Niño Valdés
78″ reach · +3.99% reach advantage · 49th percentile
Niño Valdés has a reach of 78″ against a height of 75″ — a reach advantage of +3.99%, average for heavyweight boxing and the 49th percentile of the 317 compared here.
Reach in context
Reach advantage
+3.99%
78″ reach on a 75″ frame
Compared against 317 heavyweight boxing fighters. Median 3.99%.
| Reach | 78″ (198.1 cm) | 53rd pct |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 75″ (190.5 cm) | 57th pct |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Heavyweight Boxing | |
| Peak era | 1950s | |
| Country | Cuba |
Record
Boxing record
48–18
70 bouts on record
Finish rate
75%
of wins ended inside the distance — heavyweight boxing median 68%, 64th percentile
The career, bout by bout
67 recorded bouts from 1941 to 1959. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
19y
1941–1959
Longest unbeaten run
9
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1953
8 bouts
Recorded bouts
67
66 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | W | Brian London | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1959 | L | Sonny Liston | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1959 | L | Alonzo Johnson | Decision | 10 |
| 1959 | W | Danny Hodge | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1959 | L | Charlie Powell | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1958 | W | Pat McMurtry | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1958 | W | Mike DeJohn | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | W | Harold Carter | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1958 | W | Johnny Summerlin | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1958 | W | Wayne Bethea | Decision | 10 |
| 1958 | L | Alex Miteff | Decision | 10 |
| 1957 | W | Jeff Dyer | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1957 | W | John Holman | Decision | 10 |
| 1957 | W | Joe Erskine | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1956 | W | Hans Friedrich | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1956 | W | Dick Richardson | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1956 | W | Bob Woodall | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1956 | L | Zora Folley | Decision | 10 |
| 1956 | L | Eddie Machen | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1956 | W | Ken Hammer | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1955 | L | Bob Baker | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | W | Don Cockell | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1955 | L | Bob Satterfield | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | L | Archie Moore | Decision | 15 |
| 1955 | W | Jack Flood | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1954 | W | Jimmy Walls | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1954 | W | Tommy Jackson | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1954 | W | Karel Sys | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1954 | W | James J. Parker | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | W | Archie McBride | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | W | Heinz Neuhaus | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1953 | W | Matt Daniels | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1953 | W | Charley Williams | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | W | Ezzard Charles | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | W | Omelio Agramonte | KO/TKO | 10 |
| 1953 | L | Bob Baker | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | L | Billy Gilliam | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | L | Archie Moore | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | L | Harold Johnson | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Jimmy Walker | KO/TKO | 6 |
| 1952 | D | Joe McFadden | Decision | 8 |
| 1952 | W | Sandy McPherson | Decision | 8 |
| 1952 | W | Keene Simmons | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Aldo Rodriguez | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1950 | W | Juan Carlos Vigo | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1950 | W | Tommy Bevil | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1948 | L | Archie McBride | Decision | 8 |
| 1948 | W | Doc Bee | Decision | 6 |
| 1948 | D | Jimmy Freeman | Decision | 6 |
| 1947 | ? | Cheo Morejon | — | 5 |
| 1947 | W | Aldo Rodriguez | Decision | 8 |
| 1946 | W | Kid Carbajal | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1946 | D | Cheo Morejon | Decision | 10 |
| 1945 | W | Federico Malibran | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1944 | W | Epifanio Perez | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1944 | L | Mario Raul Ochoa | Decision | 8 |
| 1944 | W | Andres Ferrer | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1943 | W | Julio Lazaro Diaz | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1943 | W | Benito Garcia Malpica | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1943 | W | Andres Dominguez | KO/TKO | 2 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 67 recorded bouts.
17 of these opponents have their own page here.
Closest in build
heavyweight boxing fighters with the nearest reach advantage.
- Alexander Flores+3.99% 79″ reach · 49th pct
- Scott Gammer+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
- Zhan Kossobutskiy+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
- Monte Barrett+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
- Éric Molina+3.99% 79″ reach · 49th pct
- Trevor Bryan+3.99% 79″ reach · 49th pct
- Tim Witherspoon+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
- Michael Dokes+3.99% 78″ reach · 49th pct
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 317 heavyweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Niño Valdés on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.