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Ken Hammer vs Niño Valdés — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ken Hammer

🇨🇺CUBA

Niño Valdés

Ken Hammer (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Hammer

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Ken Hammer and Niño Valdés have met 1 time; Valdés leads 1–0.

Ken Hammer and Niño Valdés have met 1 time; Valdés leads 1–0.
Met1956Jun 1Series
Ken HammerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Niño ValdésFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Hammer 1 · Valdés 3 of 4 measurable rows
HammerValdés
Record†
0-148-18-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
71.7% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 36
0
36 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—75%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—3.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 70
1
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
Ken Hammer: No height on file
Niño Valdés: 6′3″
Reachnot held
Ken Hammer: No reach on file
Niño Valdés: 78″
Agenot held
Ken Hammer: No date of birth
Niño Valdés: Died aged 76
Stance
Ken Hammer: Not recorded
Niño Valdés: Orthodox

Ken Hammer 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
Ken Hammer0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Ken Hammer: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hammer yet.

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 — Ken Hammer 1, Niño Valdés 70 — 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

Ken Hammer last boxed on Jun 1, 1956 — 25,711 days ago. Hammer had lost the most recent, to Niño Valdés.L

Valdés Jun 1956

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 Ken Hammer and Niño Valdés ever fought each other?
Yes. Ken Hammer and Niño Valdés met once on June 1, 1956, and Niño Valdés won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

LJun 1, 1956 · Valdés · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hammer or Valdés?
Ken Hammer is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Hammer0–10%

Valdés48–18–371.7%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hammer or Valdés?
Ken Hammer has 0 knockout wins and Niño Valdés has 36. Niño Valdés has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hammer0

Valdés3675%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hammer and Valdés have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ken Hammer and Niño Valdés have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hammer and Valdés?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Ken Hammer and 70 bouts tracked for Niño Valdés. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hammer1bout

Valdés70bouts

How They Win ↓

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