A look back at the career of Kid Gavilan, one of the most popular fighters of the 1940s-50s.If you wish to donate/support the channel please click here: www.paypal.com/donate?hosted_button_id=NRKCW2MY2SVHC
He thought he was better than welterweights of the 70 and 80s, but of course he wasn’t as good as Leonard or Duran in his prime, he was a little conceited about it they told me, but still a nice guy.
My grandfather's favorite fighter ever. I grew up listening to his memories of watching Gavilan on his first black and white TV in the 50s, and it's obvious why he was so popular. Incredible hand speed and a steel jaw!
Kid gavilan is one of my favourite fighters of all time. His record at first glance is very deceiving but his names on there are absolutely amazing. He lost a lot of his last few bouts as he was older and near the end of his fighting years. Gavilan was one of the first fighters to popularise the bolo punch and use it as an actual attack rather then a show boat. Gavilan had one of the greatest chins in boxing history. Was never Knocked out once in 143 pro bouts. Thank you for this wonderful video as kid gavilan isn’t mentioned all that much in the boxing community.
I knew you was instantly gonna pop up here when I saw kid Galivan premiering in a few hours. Yeah I agree the guy was great and could pack a lotta power.
@@marcusbailey3988 absolutely buddy. Times change and that’s how it always will be. Fighters don’t fight as regularly anymore which is understandable but not as amazing as most want. Especially when fighters decide to fight only once every year.
a boxers career is like a candle. it shines beautifully but only shortly til the flame is put out. gavilans ending makes me sad to hear that he was alone at the end of it all despite the turmoil he put himself through to reach the top. only to be brought back down
Kid gavilan, the hawk possess probably the strongest chin in boxing 🥊 135 professional fights and was never stopped, truly an incredible accomplishment !
Simply, a great boxer. Nothing more needs to be said about this wonderfully talented and exciting boxer. He fought and excelled in an era that was loaded to the brim with great pugilistic talented.
WOW! I'm 54 and knew Mr. Turner "Gil Turner" as a kid. I knew he fought as a pro, but it blows my mind to see him slugging it out with Kid Gavilan. You made my day Rich! Great documentary,
Wow,I have never heard that Ray Mancini and Mike Tyson put up funds to have the "KID" get a proper burial. Good job by them.you rarely hear about the good boxers do,but you hear the bad real quick.
Wow. What a sad story. It's amazing how much people romanticise the pain these people go through. Old school boxers were definitely built different. Much respect.
Back then it seemed fighters never held... they put their heads against the opponents shoulder and threw bombs. Another classic, well researched and tasteful vid. As good a tribute as KG could ask for.
I have the Turner and Gavilan fight ranked within the top 20 greatest fights I’ve ever seen. However, I rank even greater and higher than the classy Gavilan-Turner slugfest, the 1st fight between fight Gil Turner and Johnny Saxon! Beautiful fighters … meager fight purses … no health benefits … no pensions … nearly all of them with records of over 100 fights … and nearly all of them suffering dementia as their careers wound down and no back up income to sustaining even a modicum life style of the average wage earner. They were deserving of more than the derelict lifestyle they were forced into … and when the cheering stopped … all of them were abandoned by those cheering mobs who once hailed each of them as conquering heroes.
They are coming for us now. To think my family fled Cuba in 1959. And here I am 2nd generation American born and it's at our doorstep. I came from nothing, worked hard and built something and now I can see the morons at the gates.
Damn, Gil Turner was determined to win in front of his hometown audience that night! You can tell he was putting all of his weight into those shots. That was quite the war! I have noticed that a lot of Black fighters back then looked so similar in the era of the conk hair style.
It's the back stories and tragedy of these heroes that I really appreciate in your honest and well researched videos that I admire most. As always thanks for sharing!
Man I can't wait for this! Kid Gavilan was not only one of the greatest boxers of all time, even ducked by the great Sugar Ray Robinson, but one for which many tuned into boxing on TV for. He sold tickets too! His bolo punch is legendary.
@@jesusarreguin6885 The first was 10 rounds and very close apparently. Some viewers thought the decision could have gone the other way. The second was 15 rounds with Robinson's Welterweight Championship on the line and Robinson made this one far more definitive.
@@combatsportlover6919 u sure? U gonna forced me to look it up! Something I dont do. What about Burley? What about not getting revange from Maxim at a cooler climate. Ok, I know mobsters has alot of power back than. But, yes Ray Robinson by far was The Greatest Boxer of All Time. A Roy Jones With a George Chuvalo chin. Oh, Look up George! Pz.
Holy Monkey, what a fight between Gavilan and Turner, and the Ref, let them go at it, It looked like the Ref was gonna let Him go out on His shield before he stopped it. You could almost feel the punches just watching it. Kudos to Mike Tyson and Friends, for giving this Legend a Proper Burial.
Never been a fan of Gavilan but...to walk up to Sugar Ray Robinson and tell him that he wasn't the champion until he beat him, man, that deserves a ton of respect and then some (most of us are not even 0.01% that confident). He was in some great actions fights and an all time great chin as well. A note: the cane machete weights about 1 to 1,5lb (max) and the movement used to cut sugar cane is completely different than the punch (think about it). The Kid was an all time great P.R. man though, respect.
The importance of physical activity/help out on the farm etc as a youngen. I'm a farm (boy)(more old man then boy nowadays tho) . Good strength and cardio it surely gave me. Take care Rich. 🥊♥️🥊 Gavilan , what a fighter.
Tommy Bell was a very good fighter whose career got off to a bad start prior to aligning himself with legendary trainer Chickie Ferrera, and despite having 29 losses on his record he gave Sugar Ray two very tough fights. The Gavilan vs Gil Turner fight is probably my favourite fight I have in my collection, and a must see for any boxing fan. I don't think Gil was ever the same fighter again following that fight.
That fight at 6:08 with Gil Turner is one of the most amazing things I have ever seen. Those 2 savagely beat the hell out of each other the whole fight. What a win by the kid but DAMN that Turner fought like an animal. What a fight!
Man I’m almost glued to your channel I love these stories and your in depth analysis on these old time fighters please don’t stop the boxing world needs this..
He is talked about as an all time great to serious boxing historians. Iron chin, great boxer. All time great Robinson Gavilan Mickey Walker Duran Best WW’s of all time.
Mr Rich. Great work with this docu on Kid Galivan. Way before my time but a great boxer and the difficult life he had. As always you provided some outstanding fight footage especially the Turner fight. Thank you for doing what you do!!
To Rich the Fight Historian, RU-vid NEEDED your presentation! I heard GR8 tales of Kid Gavilan, and now I saw for myself. Fantastic film footage. I'm glad you showed that all-out-war with the boxer from Philly. Did they bang out or what? My Goodness. Kudos to "Iron Mike Tyson." and other boxing figures to re-bury the former champion in a respectable manner.
Guarantee 100% your channel is going to explode. The attention to detail is far and away the most appealing part of the stories. And amazing footage. Good luck from Aotearoa/New Zealand my man. You deserve every success. 💣
Just superb, Rich... another fascinating video on one of boxing's greats. Never finished in, what, 150 fights????? The footage from some of his bouts was very good, and showed that hybrid uppercut/hook. Gavilan moved very well, too. His peers, including Joe Louis, felt he was a great fighter. Thank you for another exceptionally interesting video.
When I was a kid he worked at the Villa Leo near Harrisburg Pennsylvania running the arcade and miniature golf course there I used to visit with him he had a scrapbook about his fights
Wow two months ago this was posted, and I just found it, I'm 30secs in to the video and had to pause it just to write this, I been looking for this one, kid G remind me of SR ROBINSON, they were both fast, but Ray was a little FASTER.
I was born and raised in Harrisburg Pa!! My Dad boxed at the PAL in the 50's. I never knew Gavilan was in Harrisburg! Do you know what years? I am assuming 1970's? Would have loved to have met him!
There's an awesome doc called champions forever. There's one on Ali, Frazier, Foreman and the he rest then there's a Latino one with interviews and footage of Gavilan, Carlos Ortiz, Duran Arguello,,,Duran and Chaavez. Its hard to find but has them all talking you threw their careers
Irrelevant but we saw Ricky Hatton on the weekend he was a real body snatcher in his prime, doing an exhibition soon it was cancelled for whatever reason be a later date now with Antonio barara, should be a good do 👍
Another professional clip, Bravo Bro. May I suggest you also to add some nice music (without singing) which goes well with your detailed explanation, just to give a smooth background music when you talk, and after we watch the clip? I'm sure I can leave it in your capable hands after seeing how much work prepared for your work, but if hope you don't feel the pressure... I just thought that will add some memento to your pleasant professional clip. I am not the booth kisser, but just my humble opinion which I thought worth mentioning. in any case, well done Bro
Managers/Promoters/The mob ripped off most of the top fighters of those days. Ike Williams, Gavilan, Johnny Bratton, Lloyd Marshall, black or white, those leeches fleeced these great fighters and left them penniless.
I've seen a few of his fights and definitely one of the best ever I think a good few of his early losses where fights that he threw because he would always come back and beat a fighter way better the next time
Like many fighters of his era The Kid was told to lose some. Remember in those days it was not so important to have a zero lose record. He won the important ones. Television has made the no loss record very important. They want to highlight fighters who have never lost. In the Golden age a loss did not diminish your status. The only top guys not influenced by Carbo were Robinson, he would not allow it and he was very proud, and Louis. Robinson paid the price for not playing ball with the mob. They shut him out of the LW title and it took years to get the WW title.
@@Gilturner700 the 0 on a modern day fighter is absolute nonsense because mostly they are given opposition they will out class buy a huge margin. today lomachenco was a world champ arfter 10 Pro fights and we're told arfter 12 he's the best lightweight of all time I'm pretty sure Duran could of gone a few rounds with him and tyson fury wouldn't of been in the top 15 heavyweights but I've heard commentators saying he on par with ALI 🤯🤯🤯
Apparently you don't have the video of the Robinson VS Gavilán fight. There are only photos of that fight. It was never caught on video. What a shame they didn't record that oelea
Oh wow 4:00 to 4:08 the Ray Robinson and kid G fight was DULL, wow I just knew that you were going to say that it was a Frenzy of a fight, cause of the still shot that Robinson landed on Gavilan the left Hook like uppercut, there's no footage of that fight anywhere.
