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.
Nino Valdez (48-18-3) and Wayne Bethea (2-7 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Nino Valdez vs Wayne Bethea — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Nino Valdez leads 1–0- Nino Valdez wonValdez vs BetheaApr 3, 1958 · SD
The Numbers
- 48-18-3 (edge)
- Record
- 2-7
- 71.7% (edge)
- Win %
- 22.2%
- 36 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 75%
- KO rate
- —
- 75% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 0%
- 5
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 3.9 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.3
- 70
- Bouts tracked
- 9
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
- 6′3″ (190 cm)
- Height
- —
- 78″ (198 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 101
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Cuba
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyNino Valdez · 48 wins
KO/TKO
36
Decision
12
Other
0
Wayne Bethea · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (70 and 9 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Nino Valdez
WLLWL
W1 streak · last fought Dec 1, 1959
Wayne Bethea
LLLLW
L4 streak · last fought Jul 6, 1963
Common Questions
- Have Nino Valdez and Wayne Bethea ever fought each other?
- Yes. Nino Valdez and Wayne Bethea met once on April 3, 1958, and Nino Valdez won by SD.
- Who has the better record, Nino Valdez or Wayne Bethea?
- Nino Valdez is 48-18-3 and Wayne Bethea is 2-7 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. 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, Nino Valdez or Wayne Bethea?
- Nino Valdez has 36 knockout wins and Wayne Bethea has 0. Nino Valdez has more.
- Do Nino Valdez and Wayne Bethea have any common opponents?
- Nino Valdez and Wayne Bethea share 3 common opponents: Sonny Liston, Harold Johnson and Ezzard Charles. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nino Valdez and Wayne Bethea?
- This comparison is drawn from 70 bouts tracked for Nino Valdez and 9 bouts tracked for Wayne Bethea. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.