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.
John Holman (3-6 across 9 tracked bouts) and Nino Valdez (48-18-3) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
John Holman vs Nino Valdez — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Nino Valdez leads 1–0- Nino Valdez wonValdez vs HolmanMay 8, 1957 · UD
The Numbers
- 3-6
- Record
- 48-18-3 (edge)
- 33.3%
- Win %
- 71.7% (edge)
- 3
- Wins by knockout
- 36 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 75%
- 100% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 75%
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 1
- Bouts per year
- 3.9 (edge)
- 9
- Bouts tracked
- 70
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 78″ (198 cm)
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- Age
- 101
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Cuba
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohn Holman · 3 wins
KO/TKO
3
Decision
0
Other
0
Nino Valdez · 48 wins
KO/TKO
36
Decision
12
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (9 and 70 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedJohn Holman
WTKO R8 · Jan 1956LKO R1 · Nov 1954LKO · Jul 1954Nino Valdez
LUD · Aug 1955
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
John Holman
LLLWL
L3 streak · last fought Oct 15, 1957
Nino Valdez
WLLWL
W1 streak · last fought Dec 1, 1959
Common Questions
- Have John Holman and Nino Valdez ever fought each other?
- Yes. John Holman and Nino Valdez met once on May 8, 1957, and Nino Valdez won by UD.
- Who has the better record, John Holman or Nino Valdez?
- John Holman is 3-6 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Nino Valdez is 48-18-3. Nino Valdez has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, John Holman or Nino Valdez?
- John Holman has 3 knockout wins and Nino Valdez has 36. Nino Valdez has more.
- Do John Holman and Nino Valdez have any common opponents?
- John Holman and Nino Valdez share 2 common opponents: Bob Satterfield and Ezzard Charles. Nino Valdez fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on John Holman and Nino Valdez?
- This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for John Holman and 70 bouts tracked for Nino Valdez. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.