Have Kid Gavilán and Walter Byars ever fought each other?

Yes. Kid Gavilán and Walter Byars have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.

Who has the better record, Gavilán or Byars?

Kid Gavilán is 108-30-5 and Walter Byars is 1-3 across the 4 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.

Who has more knockouts, Gavilán or Byars?

Kid Gavilán has 28 knockout wins and Walter Byars has 0. Kid Gavilán has more.

Do Gavilán and Byars have any common opponents?

Kid Gavilán and Walter Byars share 1 common opponent: Tony DeMarco. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gavilán and Byars?

This comparison is drawn from 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán and 4 bouts tracked for Walter Byars. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Kid Gavilán vs Walter Byars — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Kid Gavilán

Walter Byars

Kid Gavilán (108-30-5) and Walter Byars (1-3 across 4 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 1 common opponent.

Gavilán

108

Wins28 KO · 26%

Losses

Draws143 tracked bouts

Byars

Tracked record

1–3

counted from 4 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 Walter Byars have met 2 times; Series level 1–1.
Met	1956Dec 4	1957Nov 20	Series
Kid GavilánFighter A	LLost	WWon	1–1W–L
Walter ByarsFighter B	WWon	LLost	1–1W–L
Result	SDGavilán vs Byars	UDGavilán vs Byars	2Meetings

The Numbers

Gavilán 4 · Byars 0 of 4 measurable rows

GavilánEdge = longer wingByars

Record^†: 108-30-5 (edge)1-3
Win %0–100%: 77.3% (edge)
25%
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
4

† 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; Walter Byars: No date of birth
Stance: Kid Gavilán: Orthodox; Walter Byars: Not recorded

Kid Gavilán left, Walter Byars 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

29 by KO/TKO 27%79 on the cards 73%

Walter Byars1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

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, Walter Byars 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 11 shared · even on 1

GavilánKid Gavilán

Opponent

ByarsWalter Byars

Kid Gavilán
Loss, UD
1956Oct 1956
DeMarcoTony DeMarcoUnited States 58–12–1 · WelterweightEvenEven — 0–1 both
Walter Byars
Loss, MD
1957May 1957

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

Walter Byars last boxed on Nov 20, 1957 — 25,171 days ago. Byars had lost three straight, after one straight win.WLLL

Gavilán Dec 1956DeMarco May 1957Akins Jun 1957Gavilán Nov 1957

Common Questions

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Have Kid Gavilán and Walter Byars ever fought each other?: Yes. Kid Gavilán and Walter Byars have met 2 times and the series is level at 1-1.
Who has the better record, Gavilán or Byars?: Kid Gavilán is 108-30-5 and Walter Byars is 1-3 across the 4 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.
Who has more knockouts, Gavilán or Byars?: Kid Gavilán has 28 knockout wins and Walter Byars has 0. Kid Gavilán has more.
Do Gavilán and Byars have any common opponents?: Kid Gavilán and Walter Byars share 1 common opponent: Tony DeMarco. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gavilán and Byars?: This comparison is drawn from 143 bouts tracked for Kid Gavilán and 4 bouts tracked for Walter Byars. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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