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Johnny Valdez vs Sammy Mandell — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Valdez

🇺🇸LIGHTWEIGHT

Sammy Mandell

Johnny Valdez (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) and Sammy Mandell (147-25-17) 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.

Valdez

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

Mandell

147

Wins32 KO · 22%

25

Losses

17

Draws191 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

Mandell leads 1–0

Johnny Valdez and Sammy Mandell have met 1 time; Mandell leads 1–0.

Johnny Valdez and Sammy Mandell have met 1 time; Mandell leads 1–0.
Met1927Apr 11Series
Johnny ValdezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Sammy MandellFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Valdez 1 · Mandell 4 of 5 measurable rows
ValdezMandell
Record†
0-1147-25-17 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
82.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 32
0
32 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—21.77%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—22%
Times stopped‡max 6
1 (edge)
6
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—12.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 191
1
191

† 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
Johnny Valdez: No height on file
Sammy Mandell: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Johnny Valdez: No reach on file
Sammy Mandell: 67″
Agenot held
Johnny Valdez: No date of birth
Sammy Mandell: Died aged 63
Stance
Johnny Valdez: Not recorded
Sammy Mandell: Orthodox

Johnny Valdez left, Sammy Mandell right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Valdez0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Johnny Valdez: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Valdez yet.

Sammy Mandell147 wins · from 191 tracked bouts

Sammy Mandell: 147 tracked wins — 32 by KO/TKO (22%), 55 on the cards (37%) and 60 by another method or unrecorded (41%). Counted from 191 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

32 by KO/TKO 22%55 on the cards 37%60 by another method or unrecorded 41%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Valdez 1, Sammy Mandell 191 — 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

Johnny Valdez last boxed on Apr 11, 1927 — 36,367 days ago. Valdez had lost the most recent, to Sammy Mandell.L

Mandell Apr 1927

Sammy Mandell had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Joe Bernall. Mandell last boxed on Jun 27, 1934.LDWWL

Manfredo Mar 1934Kovich Mar 1934Jackson Mar 1934Vasquez Apr 1934Bernall Jun 193412.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Valdez and Sammy Mandell ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Valdez and Sammy Mandell met once on April 11, 1927, and Sammy Mandell won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LApr 11, 1927 · Mandell · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Valdez or Mandell?
Johnny Valdez is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked and Sammy Mandell is 147-25-17. Sammy Mandell has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Valdez0–10%

Mandell147–25–1782.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Valdez or Mandell?
Johnny Valdez has 0 knockout wins and Sammy Mandell has 32. Sammy Mandell has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Valdez0

Mandell3221.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Valdez and Mandell have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Valdez and Sammy Mandell have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Valdez and Mandell?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Johnny Valdez and 191 bouts tracked for Sammy Mandell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Valdez1bout

Mandell191bouts

How They Win ↓

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