Have Gene Burton and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?

Yes. Gene Burton and Kid Gavilán met once on January 12, 1948, and the bout was a draw by PTS.

Who has the better record, Burton or Gavilán?

Gene Burton is 3-3-2 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, Burton or Gavilán?

Gene Burton has 0 knockout wins and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.

Do Burton and Gavilán have any common opponents?

Gene Burton and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Johnny Bratton and Ike Williams. Kid Gavilán fared better against 1 of them.

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

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

Gene Burton vs Kid Gavilán — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Gene Burton

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Kid Gavilán

Gene Burton (3-3-2 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.

Burton

Tracked record

3–3–2

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

Series level 0–0 with 1 draw

Gene Burton and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Series level 0–0 with 1 draw.
Met	1948Jan 12	Series
Gene BurtonFighter A	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Kid GavilánFighter B	DDraw	0–0–1W–L–D
Result	PTSGavilán vs Burton	1Meeting

Gavilán vs Burton · Jan 12, 1948

The Numbers

Burton 0 · Gavilán 6 of 6 measurable rows

BurtonEdge = longer wingGavilán

Record^†: 3-3-2108-30-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 50%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28: 0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —25.93%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
27% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 2: 2
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0: 0
0
Bouts per year^§max 9.5: 1
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: Gene Burton: No date of birth; Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Stance: Gene Burton: Not recorded; Kid Gavilán: Orthodox

Gene Burton 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

Gene Burton3 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

3 on the cards 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 — Gene Burton 8, Kid Gavilán 143 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Gavilán better on 1 · even on 12 shared · Kid Gavilán better on 1 · even on 1

BurtonGene Burton

Opponent

GavilánKid Gavilán

Gene Burton
2–0 against
Win, UD
1947Oct 1947
Win, UD
1947Jun 1947
BrattonJohnny BrattonUnited States 60–24–3EvenEven — Gene Burton 2–0, Kid Gavilán 2–0–1
Kid Gavilán
2–0–1 against
Win, UD
1953Nov 1953
Draw, PTS
1951Nov 1951
Win, UD
1951May 1951
Gene Burton
1–2 against
Win, UD
1947Jan 1947
Loss, UD
1945Aug 1945
Loss, KO 4
1942Oct 1942
WilliamsIke WilliamsUnited States 128–24–5 · LightweightGavilán betterKid Gavilán better — 2–1 to 1–2
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

Gene Burton last boxed on Oct 4, 1950 — 27,776 days ago. Burton had lost the most recent, to Rocky Graziano.WWWDL

Williams Jan 1947Bratton Jun 1947Bratton Oct 1947Gavilán Jan 1948Graziano Oct 19501 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 Gene Burton and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?: Yes. Gene Burton and Kid Gavilán met once on January 12, 1948, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
Who has the better record, Burton or Gavilán?: Gene Burton is 3-3-2 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, Burton or Gavilán?: Gene Burton has 0 knockout wins and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.
Do Burton and Gavilán have any common opponents?: Gene Burton and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Johnny Bratton and Ike Williams. Kid Gavilán fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Burton and Gavilán?: This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Gene Burton and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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