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Johnny Cunningham (2-6-1 across 9 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.

Johnny Cunningham vs Kid Gavilán — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Cunningham

Tracked record

2–6–1

9 tracked bouts

🇨🇺CUBA

Kid Gavilán

108–30–5

147 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

Kid Gavilán leads 1–0

The Numbers

2-6-1
Record
108-30-5 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

27.8%
Win %
77.3% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
28 (edge)
KO rate
25.93%
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
26% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

3
Times stopped
1 (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
0
0.6
Bouts per year
4.6 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

9
Bouts tracked
147

Tale of the Tape

Age
100
Stance
Orthodox
Nationality
Cuba

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Johnny Cunningham · 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 (9 and 147 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Johnny Cunningham

    LKO R4 · Nov 1953LPTS · Aug 1949WSD · Aug 1949LKO R2 · Jun 1949DPTS · Jan 1949

    Carmen Basilio

    Kid Gavilán

    WSD · Sep 1953
  • Johnny Cunningham

    LKO R5 · Mar 1952

    Ike Williams

    Kid Gavilán

    WUD · Apr 1949WMD · Jan 1949LUD · Feb 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

Johnny Cunningham

LLWLL

L2 streak · last fought Feb 23, 1954

Kid Gavilán

LLWWL

L2 streak · last fought Apr 5, 1975

Common Questions

Have Johnny Cunningham and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Cunningham and Kid Gavilán met once on February 23, 1954, and Kid Gavilán won by UD.
Who has the better record, Johnny Cunningham or Kid Gavilán?
Johnny Cunningham is 2-6-1 across the 9 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, Johnny Cunningham or Kid Gavilán?
Johnny Cunningham has 0 knockout wins and Kid Gavilán has 28. Kid Gavilán has more.
Do Johnny Cunningham and Kid Gavilán have any common opponents?
Johnny Cunningham and Kid Gavilán share 2 common opponents: Carmen Basilio and Ike Williams. Kid Gavilán fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Cunningham and Kid Gavilán?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Johnny Cunningham and 147 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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