracked wins — 3 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — John Holman 10, Niño Valdés 70 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Holman better on 1 · Valdés better on 2

Holman

Opponent

Valdés

  • John Holman

    Loss, KO

    1956

    MachenHolman better

    Niño Valdés

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 8

    1956

    Loss, UD

    1956

  • John Holman

    1–2 against

    Win, TKO 8

    1956

    Loss, KO 1

    1954

    Loss, KO

    1954

    SatterfieldValdés better

    Niño Valdés

    Loss, UD

    1955

  • John Holman

    1–1 against

    Loss, UD

    1955

    Win, TKO 9

    1955

    CharlesValdés better

    Niño Valdés

    Win, UD

    1953

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

John Holman last boxed on Oct 15, 1957 — 25,207 days ago. Holman had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Satterfield Jan 1956Machen Oct 1956Pastrano Feb 1957Valdés May 1957Williams Oct 19571.2 tracked bouts per year

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 John Holman and Niño Valdés ever fought each other?
Yes. John Holman and Niño Valdés met once on May 8, 1957, and Niño Valdés won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 8, 1957 · Valdés · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Holman or Valdés?
John Holman is 3-7 across the 10 bouts 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 %

Holman3–730%

Valdés48–18–371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Holman or Valdés?
John Holman has 3 knockout wins and Niño Valdés has 36. Niño Valdés has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Holman3

Valdés3675%

The Numbers ↓
Do Holman and Valdés have any common opponents?
John Holman and Niño Valdés share 3 common opponents: Eddie Machen, Bob Satterfield and Ezzard Charles. Niño Valdés fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Eddie MachenLL

Bob Satterfield1–2L

Ezzard Charles1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Holman and Valdés?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for John Holman and 70 bouts tracked for Niño Valdés. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Holman10bouts

Valdés70bouts

How They Win ↓

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