Kid Gavilán
Cuban boxer (1926-2003)
キッド・ギャビラン
- Born
- 6 January 1926, Camagüey
- Died
- 13 February 2003, Miami
- Citizenship
- Cuba
- Sport
- boxing
- Discipline
- welterweight
- Occupation
- boxer
- Height
- 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)
- Recorded fight record
- 107 wins, 30 losses
Gerardo González (January 6, 1926 – February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a Cuban boxer. Gavilán was the former undisputed world welterweight champion from 1951 to 1954 having simultaneously held the NYSAC, WBA, and The Ring welterweight titles. The Boxing Writers Association of America named him Fighter of the Year in 1953. Gavilán was voted by The Ring magazine as the 26th greatest fighter of the last 80 years. Gavilán was a 1966 inductee to The Ring magazine's Boxing Hall of Fame (disbanded in 1987), and was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990.
Awards and honours
- Sugar Ray Robinson Award 1953
- International Boxing Hall of Fame 1990
- The Ring World Welterweight Champion
- WBA World Welterweight Champion
External links
Facts from Wikidata Q942060 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.
Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.