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George Costner vs Kid Gavilán — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

George Costner

🇨🇺CUBA

Kid Gavilán

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.

Costner

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 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

Costner leads 1–0

George Costner and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Costner leads 1–0.

George Costner and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Costner leads 1–0.
Met1950May 8Series
George CostnerFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Kid GavilánFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Costner 0 · Gavilán 6 of 6 measurable rows
CostnerGavilán
Record†
2-3108-30-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
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 3
3
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.5
0.9
9.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 143
5
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
George Costner: Died aged 79
Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Stance
George Costner: Not recorded
Kid Gavilán: Orthodox

George Costner 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
George Costner2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

George Costner: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

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 — George Costner 5, Kid Gavilán 143 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Costner better on 1 · even on 1

Costner

Opponent

Gavilán

  • George Costner

    Win, UD

    1950

    WilliamsCostner better

    Kid Gavilán

    2–1 against

    Win, UD

    1949

    Win, MD

    1949

    Loss, UD

    1948

  • George Costner

    0–2 against

    Loss, KO 1

    1950

    Loss, KO 1

    1945

    RobinsonEven

    Kid Gavilán

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1949

    Loss, UD

    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

George Costner has won two straight since three straight losses. Costner last boxed on Jul 12, 1950.LLLWW

Robinson Feb 1945LaMotta Mar 1945Robinson Mar 1950Gavilán May 1950Williams Jul 19500.9 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 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.
The meeting

WMay 8, 1950 · Costner · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Costner or 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.
Records · win %

Costner2–340%

Gavilán108–30–577.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Costner or Gavilán?
George Costner has 0 knockout wins and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Costner0

Gavilán2825.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Costner and 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.
2 shared opponents

Ike WilliamsW2–1

Sugar Ray RobinsonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Costner and Gavilán?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for George Costner and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Costner5bouts

Gavilán143bouts

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