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Kid Gavilán

108–30 · 128 recorded bouts · 1943–1958

Boxing record

108–30–5

Kid Gavilán finished 26% of 108 wins inside the distance — the 5th percentile for middleweight boxing, where the median is 60%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.

19401950UNFILEDwin v Johnny Suarez, 1945, decisionwin v Carlos Malacara, 1945, decisionwin v Pedro Ortega, 1945, kowin v Julio Cesar Jimenez, 1945, decisionwin v Joe Pedroso, 1945, kowin v Kid Bebo, 1945, kowin v Santiago Sosa, 1945, kowin v Bombon Oriental, 1945, decisionwin v Johnny Williams, 1946, decisionwin v Johnny Ryan, 1946, kowin v Hankin Barrow, 1946, decisionwin v Jack Larrimore, 1946, kowin v Chico Varona, 1946, decisionloss v Tony Mar, 1946, decisionwin v Santiago Sosa, 1946, decisionwin v Jose Zorilla, 1946, kowin v Kid Bururu, 1946, decisiondraw v Buster Tyler, 1947, decisionwin v Bee Bee Wright, 1947, kowin v Billy Nixon, 1947, decisionwin v Billy Justine, 1947, decisionwin v Charley Milan, 1947, koloss v Doug Ratford, 1947, decisionwin v Bobby Lee, 1947, decisionwin v Charley Williams, 1947, kowin v Vince Gambill, 1947, kowin v Nick Moran, 1947, decisionwin v Baby Coullimber, 1947, decisionwin v Jose Garvia Alvarez, 1947, decisionwin v Julio Pedroso, 1947, decisionwin v Abdeslam ben Buker, 1948, decisionwin v Tony Pellone, 1948, decisionwin v Vinnie Rossano, 1948, koloss v Sugar Ray Robinson, 1948, decisionwin v Buster Tyler, 1948, decisionwin v Roman Alvarez, 1948, decisionwin v Rocco Rossano, 1948, kowin v Tommy Bell, 1948, decisionloss v Doug Ratford, 1948, decisionloss v Ike Williams, 1948, decisionwin v Joe Curcio, 1948, kodraw v Gene Burton, 1948, decisionwin v Bobby Lee, 1949, decisionwin v Laurent Dauthuille, 1949, decisionloss v Lester Felton, 1949, decisionwin v Beau Jack, 1949, decisionwin v Rocky Castellani, 1949, decisionloss v Sugar Ray Robinson, 1949, decisionwin v Cliff Hart, 1949, kowin v Al Priest, 1949, decisionwin v Ike Williams, 1949, decisionwin v Joe Miceli, 1950, decisionwin v Tony Janiro, 1950, decisionwin v Billy Graham, 1950, decisionloss v Gene Hairston, 1950, decisiondraw v Tommy Ciarlo, 1950, decisionwin v Johnny Greco, 1950, kowin v Phil Burton, 1950, decisionwin v Sonny Horne, 1950, decisionwin v Bobby Mann, 1950, decisionwin v Mike Koballa, 1950, decisionwin v Georgie Small, 1950, decisionloss v George Costner, 1950, decisionloss v Robert Villemain, 1950, decisionwin v Otis Graham, 1950, decisionwin v Walter Cartier, 1951, kodraw v Johnny Bratton, 1951, decisionwin v Tony Janiro, 1951, kowin v Bobby Rosado, 1951, kowin v Billy Graham, 1951, decisionwin v Fritzie Pruden, 1951, decisionwin v Aldo Minelli, 1951, decisionwin v Gene Hairston, 1951, decisionwin v Tommy Ciarlo, 1951, kowin v Paddy Young, 1951, decisionwin v Billy Graham, 1952, decisionwin v Eduardo Lausse, 1952, decisionwin v Rafael Merentino, 1952, kowin v Mario Diaz, 1952, decisionwin v Gil Turner, 1952, kowin v Fritzie Pruden, 1952, kowin v Ralph Zannelli, 1952, decisionwin v Don Williams, 1952, decisionwin v Bobby Dykes, 1952, decisionwin v Johnny Bratton, 1953, decisionwin v Carmen Basilio, 1953, decisionwin v Ralph Jones, 1953, decisionwin v Ramon Fuentes, 1953, decisionwin v Italo Scortichini, 1953, decisionloss v Danny Womber, 1953, decisionwin v Livio Minelli, 1953, decisionwin v Chuck Davey, 1953, kowin v Vic Cardell, 1953, decisionwin v Aman Peck, 1953, decisionloss v Johnny Saxton, 1954, decisionloss v Bobo Olson, 1954, decisionwin v Livio Minelli, 1954, decisionwin v Johnny Cunningham, 1954, decisionloss v Dogomar Martinez, 1955, decisionloss v Eduardo Lausse, 1955, decisionwin v Juan Bautista Burgues, 1955, kowin v Cirilo Gil, 1955, decisionwin v Luigi Cemulini, 1955, koloss v Bobby Dykes, 1955, decisionloss v Hector Constance, 1955, decisionwin v Ernie Durando, 1955, decisionloss v Ramon Fuentes, 1956, decisionloss v Walter Byars, 1956, decisionwin v Chico Vejar, 1956, decisionloss v Tony DeMarco, 1956, decisionwin v Jimmy Beecham, 1956, decisiondraw v Louis Trochon, 1956, decisionwin v Peter Waterman, 1956, decisionloss v Germinal Ballarin, 1956, decisionwin v Walter Byars, 1957, decisionloss v Gaspar Ortega, 1957, decisionloss v Vince Martinez, 1957, decisionloss v Del Flanagan, 1957, decisionloss v Yama Bahama, 1958, decisionwin v Ralph Jones, 1958, decisionresult not stated v Opponent, no date on record
WON ABOVE·LOST BELOW BAR = STOPPAGE·BROKEN BAR = SUBMISSION·TICK = DECISION 1945–1958 · EARLIEST 7 NOT SHOWN · 1 UNDATED

SOURCE·Kid Gavilán — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-16

How this record is compiled

  1. Measurements come from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the bout list is parsed from the results table on the same article, read on 2026-07-16. Boxing tables are read by header name and MMA records by the fixed column order of the MMA record template — two different parsers, because reading MMA rows as a boxing table returns a fighter's boxing record in place of their real one.
  2. A bout enters the ledger with whatever fields the source states: result, opponent, method, round, year. Any field the source leaves empty stays empty here. A date that cannot be established is left blank rather than inferred, and the bout is still counted.
  3. A no contest is counted and printed as a no contest. It is never folded into the wins, the losses or the draws, and it never disappears to make a total balance.
  4. Where the article's infobox total disagrees with its own results table, both figures are published and each is labelled with where it came from. Nothing is averaged and nothing is reconciled against a second database.
  5. Percentiles rank this fighter among the 256 middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.

Sources, exclusions and known limits →

Bout record

Every bout the article's own results table lists, in order. A dash is a field the source leaves empty — it is not a zero and it is not a guess.

Bout-by-bout recordAUG 2026
YearResultOpponentMethodRd
1958 L Yama Bahama Decision10
1958 W Ralph Jones Decision10
1957 W Walter Byars Decision10
1957 L Gaspar Ortega Decision12
1957 L Vince Martinez Decision10
1957 L Del Flanagan Decision10
1956 L Ramon Fuentes Decision10
1956 L Walter Byars Decision10
1956 W Chico Vejar Decision10
1956 L Tony DeMarco Decision10
1956 W Jimmy Beecham Decision10
1956 D Louis Trochon Decision10
1956 W Peter Waterman Decision10
1956 L Germinal Ballarin Decision10
1955 L Dogomar Martinez Decision10
1955 L Eduardo Lausse Decision12
1955 W Juan Bautista Burgues KO/TKO7
1955 W Cirilo Gil Decision10
1955 W Luigi Cemulini KO/TKO3
1955 L Bobby Dykes Decision10
1955 L Hector Constance Decision10
1955 W Ernie Durando Decision10
1954 L Johnny Saxton Decision15
1954 L Bobo Olson Decision15
1954 W Livio Minelli Decision10
1954 W Johnny Cunningham Decision10
1953 W Johnny Bratton Decision15
1953 W Carmen Basilio Decision15
1953 W Ralph Jones Decision10
1953 W Ramon Fuentes Decision10
1953 W Italo Scortichini Decision10
1953 L Danny Womber Decision10
1953 W Livio Minelli Decision10
1953 W Chuck Davey KO/TKO10
1953 W Vic Cardell Decision10
1953 W Aman Peck Decision10
1952 W Billy Graham Decision15
1952 W Eduardo Lausse Decision10
1952 W Rafael Merentino KO/TKO9
1952 W Mario Diaz Decision10
1952 W Gil Turner KO/TKO11
1952 W Fritzie Pruden KO/TKO6
1952 W Ralph Zannelli Decision10
1952 W Don Williams Decision10
1952 W Bobby Dykes Decision15
1951 W Walter Cartier KO/TKO10
1951 D Johnny Bratton Decision10
1951 W Tony Janiro KO/TKO4
1951 W Bobby Rosado KO/TKO7
1951 W Billy Graham Decision15
1951 W Fritzie Pruden Decision10
1951 W Aldo Minelli Decision10
1951 W Gene Hairston Decision10
1951 W Tommy Ciarlo KO/TKO8
1951 W Paddy Young Decision10
1950 W Joe Miceli Decision10
1950 W Tony Janiro Decision10
1950 W Billy Graham Decision10
1950 L Gene Hairston Decision10
1950 D Tommy Ciarlo Decision10

Showing 60 of 128 recorded bouts, most recent first.

18 of these opponents have their own page here.

SOURCE·Kid Gavilán — English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)·derived figures computed here·REVIEWED 2026-07-16

What is on record

Measurements
Reachnot recorded
Heightnot recorded
StanceOrthodox
DivisionMiddleweight Boxing
competed at 2: welterweight, middleweight — compared here against the last
Most active decade1950s — 69 of 127 dated bouts
CountryCuba

Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Kid Gavilán, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.

1950 win vs Sergio Prieto (1943)win vs Nanito Kid Dustet (1943)win vs Bartolo Molina (1943)win vs Antonio Diaz (1943)win vs Miguel Acevedo (1944)win vs Bombon Oriental (1944)win vs Juan Villalba (1944)win vs Johnny Suarez (1945)win vs Carlos Malacara (1945)win vs Pedro Ortega (1945)win vs Julio Cesar Jimenez (1945)win vs Joe Pedroso (1945)win vs Kid Bebo (1945)win vs Santiago Sosa (1945)win vs Bombon Oriental (1945)win vs Johnny Williams (1946)win vs Johnny Ryan (1946)win vs Hankin Barrow (1946)win vs Jack Larrimore (1946)win vs Chico Varona (1946)loss vs Tony Mar (1946)win vs Santiago Sosa (1946)win vs Jose Zorilla (1946)win vs Kid Bururu (1946)draw vs Buster Tyler (1947)win vs Bee Bee Wright (1947)win vs Billy Nixon (1947)win vs Billy Justine (1947)win vs Charley Milan (1947)loss vs Doug Ratford (1947)win vs Bobby Lee (1947)win vs Charley Williams (1947)win vs Vince Gambill (1947)win vs Nick Moran (1947)win vs Baby Coullimber (1947)win vs Jose Garvia Alvarez (1947)win vs Julio Pedroso (1947)win vs Abdeslam ben Buker (1948)win vs Tony Pellone (1948)win vs Vinnie Rossano (1948)loss vs Sugar Ray Robinson (1948)win vs Buster Tyler (1948)win vs Roman Alvarez (1948)win vs Rocco Rossano (1948)win vs Tommy Bell (1948)loss vs Doug Ratford (1948)loss vs Ike Williams (1948)win vs Joe Curcio (1948)draw vs Gene Burton (1948)win vs Bobby Lee (1949)win vs Laurent Dauthuille (1949)loss vs Lester Felton (1949)win vs Beau Jack (1949)win vs Rocky Castellani (1949)loss vs Sugar Ray Robinson (1949)win vs Cliff Hart (1949)win vs Al Priest (1949)win vs Ike Williams (1949)win vs Joe Miceli (1950)win vs Tony Janiro (1950)win vs Billy Graham (1950)loss vs Gene Hairston (1950)draw vs Tommy Ciarlo (1950)win vs Johnny Greco (1950)win vs Phil Burton (1950)win vs Sonny Horne (1950)win vs Bobby Mann (1950)win vs Mike Koballa (1950)win vs Georgie Small (1950)loss vs George Costner (1950)loss vs Robert Villemain (1950)win vs Otis Graham (1950)win vs Walter Cartier (1951)draw vs Johnny Bratton (1951)win vs Tony Janiro (1951)win vs Bobby Rosado (1951)win vs Billy Graham (1951)win vs Fritzie Pruden (1951)win vs Aldo Minelli (1951)win vs Gene Hairston (1951)win vs Tommy Ciarlo (1951)win vs Paddy Young (1951)win vs Billy Graham (1952)win vs Eduardo Lausse (1952)win vs Rafael Merentino (1952)win vs Mario Diaz (1952)win vs Gil Turner (1952)win vs Fritzie Pruden (1952)win vs Ralph Zannelli (1952)win vs Don Williams (1952)win vs Bobby Dykes (1952)win vs Johnny Bratton (1953)win vs Carmen Basilio (1953)win vs Ralph Jones (1953)win vs Ramon Fuentes (1953)win vs Italo Scortichini (1953)loss vs Danny Womber (1953)win vs Livio Minelli (1953)win vs Chuck Davey (1953)win vs Vic Cardell (1953)win vs Aman Peck (1953)loss vs Johnny Saxton (1954)loss vs Bobo Olson (1954)win vs Livio Minelli (1954)win vs Johnny Cunningham (1954)loss vs Dogomar Martinez (1955)loss vs Eduardo Lausse (1955)win vs Juan Bautista Burgues (1955)win vs Cirilo Gil (1955)win vs Luigi Cemulini (1955)loss vs Bobby Dykes (1955)loss vs Hector Constance (1955)win vs Ernie Durando (1955)loss vs Ramon Fuentes (1956)loss vs Walter Byars (1956)win vs Chico Vejar (1956)loss vs Tony DeMarco (1956)win vs Jimmy Beecham (1956)draw vs Louis Trochon (1956)win vs Peter Waterman (1956)loss vs Germinal Ballarin (1956)win vs Walter Byars (1957)loss vs Gaspar Ortega (1957)loss vs Vince Martinez (1957)loss vs Del Flanagan (1957)loss vs Yama Bahama (1958)win vs Ralph Jones (1958)
winlossdraw / NC1943–1958

Record

Boxing record

108–30

143 bouts on record

Finish rate

26%

of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 5th percentile

By knockout: 28 (26%)By decision: 80 (74%)
  • By knockout 26%
  • By decision 74%

The career, bout by bout

128 recorded bouts from 1943 to 1958. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.

Career span

16y

1943–1958

Longest unbeaten run

24

without a loss — draws do not break it

Busiest year

1950

14 bouts

Recorded bouts

128

127 with a date

Standing questions

What this record does and does not say

What is Kid Gavilán's record?
108–30–5 in boxing. That is the aggregate stated in the English Wikipedia infobox; the results table on the same article lists 128 bouts individually.
How many of Kid Gavilán's bouts have no date?
1 of 128. The source lists them without a date this site can read, so they are printed with no year, sorted last, and drawn past the double rule in the record line rather than placed in the chronology. No year has been inferred for any of them.
Does a no contest change a record here?
No. A no contest is not a win, a loss or a draw, and it is never folded into one. It is counted and printed separately, so a 20–0 record with two no contests is shown as exactly that rather than as 22–0 or as 20–0 with the no contests dropped. The same applies to a bout overturned after the fact where the source records the change.
What happens when sources disagree about a fight?
This site publishes one source — the fighter's English Wikipedia article, read on the date printed under every table — and it does not silently reconcile that against anyone else's database. Where the article's own infobox total and its own results table disagree, both are shown and the page says which one each figure came from. Nothing is averaged, and no field is filled in from a second source to make a total balance.

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