Sport & Note

Nino Valdes

Male

"Niño Valdés"
(Geraldo Ramos Ponciano Valdez)
Heavyweight, Cuba, Havana
Born: 5 December 1924, in Cuba
Died: 3 June 2001
Height: 6ft 3in, mt 1,90
Weight: 179, 184, 199, 207, 214 lbs

No amateur results

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1941
+ Dec. 27	Basilio Ayesteran	Havana, Cuba	KO 3
1942
+ Jan. 31	Andres Dominguez	Havana, Cuba	KO 1
+ Mar. 28	Wilfredo Ferrer	Havana, Cuba	KO 1
- May 30	Julio Lazaro Diaz	Havana, Cuba	KO by 3
+ Aug. 15	Epifiano Perez	Havana, Cuba	KO 2
+ Oct. 10	Jose Andres Hornedo	Havana, Cuba	KO 2
1943
+ Jan. 20	Andres Dominguez	Havana, Cuba	KO 2
+ Feb. 20	Benito Garcia	Havana, Cuba	KO 2
+ Apr. 3	Julio Lazaro Diaz	Havana, Cuba	KO 7
- Apr. 17	Julio Lazaro Diaz	Havana, Cuba	KO by 8
1944
+ July 30	Andres Ferrer	Candelaria, Cuba	KO 2
- Sept. 3	Mario Raul Ochoa	Candelaria, Cuba	L 8
+ Sept. 24	Epifiano Perez	Candelaria, Cuba	KO 2
1945
- Sept. 15	Federico Malibran	Havana, Cuba	KO by 4
Cuban Heavyweight Title
+ Dec. 8	Federico Malibran	Ciego de Avila, Cuba	KO 8
Cuban Heavyweight Title
1946
= Mar. 9	Cheo Morejon	Sancti Spiritus, Cuba	Draw 10
+ Sept. 19	Kid Carbajal	Cienfuegos, Cuba	KO 7
1947
+ June 28	Aldo Rodriguez	Havana, Cuba	W 8
* July 19	Cheo Morejon	Havana, Cuba	NC 5
1948
= Oct. 19	Jimmy Freeman	Hartford, USA	Draw 6
+ Nov. 15	Doc Bee	Baltimore, USA	W 6
- Nov. 26	Archie McBride	Reading, USA	L 8
1949 Inactive
1950
+ Feb. 21	T J Bevil	Jacksonville, USA	TKO 3
+ Aug. 19	Juan Carlos Vigo	Havana, Cuba	KO 1
+ Sept. 23	Aldo Rodriguez	Havana, Cuba	KO 1
1951 Inactive
1952
+ Jan. 4	Joe McFadden	Sunnyside, USA	KO 8
+ Feb. 7	Keene Simmons	Sunnyside, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 28	Sandy McPherson	Sunnyside, USA	W 8
= Mar. 29	Joe McFadden	Brooklyn, USA	Draw 8
+ June 13	Jimmy Walker	New York, USA	KO 6
- Nov. 24	Harold Johnson	Brooklyn, USA	L 10
1953
- Mar. 11	Archie Moore	Saint Louis, USA	L 10
- Apr. 20	Billy Gilliam	Johnstown, USA	L 10
- May 21	Bob Baker	Huntington, USA	L 10
+ July 18	Omelio Agramonte	Havana, Cuba	KO 10
Cuban Heavyweight Title
+ Aug. 11	Ezzard Charles	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 15	Charley Williams	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 29	Matt Daniels	Tampa, USA	TKO 2
+ Nov. 15	Heinz Neuhaus	Dortmund, Germany	KO 4
1954
+ Feb. 20	Archie McBride	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Mar. 12	James J Parker	New York, USA	W 10
+ May 22	Karel Sys	Brussels, Belgium	TKO 4
+ July 14	Tommy Jackson	New York, USA	TKO 2
+ Dec. 11	Jimmy Walls	Hamilton, Bermuda	KO 2
1955
+ Jan. 25	Battling Jack Flood	Huntington, USA	KO 7
- May 2	Archie Moore	Las Vegas, USA	L 15
- Aug. 17	Bob Satterfield	Chicago, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 13	Don Cockell	White City, Great Britain	cTKO 3
- Dec. 7	Bob Baker	Cleveland, USA	L 10
1956
- Apr. 16	Eddie Machen	San Francisco, USA	L 10
+ June 1	Ken Hammer	Charlotte, USA	KO 8
- July 11	Eddie Machen	Miami Beach, USA	KO by 8
- Sept. 25	Zora Folley	Phoenix, USA	L 10
+ Oct. 25	Bob Woodall	Boston, USA	KO 3
+ Dec. 4	Dick Richardson	Harringay, Great Britain	TKO 8
+ Dec. 30	Hans Friedrich	Dortmund, Germany	KO 6
1957
+ Feb. 19	Joe Erskine	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 1
+ May 8	John Holman	Portland, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 19	Jeff Dyer	Bangor, USA	KO 10
1958
- Feb. 21	Alex Miteff	New York, USA	L 10
+ Apr. 3	Wayne Bethea	Denver, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 23	Mike DeJohn	Syracuse, USA	W 10
+ May 24	Johnny Summerlin	Detroit, USA	KO 5
+ July 9	Harold Carter	Spokane, USA	TKO 9
+ Aug. 15	Mike DeJohn	Rochester, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 19	Pat McMurtry	New York, USA	TKO 1
1959
- Mar. 4	Charlie Powell	Miami Beach, USA	TKO by 8
+ Apr. 28	Dan Hodge	Wichita, USA	TKO 8
- May 29	Alonzo Johnson	New York, USA	L 10
- Aug. 5	Sonny Liston	Chicago, USA	KO by 3
+ Dec. 1	Brian London	Wembley, Great Britain	TKO 7

Summary

Total bouts: 71, Won: 48 (36 inside the limit), Lost: 19 (6 inside the limit), Draw: 3, NC: 1