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Kid Gavilán vs Mike Koballa — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Kid Gavilán

Mike Koballa

Kid Gavilán (108-30-5) and Mike Koballa (1-5 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Gavilán

108

Wins28 KO · 26%

30

Losses

5

Draws143 tracked bouts

Koballa

Tracked record

1–5

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Kid Gavilán and Mike Koballa have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.

Kid Gavilán and Mike Koballa have met 1 time; Gavilán leads 1–0.
Met1950Jun 8Series
Kid GavilánFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Mike KoballaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Gavilán 5 · Koballa 0 of 5 measurable rows
GavilánKoballa
Record†
108-30-5 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%
77.3% (edge)
16.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 28
28 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
25.93%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
27% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 0
0
0
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 9.5
9.5 (edge)
1.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 143
143
6

† 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
Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Mike Koballa: No date of birth
Stance
Kid Gavilán: Orthodox
Mike Koballa: Not recorded

Kid Gavilán left, Mike Koballa right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Mike Koballa1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Mike Koballa: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Kid Gavilán 143, Mike Koballa 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Gavilán better on 2 · even on 2

Gavilán

Opponent

Koballa

  • Kid Gavilán

    2–1 against

    Win, SD

    1958

    Loss, SD

    1958

    Win, UD

    1953

    JonesGavilán better

    Mike Koballa

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1952

    Loss, UD

    1952

  • Kid Gavilán

    Loss, UD

    1954

    SaxtonEven

    Mike Koballa

    Loss, PTS

    1950

  • Kid Gavilán

    Win, SD

    1953

    BasilioEven

    Mike Koballa

    Win, UD

    1950

  • Kid Gavilán

    3–1 against

    Win, UD

    1952

    Win, SD

    1951

    Win, MD

    1950

    Loss, SD

    1950

    GrahamGavilán better

    Mike Koballa

    Loss, UD

    1949

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

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

Mike Koballa last boxed on Oct 30, 1952 — 27,020 days ago. Koballa had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Basilio Mar 1950Gavilán Jun 1950Saxton Jun 1950Jones Apr 1952Jones Oct 19521.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kid Gavilán and Mike Koballa ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Gavilán and Mike Koballa met once on June 8, 1950, and Kid Gavilán won by UD.
The meeting

WJun 8, 1950 · Gavilán · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gavilán or Koballa?
Kid Gavilán is 108-30-5 and Mike Koballa is 1-5 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Kid Gavilán has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Gavilán108–30–577.3%

Koballa1–516.7%

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

Gavilán2825.9%

Koballa0

The Numbers ↓
Do Gavilán and Koballa have any common opponents?
Kid Gavilán and Mike Koballa share 4 common opponents: Tiger Jones, Johnny Saxton and Carmen Basilio (and 1 other). Kid Gavilán fared better against 2 of them.
4 shared opponents

Tiger Jones2–1L

Johnny SaxtonLL

Carmen BasilioWW

Billy Graham3–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gavilán and Koballa?
This comparison is drawn from 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán and 6 bouts tracked for Mike Koballa. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gavilán143bouts

Koballa6bouts

How They Win ↓

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