Kid Gavilan (Boxing. Born, Camaguey, Cuba, Jan. 6, 1926; died, Miami, FL, Feb. 13, 2003.) At age 17, Kid Gavilan began a professional boxing career in Havana in 1943 that would lead him eventually to New York and the world welterweight championship. Gavilan’s first New York fight came after the second World War ended and […]
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