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Jose Garcia Alvarez vs Kid Gavilán — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jose Garcia Alvarez

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Kid Gavilán

Jose Garcia Alvarez (1-2 across 3 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.

Alvarez

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Jose Garcia Alvarez and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.

Jose Garcia Alvarez and Kid Gavilán have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.
Met1947Feb 8Series
Jose Garcia AlvarezFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Kid GavilánFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Alvarez 0 · Gavilán 5 of 5 measurable rows
AlvarezGavilán
Record†
1-2108-30-5 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
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 1
1
0 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—9.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 143
3
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
Jose Garcia Alvarez: No date of birth
Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Stance
Jose Garcia Alvarez: Not recorded
Kid Gavilán: Orthodox

Jose Garcia Alvarez 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
Jose Garcia Alvarez1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Jose Garcia Alvarez: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 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 — Jose Garcia Alvarez 3, 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

Jose Garcia Alvarez last boxed on Oct 4, 1947 — 28,877 days ago. Alvarez had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Herbert Lewis Hardwick.LWL

Gavilán Feb 1947Hardwick Sep 1947Hardwick Oct 1947

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 Jose Garcia Alvarez and Kid Gavilán ever fought each other?
Yes. Jose Garcia Alvarez and Kid Gavilán met once on February 8, 1947, and Kid Gavilán won by PTS.
The meeting

LFeb 8, 1947 · Gavilán · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Alvarez or Gavilán?
Jose Garcia Alvarez is 1-2 across the 3 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 %

Alvarez1–233.3%

Gavilán108–30–577.3%

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

Alvarez0

Gavilán2825.9%

The Numbers ↓
Do Alvarez and Gavilán have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jose Garcia Alvarez and Kid Gavilán have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Alvarez and Gavilán?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Jose Garcia Alvarez and 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Alvarez3bouts

Gavilán143bouts

How They Win ↓

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