Editing Kid Gavilán (section)

==Move to the United States==
He would split his time between the Eastern coast of the United States and Havana in 1947, a year in which he went 11-1-1 with 3 knockouts. However, by 1948 he had decided to stay in the United States indefinitely. That year, he met some very important fighters, like former world champion [[Ike Williams (boxer)|Ike Williams]], who beat him by decision in ten, Tommy Bell, against whom Gavilan won by decision, [[Sugar Ray Robinson]], who beat him by decision in ten, and Tony Pellone, with Gavilan obtaining a decision against Pellone.<ref>{{cite web|last=Songalia |first=Ryan |url=http://www.ringtv.com/120891-classic-columns-kid-gavilan/ |title=Classic Columns: Kid Gavilan - The Ring |publisher=Ringtv.com |date=June 20, 2014 |access-date=October 6, 2016}}</ref>

After beating Williams twice by decision, he met Robinson with Robinson's world Welterweight title on the line. He lost his first title try, when Robinson won a decision in 15 rounds. Back to the drawing board, he beat Rocky Castellani, the then lightweight world champion Beau Jack, and Laurent Dauthuille (the latter of whom fought Gavilan in Montreal, Quebec). All of them were beaten by decision in 10. In 1950, he went 10-4-1, beating [[Billy Graham (American boxer)|Billy Graham]], Sonny Horne, Robert Villemain, Eugene Hairston, and Tony Janiro among others.{{citation needed|date=January 2014}}