Record details

Kid Gavilan

"The Cuban Hawk"

Welterweight

Male

(Gerardo González)
Cuba, La Habana
Born: 6 January 1926, Berrocal, Camagüey, Cuba
Died: 13 February 2003, Miami, Florida, USA
Height: 5ft 10 2/3in, mt 1,79

No amateur results

Professional record


1943
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 5	Antonio Diaz	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ June 12	Bartolo Molina	Havana, Cuba	W 4
+ Aug. 7	Valeriano Nanito Kid Dust	Havana, Cuba	W 6
+ Sept. 11	Sergio Prieto	Havana, Cuba	TKO 5

1944
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 1	Juan Villalba	Havana, Cuba	TKO 9
+ Nov. 25	Bombon Oriental	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Dec. 23	Miguel Acevedo	Havana, Cuba	W 10

1945
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 10	Bombon Oriental	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Mar. 10	Joe Pedroso	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Apr. 21	Santiago Sosa	Havana, Cuba	KO 9
+ May 13	Kid Bebo	Cienfuegos, Cuba	KO 4
+ May 26	Julio Cesar Jimenez	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ June 23	Pedro Ortega	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ July 7	Joe Pedroso	Havana, Cuba	KO 4
Cuban Lightweight Title
+ Aug. 11	Julio Cesar Jimenez	Mexico City, Mexico	W 10
+ Sept. 8	Pedro Ortega	Mexico City, Mexico	KO 6
- Sept. 22	Carlos Malacara	Mexico City, Mexico	L 10
+ Nov. 3	Carlos Malacara	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Nov. 17	Johnny Suarez	Havana, Cuba	W 10

1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 26	Kid Bururu	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Feb. 9	Kid Bururu	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Mar. 2	Jose Zorilla	Bayamon, Puerto Rico	KO 4
+ Mar. 9	Santiago Sosa	Havana, Cuba	W 10
- May 4	Tony Mar	Mexico City, Mexico	L 10
+ June 22	Chico Varona	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Aug. 3	Hankin Barrows	Havana, Cuba	KO 7
+ Aug. 24	Jack Larrimore	Havana, Cuba	KO 3
+ Sept. 7	Hankin Barrows	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Nov. 1	Johnny Ryan	New York, USA	TKO 5
+ Dec. 2	Johnny Williams	New York, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 13	Johnny Williams	New York, USA	W 10

1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 24	Julio Pedroso	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Feb. 8	Jose Garcia Alvarez	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Feb. 22	Baby Coullimber	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Mar. 12	Nick Moran	Havana, Cuba	W 10
+ Apr. 26	Vince Gambill	Havana, Cuba	KO 2
+ Aug. 11	Charley Williams	Newark, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 18	Bobby Lee	Baltimore, USA	W 10
- Sept. 2	Doug Ratford	Newark, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 15	Charley Milan	Baltimore, USA	TKO 1
+ Sept. 18	Billy Justine	Philadelphia, USA	W 8
+ Oct. 23	Billy Nixon	Philadelphia, USA	W 8
+ Nov. 3	Bee Bee Wright	Baltimore, USA	TKO 10
= Dec. 29	Buster Tyler	New York, USA	Draw 10

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= Jan. 12	Gene Burton	New York, USA	Draw 10
+ Jan. 23	Joe Curcio	New York, USA	TKO 2
+ Feb. 13	Vinnie Rossano	New York, USA	W 10
- Feb. 27	Ike Williams	New York, USA	L 10
- Apr. 13	Doug Ratford	Brooklyn, USA	L 10
+ Apr. 26	Tommy Bell	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ May 28	Rocco Rossano	New York, USA	KO 1
+ July 22	Roman Alvarez	New York, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 12	Buster Tyler	New York, USA	W 10
- Sept. 23	Sugar Ray Robinson	Bronx, USA	L 10
+ Oct. 21	Vinnie Rossano	Washington, USA	TKO 6
+ Nov. 12	Tony Pellone	New York, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 11	Abdeslan Ben Buker I	Havana, Cuba	W 10

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 28	Ike Williams	New York, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 1	Ike Williams	New York, USA	W 10
+ May 2	Al Priest	Boston, USA	W 10
+ June 7	Cliff Hart	Syracuse, USA	TKO 2
- July 11	Sugar Ray ROBINSON	Philadelphia, USA	L 15
(For World Welterweight Title)
+ Sept. 9	Rocky Castellani	New York, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 14	Beau Jack	Chicago, USA	W 10
- Oct. 21	Lester Felton	Detroit, USA	L 10
+ Nov. 21	Laurent Dauthuille	Montreal, Canada	W 10
+ Dec. 17	Bobby Lee	Havana, Cuba	W 10

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 10	Billy Graham	New York, USA	L 10
+ Mar. 6	Otis Graham	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
- Mar. 20	Robert Villemain	Montreal, Canada	L 10
- May 8	George Costner	Philadelphia, USA	L 10
+ May 26	Georgie Small	New York, USA	W 10
+ June 8	Mike Koballa	Woodhaven, USA	W 10
+ June 19	Bobby Mann	Hartford, USA	W 10
+ July 3	Sonny Horne	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
+ July 13	Phil Burton	Omaha, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 16	Johnny Greco	Montreal, Canada	KO 6
= Oct. 23	Tommy Ciarlo	New Haven, USA	Draw 10
- Oct. 30	Gene Hairston	Scranton, USA	L 10
+ Nov. 17	Billy Graham	New York, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 4	Tony Janiro	Cleveland, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 22	Joe Miceli	New York, USA	W 10

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 26	Paddy Young	New York, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 19	Tommy Ciarlo	Caracas, Venezuela	W 10
+ Mar. 10	Tommy Ciarlo	Havana, Cuba	TKO 8
+ Mar. 30	Gene Hairston	New York, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 20	Aldo Minelli	New York, USA	W 10
+ May 18	Johnny Bratton	New York, USA	W 15
(Won vacant World Welterweight Title)
+ July 16	Fitzie Pruden	Milwaukee, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 29	Billy Graham	New York, USA	W 15
(Retained World Welterweight Title)
+ Oct. 4	Bobby Rosado	Havana, Cuba	KO 7
+ Nov. 7	Tony Janiro	Detroit, USA	TKO 4
= Nov. 28	Johnny Bratton	Chicago, USA	Draw 10
+ Dec. 14	Walter Cartier	New York, USA	TKO 10

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 4	Bobby Dykes	Miami, USA	W 15
(Retained World Welterweight Title)
+ Feb. 28	Don Williams	Boston, USA	W 10
+ May 19	Ralph Zannelli	Providence, USA	W 10
+ May 28	Fitzie Pruden	Indianapolis, USA	TKO 6
+ July 7	Gil Turner	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 11
(Retained World Welterweight Title)
+ Aug. 16	Mario Diaz	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
+ Sept. 6	Rafael Santos Merentino	Buenos Aires, Argentina	TKO 9
+ Sept. 13	Eduardo Lausse	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
+ Oct. 5	Billy Graham	Havana, Cuba	W 15
(Retained World Welterweight Title)

1953
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Aman Peck	Tampa, USA	W 10
+ Jan. 21	Vic Cardell	Washington, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 11	Chuck Davey	Chicago, USA	TKO 10
(Retained World Welterweight Title)
+ Apr. 14	Livio Minelli	Cleveland, USA	W 10
- May 2	Danny Womber	Syracuse, USA	L 10
+ June 10	Italo Scortichini	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ July 15	Ramon Fuentes	Milwaukee, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 26	Ralph Jones	New York, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 18	Carmen Basilio	Syracuse, USA	W 15
(Retained World Welterweight Title)
+ Nov. 13	Johnny Bratton	Chicago, USA	W 15
(Retained World Welterweight Title)

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 23	Johnny Cunningham	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 8	Livio Minelli	Boston, USA	W 10
- Apr. 2	Bobo Olson	Chicago, USA	L 15
(For World Middleweight Title)
- Oct. 20	Johnny Saxton	Philadelphia, USA	L 15
(Lost World Welterweight Title)

1955
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 4	Ernie Durando	New York, USA	W 10
- Feb. 23	Hector Constance	Miami Beach, USA	L 10
- Mar. 16	Bobby Dykes	Miami, USA	L 10
+ June 2	Luigi Cemulini	Santa Clara, Cuba	KO 3
+ July 24	Cirilo Gil	Buenos Aires, Argentina	W 10
+ Aug. 13	Juan Bautista Burgues	Montevideo, Uruguay	KO 7
- Sept. 3	Eduardo Lausse	Buenos Aires, Argentina	L 12
- Dec. 3	Dogomar Martinez	Montevideo, Uruguay	L 10

1956
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 7	Peter Waterman	Harringay, Great Britain	L 10
- Mar. 29	Germinal Ballarin	Paris, France	L 10
+ Apr. 24	Peter Waterman	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
= May 12	Louis Trochon	Marseille, France	Draw 10
+ Aug. 18	Jimmy Beecham	Havana, Cuba	W 10
- Oct. 13	Tony DeMarco	Boston, USA	L 10
+ Nov. 13	Chico Vejar	Los Angeles, USA	W 10
- Dec. 4	Walter Byars	Boston, USA	L 10
- Dec. 20	Ramon Fuentes	Los Angeles, USA	L 10

1957
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 26	Vince Martinez	Newark, USA	L 10
- Apr. 24	Del Flanagan	Saint Paul, USA	L 10
- June 17	Vince Martinez	Jersey City, USA	L 10
+ July 31	Gaspar Ortega	Miami Beach, USA	W 10
- Oct. 22	Gaspar Ortega	Los Angeles, USA	L 12
+ Nov. 20	Walter Byars	Chicago, USA	W 10

1958
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 19	Ralph Jones	Miami Beach, USA	L 10
+ Apr. 4	Ralph Jones	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
- June 18	Yama Bahama	Miami Beach, USA	L 10