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.
George Costner (2-3 across 5 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.
George Costner vs Kid Gavilán — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
George Costner leads 1–0- George Costner wonGavilán vs CostnerMay 8, 1950 · MD
The Numbers
- 2-3
- Record
- 108-30-5 (edge)
- 40%
- Win %
- 77.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 28 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 25.93%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 26% (edge)
- 3
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.9
- Bouts per year
- 4.6 (edge)
- 5
- 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
- 103
- Age
- 100
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- United States
- Nationality
- Cuba
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyGeorge Costner · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
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 (5 and 147 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedGeorge Costner
LKO R1 · Mar 1950LKO R1 · Feb 1945Kid Gavilán
LUD · Jul 1949LUD · Sep 1948
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
George Costner
WWLLL
W2 streak · last fought Jul 12, 1950
Kid Gavilán
LLWWL
L2 streak · last fought Apr 5, 1975
Common Questions
- Have George Costner and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?
- Yes. George Costner and Kid Gavilán met once on May 8, 1950, and George Costner won by MD.
- Who has the better record, George Costner or Kid Gavilán?
- George Costner is 2-3 across the 5 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, George Costner or Kid Gavilán?
- George Costner has 0 knockout wins and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.
- Do George Costner and Kid Gavilán have any common opponents?
- George Costner and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Ike Williams and Sugar Ray Robinson. George Costner fared better against 1 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on George Costner and Kid Gavilán?
- This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for George Costner and 147 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.