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Niño Valdés vs Sonny Liston

A fight that actually happened — and everything both records say about it.

Niño Valdés and Sonny Liston met once (1959). Sonny Liston won in 1959 by ko.

Side by side

Niño ValdésSonny Liston
78″ (198.1 cm)Reach84″ (213.4 cm)
75″ (190.5 cm)Height73″ (185.4 cm)
+3.99%Reach advantage+15.1%
48–18Record50–4
75%Finish rate78%
9Longest unbeaten run30
67Recorded bouts52
OrthodoxStanceOrthodox

A comparison of what is on record. Nothing here predicts a result.

Common opponents

Both fought these 2. This is the comparison the siloed databases cannot make, because it needs every fight list linked to every other.

OpponentNiño ValdésSonny Liston
Eddie Machen L W
Zora Folley L W

Careers side by side

Niño Valdés

1950 win vs Basilio Ayestaran (1941)win vs Jose Andres Hornedo (1942)win vs Epifanio Perez (1942)loss vs Julio Lazaro Diaz (1942)win vs Wilfredo Ferrer (1942)win vs Andres Dominguez (1942)win vs Julio Lazaro Diaz (1943)win vs Benito Garcia Malpica (1943)win vs Andres Dominguez (1943)win vs Epifanio Perez (1944)loss vs Mario Raul Ochoa (1944)win vs Andres Ferrer (1944)win vs Federico Malibran (1945)win vs Kid Carbajal (1946)draw vs Cheo Morejon (1946)? vs Cheo Morejon (1947)win vs Aldo Rodriguez (1947)loss vs Archie McBride (1948)win vs Doc Bee (1948)draw vs Jimmy Freeman (1948)win vs Aldo Rodriguez (1950)win vs Juan Carlos Vigo (1950)win vs Tommy Bevil (1950)loss vs Harold Johnson (1952)win vs Jimmy Walker (1952)draw vs Joe McFadden (1952)win vs Sandy McPherson (1952)win vs Keene Simmons (1952)win vs Heinz Neuhaus (1953)win vs Matt Daniels (1953)win vs Charley Williams (1953)win vs Ezzard Charles (1953)win vs Omelio Agramonte (1953)loss vs Bob Baker (1953)loss vs Billy Gilliam (1953)loss vs Archie Moore (1953)win vs Jimmy Walls (1954)win vs Tommy Jackson (1954)win vs Karel Sys (1954)win vs James J. Parker (1954)win vs Archie McBride (1954)loss vs Bob Baker (1955)win vs Don Cockell (1955)loss vs Bob Satterfield (1955)loss vs Archie Moore (1955)win vs Jack Flood (1955)win vs Hans Friedrich (1956)win vs Dick Richardson (1956)win vs Bob Woodall (1956)loss vs Zora Folley (1956)loss vs Eddie Machen (1956)win vs Ken Hammer (1956)win vs Jeff Dyer (1957)win vs John Holman (1957)win vs Joe Erskine (1957)win vs Pat McMurtry (1958)win vs Mike DeJohn (1958)win vs Harold Carter (1958)win vs Johnny Summerlin (1958)win vs Wayne Bethea (1958)loss vs Alex Miteff (1958)win vs Brian London (1959)loss vs Sonny Liston (1959)loss vs Alonzo Johnson (1959)win vs Danny Hodge (1959)loss vs Charlie Powell (1959)
winlossdraw / NC1941–1959

Sonny Liston

1960 1970 win vs Bennie Thomas (1953)win vs Ponce de Leon (1953)win vs Don Smith (1953)loss vs Marty Marshall (1954)win vs Johnny Summerlin (1954)win vs Stanley Howlett (1954)win vs Martin Lee (1954)win vs Larry Watson (1955)win vs Johnny Gray (1955)win vs Calvin Butler (1955)win vs Emil Brtko (1955)win vs Marty Marshall (1955)win vs Neal Welch (1955)win vs Marty Marshall (1956)win vs Ernie Cab (1958)win vs Bert Whitehurst (1958)win vs Frankie Daniels (1958)win vs Wayne Bethea (1958)win vs Julio Mederos (1958)win vs Ben Wise (1958)win vs Billy Hunter (1958)win vs Willi Besmanoff (1959)win vs Niño Valdés (1959)win vs Cleveland Williams (1959)win vs Mike DeJohn (1959)win vs Eddie Machen (1960)win vs Zora Folley (1960)win vs Roy Harris (1960)win vs Cleveland Williams (1960)win vs Howard King (1960)win vs Albert Westphal (1961)win vs Howard King (1961)win vs Floyd Patterson (1962)win vs Floyd Patterson (1963)loss vs Cassius Clay (1964)loss vs Muhammad Ali (1965)win vs Amos Johnson (1966)win vs Gerhard Zech (1966)win vs Elmer Rush (1967)win vs Dave Bailey (1967)win vs Amos Lincoln (1968)win vs Roger Rischer (1968)win vs Willis Earls (1968)win vs Sonny Moore (1968)win vs Henry Clark (1968)win vs Billy Joiner (1968)win vs Bill McMurray (1968)loss vs Leotis Martin (1969)win vs Sonny Moore (1969)win vs George Johnson (1969)win vs Billy Joiner (1969)win vs Chuck Wepner (1970)
winlossdraw / NC1953–1970

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