Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Art Hernández (1-5-1 across 7 tracked bouts) and Emile Griffith (85-24-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.
Art Hernández vs Emile Griffith — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Emile Griffith leads 1–0- Emile Griffith wonGriffith vs HernandezAug 15, 1969 · SD
The Numbers
- 1-5-1
- Record
- 85-24-2 (edge)
- 21.4%
- Win %
- 77.5% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 23 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 27.06%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 27% (edge)
- 2
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 14 (edge)
- 0.9
- Bouts per year
- 5.8 (edge)
- 7
- Bouts tracked
- 112
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 72″ (183 cm)
- —
- Age
- 88
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyArt Hernández · 1 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
0
Emile Griffith · 85 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
62
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (7 and 112 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
2 sharedArt Hernández
WSD · Sep 1972LUD · Feb 1971Emile Griffith
WSD · Aug 1962LSD · Apr 1960WSD · Mar 1960Art Hernández
LUD · Sep 1968LTKO R3 · Jan 1965Emile Griffith
LUD · Mar 1968WMD · Sep 1967LUD · Apr 1967
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Art Hernández
WLLLL
W1 streak · last fought Sep 6, 1972
Emile Griffith
LLLWW
L3 streak · last fought Jul 30, 1977
Common Questions
- Have Art Hernández and Emile Griffith ever fought each other?
- Yes. Art Hernández and Emile Griffith met once on August 15, 1969, and Emile Griffith won by SD.
- Who has the better record, Art Hernández or Emile Griffith?
- Art Hernández is 1-5-1 across the 7 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Emile Griffith is 85-24-2. Emile Griffith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Art Hernández or Emile Griffith?
- Art Hernández has 0 knockout wins and Emile Griffith has 23. Emile Griffith has more.
- Do Art Hernández and Emile Griffith have any common opponents?
- Art Hernández and Emile Griffith share 2 common opponents: Denny Moyer and Nino Benvenuti. Emile Griffith fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Art Hernández and Emile Griffith?
- This comparison is drawn from 7 bouts tracked for Art Hernández and 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.