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

Johnny Cunningham

🇨🇺CUBA

Kid Gavilán

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.

Cunningham

Tracked record

2–6–1

counted from 9 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

Gavilán leads 1–0

Johnny Cunningham and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.

Johnny Cunningham and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.
Met1954Feb 23Series
Johnny CunninghamFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kid GavilánFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Cunningham 0 · Gavilán 6 of 6 measurable rows
CunninghamGavilán
Record†
2-6-1108-30-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
27.8%
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
0.6
9.5 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 143
9
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 held
Johnny Cunningham: No date of birth
Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Stance
Johnny Cunningham: Not recorded
Kid Gavilán: Orthodox

Johnny Cunningham 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
Johnny Cunningham2 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Johnny Cunningham: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 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 — Johnny Cunningham 9, Kid Gavilán 143 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Gavilán better on 2

Cunningham

Opponent

Gavilán

  • Johnny Cunningham

    1–3–1 against

    Loss, KO 4

    1953

    Loss, PTS

    1949

    Win, SD

    1949

    Loss, KO 2

    1949

    Draw, PTS

    1949

    BasilioGavilán better

    Kid Gavilán

    Win, SD

    1953

  • Johnny Cunningham

    Loss, KO 5

    1952

    WilliamsGavilán better

    Kid Gavilán

    2–1 against

    Win, UD

    1949

    Win, MD

    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

Johnny Cunningham last boxed on Feb 23, 1954 — 26,535 days ago. Cunningham had lost two straight, after one straight win.LLWLL

Basilio Aug 1949Williams Mar 1952Carter Sep 1953Basilio Nov 1953Gavilán Feb 19540.6 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 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.
The meeting

LFeb 23, 1954 · Gavilán · UD

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

Cunningham2–6–127.8%

Gavilán108–30–577.3%

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

Cunningham0

Gavilán2825.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cunningham and 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.
2 shared opponents

Carmen Basilio1–3–1W

Ike WilliamsL2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cunningham and Gavilán?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Johnny Cunningham and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cunningham9bouts

Gavilán143bouts

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