Have Billy Nixon and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?

Yes. Billy Nixon and Kid Gavilán met once on October 23, 1947, and Kid Gavilán won by UD.

Who has the better record, Nixon or Gavilán?

Billy Nixon is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Gavilán is 108-30-5. Kid Gavilán has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.

Who has more knockouts, Nixon or Gavilán?

Billy Nixon has 0 knockout wins and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.

Do Nixon and Gavilán have any common opponents?

Billy Nixon and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Sugar Ray Robinson and Ike Williams. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nixon and Gavilán?

This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Billy Nixon and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Billy Nixon vs Kid Gavilán — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Billy Nixon

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Kid Gavilán

Billy Nixon (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Kid Gavilán (108-30-5) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Nixon

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gavilán

108

Wins28 KO · 26%

Losses

Draws143 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Gavilán leads 1–0

Billy Nixon and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.
Met	1947Oct 23	Series
Billy NixonFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Kid GavilánFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	UDGavilán vs Nixon	1Meeting

Gavilán vs Nixon · Oct 23, 1947

The Numbers

Nixon 0 · Gavilán 5 of 5 measurable rows

NixonEdge = longer wingGavilán

Record^†: 0-4108-30-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 0%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28: 0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —25.93%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡not comparable: —27%
Times stopped^‡max 3: 3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 9.5: 0.1
9.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 143: 4
143

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Agenot held: Billy Nixon: No date of birth; Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Stance: Billy Nixon: Not recorded; Kid Gavilán: Orthodox

Billy Nixon left, Kid Gavilán right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Billy Nixon0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Nixon yet.

Kid Gavilán108 wins · from 143 tracked bouts

29 by KO/TKO 27%79 on the cards 73%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Billy Nixon 4, Kid Gavilán 143 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Nixon better on 1 · Gavilán better on 12 shared · Billy Nixon better on 1 · Kid Gavilán better on 1

NixonBilly Nixon

Opponent

GavilánKid Gavilán

Billy Nixon
Loss, TKO 6
1947Dec 1947
RobinsonSugar Ray RobinsonUnited States 174–19–6Nixon betterBilly Nixon better — 0–1 to 0–2
Kid Gavilán
0–2 against
Loss, UD
1949Jul 1949
Loss, UD
1948Sep 1948
Billy Nixon
Loss, TKO 4
1948Nov 1948
WilliamsIke WilliamsUnited States 128–24–5 · LightweightGavilán betterKid Gavilán better — 2–1 to 0–1
Kid Gavilán
2–1 against
Win, UD
1949Apr 1949
Win, MD
1949Jan 1949
Loss, UD
1948Feb 1948

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Nixon last boxed on Nov 18, 1948 — 28,461 days ago. Nixon had lost four straight.LLLL

Nelson Sep 1911Gavilán Oct 1947Robinson Dec 1947Williams Nov 19480.1 tracked bouts per year

Kid Gavilán had won one in a row before losing a decision to Yama Bahama. Gavilán last boxed on Jun 18, 1958.LWLWL

Ortega Oct 1957Byars Nov 1957Jones Feb 1958Jones Apr 1958Bahama Jun 19589.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Billy Nixon and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?: Yes. Billy Nixon and Kid Gavilán met once on October 23, 1947, and Kid Gavilán won by UD.
Who has the better record, Nixon or Gavilán?: Billy Nixon is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Kid Gavilán is 108-30-5. Kid Gavilán has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Who has more knockouts, Nixon or Gavilán?: Billy Nixon has 0 knockout wins and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.
Do Nixon and Gavilán have any common opponents?: Billy Nixon and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Sugar Ray Robinson and Ike Williams. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nixon and Gavilán?: This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Billy Nixon and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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