Kid Gavilán

Career, Record, Stats

Kid Gavilán (The Cuban Hawk) was a Cuban professional boxer. He was a welterweight world champion. In a career spanning 15 years and 13 days, Gavilán amassed a record of 108-30-5, which includes 29 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990.

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LEGEND

Kid Gavilán's Boxing Career

Kid Gavilán was born in Berrocal, Camagüey, Cuba on January 6, 1926. He made his professional debut at the age of 17 years on June 5, 1943 against Antonio Diaz. Gavilán defeated Diaz via 6 round points decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Gavilán got his first shot at a world title at the age of 23 after 61 professional fights. On July 11, 1949 Gavilán challenged Sugar Ray Robinson's The Ring welterweight title but lost via 15-round unanimous decision.

He became a world champion on August 29, 1951 at the age of 25 years, after by defeating Billy Graham, the then-reining The Ring welterweight champion, via 15-round split decision. This was his 90th fight as a professional.

Gavilán's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Yama Bahama at age 32, on June 18, 1958.

Some of Kid Gavilán's best fights were against Ike Williams (HOFer) and Carmen Basilio (HOFer). For a complete list of Gavilán's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Kid Gavilán".

Gavilán has 30 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Kid Gavilán Losses".

Kid Gavilán's Boxing Record

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
143	Jun 18, 1958	32	Yama Bahama	loss	UD 10
142	Apr 04, 1958	32	Ralph Jones	win	SD 10
141	Feb 19, 1958	32	Ralph Jones	loss	SD 10
140	Nov 20, 1957	31	Walter Byars	win	UD 10
139	Oct 22, 1957	31	Gaspar Ortega	loss	SD 12
138	Jul 31, 1957	31	Gaspar Ortega	win	UD 10
137	Jun 17, 1957	31	Vince Martinez	loss	PTS 10
136	Apr 24, 1957	31	Del Flanagan	loss	UD 10
135	Feb 26, 1957	31	Vince Martinez	loss	PTS 10
134	Dec 20, 1956	30	Ramon Fuentes	loss	SD 10
133	Dec 04, 1956	30	Walter Byars	loss	SD 10
132	Nov 13, 1956	30	Chico Vejar	win	UD 10
131	Oct 13, 1956	30	Tony DeMarco 24 50-7-1	loss	UD 10
130	Aug 28, 1956	30	Jimmy Beecham	win	SD 10
129	May 12, 1956	30	Louis Trochon	draw	PTS 10
128	Apr 24, 1956	30	Peter Waterman	win	PTS 10
127	Mar 29, 1956	30	Germinal Ballarin	loss	PTS 10
126	Feb 07, 1956	30	Peter Waterman	loss	PTS 10
125	Dec 03, 1955	29	Dogomar Martinez	loss	PTS 10
124	Sep 03, 1955	29	Eduardo Lausse	loss	PTS 12
123	Aug 13, 1955	29	Juan Bautista Burgues	win	KO 7
122	Jul 24, 1955	29	Cirilo Gil	win	PTS 10
121	Jun 02, 1955	29	Luigi Cemulini	win	KO 3
120	Mar 16, 1955	29	Bobby Dykes	loss	UD 10
119	Feb 23, 1955	29	Hector Constance	loss	UD 10
118	Feb 04, 1955	29	Ernie Durando	win	SD 10
117	Oct 20, 1954	28	Johnny Saxton	loss	UD 15
116	Apr 02, 1954	28	Bobo Olson	loss	MD 15
115	Mar 08, 1954	28	Livio Minelli	win	UD 10
114	Feb 23, 1954	28	Johnny Cunningham	win	UD 10
113	Nov 13, 1953	27	Johnny Bratton	win	UD 15
112	Sep 18, 1953	27	Carmen Basilio 26 35-10-5	win	SD 15
111	Aug 26, 1953	27	Ralph Jones	win	UD 10
110	Jul 15, 1953	27	Ramon Fuentes	win	UD 10
109	Jun 10, 1953	27	Italo Scortichini	win	UD 10
108	May 02, 1953	27	Danny Womber	loss	UD 10
107	Apr 14, 1953	27	Livio Minelli	win	SD 10
106	Feb 11, 1953	27	Chuck Davey	win	TKO 10
105	Jan 21, 1953	27	Vic Cardell	win	UD 10
104	Jan 13, 1953	27	Aman Peck	win	UD 10
103	Oct 05, 1952	26	Billy Graham	win	UD 15
102	Sep 13, 1952	26	Eduardo Lausse	win	PTS 10
101	Sep 06, 1952	26	Rafael Merentino	win	TKO 9
100	Aug 16, 1952	26	Mario Diaz	win	MD 10
99	Jul 07, 1952	26	Gil Turner	win	TKO 11
98	May 28, 1952	26	Fritzie Pruden	win	TKO 6
97	May 19, 1952	26	Ralph Zannelli	win	UD 10
96	Feb 28, 1952	26	Don Williams	win	SD 10
95	Feb 04, 1952	26	Bobby Dykes	win	SD 15
94	Dec 14, 1951	25	Walter Cartier	win	TKO 10
93	Nov 28, 1951	25	Johnny Bratton	draw	PTS 10
92	Nov 07, 1951	25	Tony Janiro	win	TKO 4
91	Oct 04, 1951	25	Bobby Rosado	win	KO 7
90	Aug 29, 1951	25	Billy Graham	win	SD 15
89	Jul 16, 1951	25	Fritzie Pruden	win	UD 10
88	May 18, 1951	25	Johnny Bratton	win	UD 15
87	Apr 20, 1951	25	Aldo Minelli	win	UD 10
86	Mar 30, 1951	25	Gene Hairston	win	UD 10
85	Mar 10, 1951	25	Tommy Ciarlo	win	TKO 8
84	Feb 19, 1951	25	Tommy Ciarlo	win	PTS 10
83	Jan 26, 1951	25	Paddy Young	win	MD 10
82	Dec 22, 1950	24	Joe Miceli	win	SD 10
81	Dec 04, 1950	24	Tony Janiro	win	UD 10
80	Nov 17, 1950	24	Billy Graham	win	MD 10
79	Oct 30, 1950	24	Gene Hairston	loss	SD 10
78	Oct 23, 1950	24	Tommy Ciarlo	draw	PTS 10
77	Aug 16, 1950	24	Johnny Greco	win	KO 6
76	Jul 13, 1950	24	Phil Burton	win	PTS 10
75	Jul 03, 1950	24	Sonny Horne	win	PTS 10
74	Jun 19, 1950	24	Bobby Mann	win	PTS 10
73	Jun 08, 1950	24	Mike Koballa	win	UD 10
72	May 26, 1950	24	Georgie Small	win	UD 10
71	May 08, 1950	24	George Costner	loss	MD 10
70	Mar 20, 1950	24	Robert Villemain	loss	SD 10
69	Mar 06, 1950	24	Otis Graham	win	SD 10
68	Feb 10, 1950	24	Billy Graham	loss	SD 10
67	Dec 17, 1949	23	Bobby Lee	win	PTS 10
66	Nov 21, 1949	23	Laurent Dauthuille	win	UD 10
65	Oct 21, 1949	23	Lester Felton	loss	SD 10
64	Oct 14, 1949	23	Beau Jack	win	UD 10
63	Sep 09, 1949	23	Rocky Castellani	win	UD 10
62	Jul 11, 1949	23	Sugar Ray Robinson 28 94-1-2	loss	UD 15
61	Jun 02, 1949	23	Cliff Hart	win	TKO 2
60	May 02, 1949	23	Al Priest	win	UD 10
59	Apr 01, 1949	23	Ike Williams 25 98-11-4	win	UD 10
58	Jan 28, 1949	23	Ike Williams 25 98-10-4	win	MD 10
57	Dec 11, 1948	22	Abdeslam ben Buker	win	PTS 10
56	Nov 12, 1948	22	Tony Pellone	win	UD 10
55	Oct 21, 1948	22	Vinnie Rossano	win	TKO 6
54	Sep 23, 1948	22	Sugar Ray Robinson 27 86-1-1	loss	UD 10
53	Aug 12, 1948	22	Buster Tyler	win	UD 10
52	Jul 22, 1948	22	Roman Alvarez	win	UD 10
51	May 28, 1948	22	Rocco Rossano	win	KO 1
50	Apr 26, 1948	22	Tommy Bell	win	SD 10
49	Apr 13, 1948	22	Doug Ratford	loss	UD 10
48	Feb 27, 1948	22	Ike Williams 24 90-10-4	loss	UD 10
47	Feb 13, 1948	22	Vinnie Rossano	win	UD 10
46	Jan 23, 1948	22	Joe Curcio	win	TKO 2
45	Jan 12, 1948	22	Gene Burton	draw	PTS 10
44	Dec 29, 1947	21	Buster Tyler	draw	PTS 10
43	Nov 03, 1947	21	Bee Bee Wright	win	TKO 10
42	Oct 23, 1947	21	Billy Nixon	win	UD 8
41	Sep 18, 1947	21	Billy Justine	win	UD 8
40	Sep 15, 1947	21	Charley Milan	win	TKO 1
39	Sep 02, 1947	21	Doug Ratford	loss	PTS 10
38	Aug 18, 1947	21	Bobby Lee	win	UD 10
37	Aug 11, 1947	21	Charley Williams	win	KO 2
36	Apr 26, 1947	21	Vince Gambill	win	KO 2
35	Mar 12, 1947	21	Nick Moran	win	PTS 10
34	Feb 22, 1947	21	Baby Coullimber	win	PTS 10
33	Feb 08, 1947	21	Jose Garvia Alvarez	win	PTS 10
32	Jan 25, 1947	21	Julio Pedroso	win	PTS 10
31	Dec 13, 1946	20	Johnny Williams	win	PTS 10
30	Dec 02, 1946	20	Johnny Williams	win	UD 10
29	Nov 01, 1946	20	Johnny Ryan	win	TKO 5
28	Sep 07, 1946	20	Hankin Barrow	win	PTS 10
27	Aug 24, 1946	20	Jack Larrimore	win	KO 3
26	Aug 03, 1946	20	Hankin Barrow	win	KO 7
25	Jun 22, 1946	20	Chico Varona	win	PTS 10
24	May 04, 1946	20	Tony Mar	loss	PTS 10
23	Mar 09, 1946	20	Santiago Sosa	win	PTS 10
22	Mar 02, 1946	20	Jose Zorilla	win	KO 4
21	Feb 09, 1946	20	Kid Bururu	win	PTS 10
20	Jan 26, 1946	20	Kid Bururu	win	PTS 10
19	Nov 17, 1945	19	Johnny Suarez	win	PTS 10
18	Nov 03, 1945	19	Carlos Malacara	win	PTS 10
17	Sep 25, 1945	19	Carlos Malacara	loss	PTS 10
16	Sep 08, 1945	19	Pedro Ortega	win	KO 6
15	Aug 11, 1945	19	Julio Cesar Jimenez	win	PTS 10
14	Jul 07, 1945	19	Joe Pedroso	win	KO 4
13	Jun 23, 1945	19	Pedro Ortega	win	PTS 10
12	May 26, 1945	19	Julio Cesar Jimenez	win	PTS 10
11	May 13, 1945	19	Kid Bebo	win	KO 4
10	Apr 21, 1945	19	Santiago Sosa	win	KO 9
9	Mar 10, 1945	19	Joe Pedroso	win	PTS 10
8	Feb 10, 1945	19	Bombon Oriental	win	PTS 10
7	Dec 23, 1944	18	Miguel Acevedo	win	PTS 10
6	Nov 25, 1944	18	Bombon Oriental	win	PTS 10
5	Oct 01, 1944	18	Juan Villalba	win	TKO 9
4	Sep 11, 1943	17	Sergio Prieto	win	TKO 5
3	Aug 07, 1943	17	Nanito Kid Dustet	win	PTS 6
2	Jun 12, 1943	17	Bartolo Molina	win	PTS 4
1	Jun 05, 1943	17	Antonio Diaz	win	PTS 6

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