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José Luis Valbuena vs Julio Gamboa — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇻🇪VENEZUELA

José Luis Valbuena

🇳🇮NICARAGUA

Julio Gamboa

José Luis Valbuena (24-4-1) and Julio Gamboa (28-13-2) 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.

Valbuena

24

Wins14 KO · 58%

4

Losses

1

Draw30 tracked bouts

Gamboa

28

Wins17 KO · 61%

13

Losses

2

Draws7 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Valbuena leads 1–0

José Luis Valbuena and Julio Gamboa have met 1 time; Valbuena leads 1–0.

José Luis Valbuena and Julio Gamboa have met 1 time; Valbuena leads 1–0.
Met2003Mar 26Series
José Luis ValbuenaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Julio GamboaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Valbuena 4 · Gamboa 2 of 6 measurable rows
ValbuenaGamboa
Record
24-4-1 (edge)28-13-2
Win %0–100%
84.5% (edge)
67.4%
Wins by knockoutmax 17
14
17 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
58.33%
60.71% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
58%—
Times stopped†max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 3.2
3.2 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 30
30
7

† 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

Reachnot held
José Luis Valbuena: No reach on file
Julio Gamboa: 68″
Age1 yr apart
José Luis Valbuena: 55
Julio Gamboa: 54
Stance
José Luis Valbuena: Southpaw
Julio Gamboa: Orthodox

José Luis Valbuena left, Julio Gamboa right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
José Luis Valbuena24 wins · from 30 tracked bouts

José Luis Valbuena: 24 tracked wins — 14 by KO/TKO (58%) and 10 on the cards (42%). Counted from 30 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

14 by KO/TKO 58%10 on the cards 42%

Julio Gamboa0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Julio Gamboa: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gamboa yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — José Luis Valbuena 30, Julio Gamboa 7 — 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

José Luis Valbuena last boxed on May 5, 2005 — 7,841 days ago. Valbuena had lost two straight, after three straight wins.WWWLL

Soto Oct 2002Gamboa Mar 2003Donis Oct 2003Vázquez Mar 2004Caballero May 20053.2 tracked bouts per year

Julio Gamboa last boxed on May 3, 2008 — 6,747 days ago. Gamboa had lost five straight.LLLLL

Machado Aug 2000Méndez Aug 2001Valbuena Mar 2003León Nov 2004García May 20080.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have José Luis Valbuena and Julio Gamboa ever fought each other?
Yes. José Luis Valbuena and Julio Gamboa met once on March 26, 2003, and José Luis Valbuena won by UD.
The meeting

WMar 26, 2003 · Valbuena · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Valbuena or Gamboa?
José Luis Valbuena is 24-4-1 and Julio Gamboa is 28-13-2. José Luis Valbuena has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Valbuena24–4–184.5%

Gamboa28–13–267.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Valbuena or Gamboa?
José Luis Valbuena has 14 knockout wins and Julio Gamboa has 17. Julio Gamboa has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Valbuena1458.3%

Gamboa1760.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Valbuena and Gamboa have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both José Luis Valbuena and Julio Gamboa have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Valbuena and Gamboa?
This comparison is drawn from 30 bouts tracked for José Luis Valbuena and 7 bouts tracked for Julio Gamboa. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Valbuena30bouts

Gamboa7bouts

How They Win ↓

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