Have Ernie Durando and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?

Yes. Ernie Durando and Kid Gavilán met once on February 4, 1955, and Kid Gavilán won by SD.

Who has the better record, Durando or Gavilán?

Ernie Durando is 1-7 across the 8 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, Durando or Gavilán?

Ernie Durando has 1 knockout win and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.

Do Durando and Gavilán have any common opponents?

Ernie Durando and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Tiger Jones and Rocky Castellani. Kid Gavilán fared better against 2 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Ernie Durando and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Ernie Durando vs Kid Gavilán — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Ernie Durando

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Kid Gavilán

Ernie Durando (1-7 across 8 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.

Durando

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 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

Ernie Durando and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.
Met	1955Feb 4	Series
Ernie DurandoFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Kid GavilánFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	SDGavilán vs Durando	1Meeting

Gavilán vs Durando · Feb 4, 1955

The Numbers

Durando 1 · Gavilán 5 of 6 measurable rows

DurandoEdge = longer wingGavilán

Record^†: 1-7108-30-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 12.5%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28: 1
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —25.93%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
27%
Times stopped^‡max 1: 1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 9.5: 1.5
9.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 143: 8
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: Ernie Durando: No date of birth; Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Stance: Ernie Durando: Not recorded; Kid Gavilán: Orthodox

Ernie Durando 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

Ernie Durando1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Ernie Durando 8, Kid Gavilán 143 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Gavilán better on 22 shared · Kid Gavilán better on 2

DurandoErnie Durando

Opponent

GavilánKid Gavilán

Ernie Durando
Loss, TKO 6
1955Jun 1955
JonesTiger JonesUnited States 52–32–5Gavilán betterKid Gavilán better — 2–1 to 0–1
Kid Gavilán
2–1 against
Win, SD
1958Apr 1958
Loss, SD
1958Feb 1958
Win, UD
1953Aug 1953
Ernie Durando
1–2 against
Loss, UD
1954Feb 1954
Win, TKO 7
1952Jan 1952
Loss, UD
1950Jan 1950
CastellaniRocky CastellaniUnited States 69–14–6Gavilán betterKid Gavilán better — 1–0 to 1–2
Kid Gavilán
Win, UD
1949Sep 1949

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

Ernie Durando last boxed on Jun 16, 1955 — 26,059 days ago. Durando had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Castellani Jan 1952Giardello Jun 1953Castellani Feb 1954Gavilán Feb 1955Jones Jun 19551.5 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 Ernie Durando and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?: Yes. Ernie Durando and Kid Gavilán met once on February 4, 1955, and Kid Gavilán won by SD.
Who has the better record, Durando or Gavilán?: Ernie Durando is 1-7 across the 8 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, Durando or Gavilán?: Ernie Durando has 1 knockout win and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.
Do Durando and Gavilán have any common opponents?: Ernie Durando and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Tiger Jones and Rocky Castellani. Kid Gavilán fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Durando and Gavilán?: This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Ernie Durando and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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