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.
Gene Hairston (2-4-1 across 7 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 2 common opponents.
Gene Hairston vs Kid Gavilán — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 1–1- Kid Gavilán wonGavilán vs HairstonMar 30, 1951 · UD
- Gene Hairston wonGavilán vs HairstonOct 30, 1950 · SD
The Numbers
- 2-4-1
- Record
- 108-30-5 (edge)
- 35.7%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 28 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 25.93%
- 50% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 26%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 2.6
- Bouts per year
- 4.6 (edge)
- 7
- Bouts tracked
- 147
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 97
- Age
- 100
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- United States
- Nationality
- Cuba
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGene Hairston · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Kid Gavilán · 110 wins
KO/TKO
29
Decision
81
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 147 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Gene Hairston
LLDWL
L2 streak · last fought Aug 27, 1952
Kid Gavilán
LLWWL
L2 streak · last fought Apr 5, 1975
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Gene Hairston or Kid Gavilán?
- Gene Hairston is 2-4-1 across the 7 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, Gene Hairston or Kid Gavilán?
- Gene Hairston has 1 knockout win and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.
- Do Gene Hairston and Kid Gavilán have any common opponents?
- Gene Hairston and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Bobo Olson and Johnny Bratton. Kid Gavilán fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gene Hairston and Kid Gavilán?
- This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Gene Hairston and 147 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.