On September 23, 1948, Sugar Ray Robinson (86-1-1, 58 KOs) and Kid Gavilán (46-5-2, 16 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Sugar Ray Robinson is coming in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Bernard Docusen, 2 months and 26 days ago. Kid Gavilán is on a 4-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Buster Tyler, 1 month and 11 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Sugar Ray Robinson at 99-1 winning odds. Kid Gavilán really doesn't have much to present against Robinson.
Sugar Ray Robinson defeated Kid Gavilán via unanimous decision in the 10-round fight. Robinson improves his record to 87-1-1, while Gavilán adds a loss to his record at 46-6-2.