KID GAVILAN THE CUBAN HAWK

[jokerjkoart]

I would have love to see Gavilan vs. Napoles both in their prime, that would've been amazing

[1SugarRayRobinson1]

One of the most underrated fighters of all time

[Tusc9969]

@1SugarRayRobinson1 one of the most underrated and underappreciated boxers of all time. Too bad we will never see Robinson vs Gavilan on tape!

[GLH03]

Testament to how good Ray Robinson was, beating Gavilan twice couldn't have been easy. Ray said he hit him so hard with a right hand he thought he killed Gavilan.

[sugarnadf]

wud have loved to c his fight with sugar ray 2 great stylist..gavilan must have had some chin to have lost 30 fights n never been stopped

[iljn1988]

One of my all time favourite fighters. The greatest Cuban boxer of them all for my money, and that's saying something when you consider that Cuba has also produced Jose Napoles, Luis Rodriguez, Kid Chocolate and Jose Legra.

[thugsouljaa]

wat documentary is this from ?

[prideoftheghetto]

@thugsouljaa

[prideoftheghetto]

@thugsouljaa

i believe its from the latin legends of boxing.

[cbappa2]

Dr. Phil makes money off tragedy

[jbeebrylle]

true legend

[landreev]

In the good days everybody had iron jaw and was a true men! Not glamourous rich bitches like today! They were hitting so hard and they still were able to take those kind of punishment

[pedrom41]

The ropes prevented him from going down flat on his face.

[jesusneverexisted300]

War!

[mrbuck1188]

The Great Cuban Hawk!!

[Tusc9969]

They don't make em like that anymore.

These true boxers made their statements in the ring and loved the competition! If I could only go back in time to see these fights live.

[gangst1978]

The fact Ray beat Gavilan twice in Gavilans prime just goes to show how good Ray was, truely the greatest man to get in the ring, no question and his ranking as the best p4p will probably stay for ever.

[Tusc9969]

damn straight, Ray won both fights against gavilan by close decisions. Their first bout couldv'e been a toss up- This is taken from NY Times.."although most sportswriters agreed that Robinson had won against gavilan, the fans "disagreed violently with the verdict in Robinsons favor" and "set up such a roar of disagreement that the introduction of the championship principals was delayed until order was restored." Ny Times 1949

[netmio]

CUBA

[nightdave]

where is the video where gavilan vs ray robinson???

they should have it somewhere

[JohnnyFriendly]

I don't think it was filmed

[gangst1978]

Both fights were never filmed, only a couple of Rays fights at Welter were filmed and mostly by fans in the crowd.

[azalori]

YOU ARE RIGTH

[sury166]

he was born in camaguey, cuba.

[lombard34]

It would be good if someone could put up Gavilan's fight with Basilio. It had been on youtube in the past.

[guitarbandit7498]

lol. I love how the ref waits till Gavilan nearly kills the guy at 4:33 before he stops the fight. That fight would have been stopped 30 or 40 seconds earlier by today's standard. Probably even back then too it would have been stopped a little sooner by a better ref.

[Tusc9969]

oh the good ol days....

[JcLeopard]

By the way where can I get or see Sugar Ray vs Gavilan

[bb62g]

Now that was an awesome match up.

[JcLeopard]

If Leonard had a weak chin how did he take punishment from Roberto Duran, Marvin Hagler, and not to mention Thomas Hearns one of the hardest welterweight punchers ever

[beriflor]

ray leonard couldn't beat kid gavilan in his wildest dreams....the kid went the distance twice with the greatest of all time, the real sugar ray...toe to toe, blow to blow, unbelievable fights, leonard had a weak chin the kid would've cut him up, too strong

[bb62g]

Hes talking about sugar ray robinson not leonard.

[marv1mjkenny]

You just have to watch the two fights he had with the original SUGAR to see how great he was.

[louis15x]

Kid Gavilan was one of the greatest in the boxing world. I really like his signature bolo punch you don't see that punch anymore in boxing. Ray Robinson used the bolo punch quite a bit in his day. Now a days that punch is a rarity in boxing.

[texsun822]

Wuz his real name Gerardo Gonzales? Top 10 welterweight. Didn't have alot of power but alot of grit, punching in bunches to wear out opponents. Great fighter.

[thelaughingduck2001]

yeah, but back then, you could beat on someone for quite a long time without the fight being stopped. I think he would've scored a lot more stoppages throwing as many punches as he did.

I agree with you, definitely a top 10, maybe even a top 5? Great boxer, very inventive and unpredictable, shame there isn't too much footage of him! He'd eat Cotto/Margarito/Williams and the like alive!

[mowglieboy1]

Greatest Welterweights of all time:

1. Ray Robinson

2. Ray Leonard

3. Emille Griffith

4. Kid Gavilan

5. Jose Napoles

[marv1mjkenny]

take leonard out and its not a bad selection.

[WZ912]

Great post! Kid Gavilan was Amazing! His talent skill and courage was Awesome! He had probably had the greatest chin ever (Jake LaMotta included) he was never KO'D! W108 (28KO's)-L30-D2 A Great tribute to a true Warrior and All Time Great fighter nice job.

[carlosFIDEL]

el kid gavilan es de los buenos de Cuba pero el mejor de Cuba fue Teofilo Stevenson

[joseph88flores]

Teofilo Stevenson le gana facil mente a Muhame ali

[underbOssx]

tu esta fumao, ali lo mata facilmente

[benjaminBarr]

He used to hang out at Alis training camp in Pennsylvannia back in the mid 70s. Looked about as old then as he does in the interview here. A Very nice man

[TheUnderb0ss]

sadly he died in 2003 :(

[Tusc9969]

I think Mike Tyson paid for gavilan's funeral

[TheUnderb0ss]

cuban pride

[AntonioSantiago]

Hispanic pride

[Guru16]

What a fighter!!!