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Ricardo Cardona vs Rubén Valdés — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Ricardo Cardona

Rubén Valdés

Ricardo Cardona (26-10-1) and Rubén Valdés (1-2 across 3 tracked bouts) 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.

Cardona

26

Wins13 KO · 50%

10

Losses

1

Draw37 tracked bouts

Valdés

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Cardona leads 1–0

Ricardo Cardona and Rubén Valdés have met 1 time; Cardona leads 1–0.

Ricardo Cardona and Rubén Valdés have met 1 time; Cardona leads 1–0.
Met1978Sep 2Series
Ricardo CardonaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Rubén ValdésFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cardona 5 · Valdés 2 of 7 measurable rows
CardonaValdés
Record†
26-10-1 (edge)1-2
Win %0–100%
71.6% (edge)
33.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 13
13 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
50%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 1
1 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 3.4
3.4 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 37
37
3

† 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
Ricardo Cardona: 5′7″
Rubén Valdés: No height on file
Reachnot held
Ricardo Cardona: 70″
Rubén Valdés: No reach on file
Agenot held
Ricardo Cardona: Died aged 62
Rubén Valdés: No date of birth
Stance
Ricardo Cardona: Orthodox
Rubén Valdés: Not recorded

Ricardo Cardona left, Rubén 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
Ricardo Cardona26 wins · from 37 tracked bouts

Ricardo Cardona: 26 tracked wins — 13 by KO/TKO (50%) and 13 on the cards (50%). Counted from 37 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

13 by KO/TKO 50%13 on the cards 50%

Rubén Valdés1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Rubén Valdés: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ricardo Cardona 37, Rubén Valdés 3 — 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

Ricardo Cardona had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jorge Luján. Cardona last boxed on Jun 30, 1984.WLLWL

Salas Jun 1982Cortez Oct 1982Seung-hoon Mar 1983Wilson May 1984Luján Jun 19843.4 tracked bouts per year

Rubén Valdés last boxed on Feb 3, 1980 — 17,067 days ago. Valdés had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Wilfredo Gómez.LWL

Cardona Sep 1978Anaya May 1979Gómez Feb 19802.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ricardo Cardona and Rubén Valdés ever fought each other?
Yes. Ricardo Cardona and Rubén Valdés met once on September 2, 1978, and Ricardo Cardona won by UD.
The meeting

WSep 2, 1978 · Cardona · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cardona or Valdés?
Ricardo Cardona is 26-10-1 and Rubén Valdés is 1-2 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Ricardo Cardona has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cardona26–10–171.6%

Valdés1–233.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cardona or Valdés?
Ricardo Cardona has 13 knockout wins and Rubén Valdés has 1. Ricardo Cardona has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cardona1350%

Valdés1

The Numbers ↓
Do Cardona and Valdés have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ricardo Cardona and Rubén Valdés have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cardona and Valdés?
This comparison is drawn from 37 bouts tracked for Ricardo Cardona and 3 bouts tracked for Rubén Valdés. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cardona37bouts

Valdés3bouts

How They Win ↓

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