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Gene Hairston vs Kid Gavilán — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Gene Hairston

🇨🇺CUBA

Kid Gavilán

Gene Hairston (2-5-1 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 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Hairston

Tracked record

2–5–1

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Gavilán

108

Wins28 KO · 26%

30

Losses

5

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 1–1

Gene Hairston and Kid Gavilán have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Gene Hairston and Kid Gavilán have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1950Oct 301951Mar 30Series
Gene HairstonFighter AWWonLLost1–1W–L
Kid GavilánFighter BLLostWWon1–1W–L
ResultSDUD2Meetings

The Numbers

Hairston 1 · Gavilán 5 of 6 measurable rows
HairstonGavilán
Record†
2-5-1108-30-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
31.3%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
1
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—25.93%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
27%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.5
3
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 comparable
Gene Hairston: Died aged 85
Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Stance
Gene Hairston: Not recorded
Kid Gavilán: Orthodox

Gene Hairston 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 Hairston2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

Gene Hairston: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

Kid Gavilán108 wins · from 143 tracked bouts

Kid Gavilán: 108 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (27%) and 79 on the cards (73%). Counted from 143 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Gavilán better on 2 · even on 1

Hairston

Opponent

Gavilán

  • Gene Hairston

    Loss, TKO 6

    1952

    OlsonEven

    Kid Gavilán

    Loss, MD

    1954

  • Gene Hairston

    Loss, TKO 2

    1950

    BrattonGavilán better

    Kid Gavilán

    2–0–1 against

    Win, UD

    1953

    Draw, PTS

    1951

    Win, UD

    1951

  • Gene Hairston

    Loss, SD

    1951

    CastellaniGavilán better

    Kid Gavilán

    Win, UD

    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

Gene Hairston has lost two straight. Hairston last boxed on Aug 27, 1952.WLDLL

Pender Apr 1951Castellani Jul 1951LaMotta Mar 1952LaMotta May 1952Olson Aug 19523 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 Hairston and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?
Yes. Gene Hairston and Kid Gavilán have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

LMar 30, 1951 · Gavilán · UD

WOct 30, 1950 · Hairston · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Hairston or Gavilán?
Gene Hairston is 2-5-1 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.
Records · win %

Hairston2–5–131.3%

Gavilán108–30–577.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Hairston or Gavilán?
Gene Hairston has 1 knockout win and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Hairston1

Gavilán2825.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Hairston and Gavilán have any common opponents?
Gene Hairston and Kid Gavilán share 3 common opponents: Bobo Olson, Johnny Bratton and Rocky Castellani. Kid Gavilán fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Bobo OlsonLL

Johnny BrattonL2–0–1

Rocky CastellaniLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hairston and Gavilán?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Gene Hairston and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Hairston8bouts

Gavilán143bouts

How They Win ↓

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