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

Johnny Ryan

🇨🇺CUBA

Kid Gavilán

Johnny Ryan (0-5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Ryan

Tracked record

0–5

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

Gavilán leads 1–0

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

Johnny Ryan and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.
Met1946Nov 1Series
Johnny RyanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kid GavilánFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Ryan 0 · Gavilán 5 of 5 measurable rows
RyanGavilán
Record†
0-5108-30-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 28
0
28 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—25.93%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—27%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.5
0.1
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 held
Johnny Ryan: No date of birth
Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Stance
Johnny Ryan: Not recorded
Kid Gavilán: Orthodox

Johnny Ryan 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 Ryan0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Johnny Ryan: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ryan yet.

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

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Johnny Ryan last boxed on Nov 1, 1946 — 29,211 days ago. Ryan had lost five straight.LLLLL

Moran May 1906Wright Nov 1932Armstrong Feb 1933Lytell Apr 1945Gavilán Nov 19460.1 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 Ryan and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Ryan and Kid Gavilán met once on November 1, 1946, and Kid Gavilán won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LNov 1, 1946 · Gavilán · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ryan or Gavilán?
Johnny Ryan is 0-5 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 %

Ryan0–50%

Gavilán108–30–577.3%

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

Ryan0

Gavilán2825.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Ryan and Gavilán have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Ryan and Kid Gavilán have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ryan and Gavilán?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Johnny Ryan and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ryan5bouts

Gavilán143bouts

How They Win ↓

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