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Kid Gavilán vs Peter Waterman — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇨🇺CUBA

Kid Gavilán

🇬🇧UNITED KINGDOM

Peter Waterman

Kid Gavilán (108-30-5) and Peter Waterman (1-1 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Gavilán

108

Wins28 KO · 26%

30

Losses

5

Draws143 tracked bouts

Waterman

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Series level 1–1

Kid Gavilán and Peter Waterman have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.

Kid Gavilán and Peter Waterman have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met1956Feb 71956Apr 24Series
Kid GavilánFighter ALLostWWon1–1W–L
Peter WatermanFighter BWWonLLost1–1W–L
ResultPTSPTS2Meetings

The Numbers

Gavilán 4 · Waterman 0 of 4 measurable rows
GavilánWaterman
Record†
108-30-5 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
77.3% (edge)
50%
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§not comparable
9.5—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 143
143
2

† 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 comparable
Kid Gavilán: Died aged 77
Peter Waterman: Died aged 51
Stance
Kid Gavilán: Orthodox
Peter Waterman: Not recorded

Kid Gavilán left, Peter Waterman 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%

Peter Waterman1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Peter Waterman: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 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, Peter Waterman 2 — 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

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

Peter Waterman had won one in a row before losing a decision to Kid Gavilán. Waterman last boxed on Apr 24, 1956.WL

Gavilán Feb 1956Gavilán Apr 1956

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Kid Gavilán and Peter Waterman ever fought each other?
Yes. Kid Gavilán and Peter Waterman have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
The 2 meetings

WApr 24, 1956 · Gavilán · PTS

LFeb 7, 1956 · Waterman · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gavilán or Waterman?
Kid Gavilán is 108-30-5 and Peter Waterman is 1-1 across the 2 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%

Waterman1–150%

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

Gavilán2825.9%

Waterman0

The Numbers ↓
Do Gavilán and Waterman have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Kid Gavilán and Peter Waterman have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gavilán and Waterman?
This comparison is drawn from 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán and 2 bouts tracked for Peter Waterman. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gavilán143bouts

Waterman2bouts

How They Win ↓

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