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| '''Nino Valdez''' (Geraldo Ramos Ponciano Valdez) (December 5 1924-June 3 2001) was |
'''Nino Valdez''' (Geraldo Ramos Ponciano Valdez) (December 5, 1924-June 3, 2001) was the Cuban heavyweight boxing champion during the 1950's. He was a top contender for Rocky Marciano's title in early 1950's, although he never received a title shot due to his mixed fighting results. | ||
| He was considered top opponent for Rocky, but lost to Archie Moore 15/15 UD on May 2 1955. If he was not to take that fight, he would have gotten a shot at the Rock. | |||
| After a string of four losses to notable fighters such as ], ], and ] in 1952 and 1953, he went undefeated in an impressive run which saw him defeat ] and ]. However, this undefeated streak came to an end when he lost to Archie Moore by a fifteen-round unanimous decision on May 2, 1955. He lost another fight to ] three months later. After beating former title contender ], he lost a ten round unanimous decision to ] on October 7, 1955. There was talk that if he would have won that bout, he would have fought Marciano. | |||
| On December 7th 1955 he lost a 10/10 (originally scheduled for 11 rounds) UD to | |||
| ], if he was to win, a title bout against Rock was a sure bet, at least in his country, during June 1956. After retirement he worked as security and bouncer. | |||
| He continued boxing, losing to heavyweight contenders ], ], and ]. After his last bout, a win over contender ] in 1959, he retired. | |||
| After retirement he worked as a security guard and a bouncer. | |||
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Nino Valdez (Geraldo Ramos Ponciano Valdez) (December 5, 1924-June 3, 2001) was the Cuban heavyweight boxing champion during the 1950's. He was a top contender for Rocky Marciano's title in early 1950's, although he never received a title shot due to his mixed fighting results.
After a string of four losses to notable fighters such as Harold Johnson, Archie Moore, and Bob "the Grinder" Baker in 1952 and 1953, he went undefeated in an impressive run which saw him defeat Ezzard Charles and Tommy "Hurricane" Jackson. However, this undefeated streak came to an end when he lost to Archie Moore by a fifteen-round unanimous decision on May 2, 1955. He lost another fight to Bob Satterfield three months later. After beating former title contender Don Cockell, he lost a ten round unanimous decision to Bob "The Grinder" Baker on October 7, 1955. There was talk that if he would have won that bout, he would have fought Marciano.
He continued boxing, losing to heavyweight contenders Zora Folley, Eddie Machen, and Sonny Liston. After his last bout, a win over contender Brian London in 1959, he retired.
After retirement he worked as a security guard and a bouncer.