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Barry Allison vs Emile Griffith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Barry Allison

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Emile Griffith

Barry Allison (0-4 across 4 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 1 common opponent.

Allison

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Griffith

85

Wins23 KO · 27%

24

Losses

2

Draws112 tracked bouts

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.

Head to Head

Griffith leads 1–0

Barry Allison and Emile Griffith have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Barry Allison and Emile Griffith have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1959Feb 23Series
Barry AllisonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Emile GriffithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Allison 1 · Griffith 5 of 6 measurable rows
AllisonGriffith
Record†
0-485-24-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
0
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—27.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—27%
Times stopped‡max 2
1 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 14
0
14 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.8
1.6
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
4
112

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Barry Allison: No height on file
Emile Griffith: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Barry Allison: No reach on file
Emile Griffith: 72″
Agenot held
Barry Allison: No date of birth
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Stance
Barry Allison: Not recorded
Emile Griffith: Orthodox

Barry Allison left, Emile Griffith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Barry Allison0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Barry Allison: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Allison yet.

Emile Griffith85 wins · from 112 tracked bouts

Emile Griffith: 85 tracked wins — 23 by KO/TKO (27%) and 62 on the cards (73%). Counted from 112 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

23 by KO/TKO 27%62 on the cards 73%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Barry Allison 4, Emile Griffith 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Griffith better on 1

Allison

Opponent

Griffith

  • Barry Allison

    Loss, UD

    1958

    ParetGriffith better

    Emile Griffith

    2–1 against

    Win, TKO 12

    1962

    Loss, SD

    1961

    Win, KO 13

    1961

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Barry Allison last boxed on Feb 23, 1959 — 24,710 days ago. Allison had lost four straight.LLLL

Saxton Aug 1956Saxton Oct 1958Paret Nov 1958Griffith Feb 19591.6 tracked bouts per year

Emile Griffith has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Griffith last boxed on Jul 30, 1977.WWLLL

Reiche Dec 1976Elliott Feb 1977Bonnetaz Apr 1977Pennington Jul 1977Minter Jul 19775.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Barry Allison and Emile Griffith ever fought each other?
Yes. Barry Allison and Emile Griffith met once on February 23, 1959, and Emile Griffith won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LFeb 23, 1959 · Griffith · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Allison or Griffith?
Barry Allison is 0-4 across the 4 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.
Records · win %

Allison0–40%

Griffith85–24–277.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Allison or Griffith?
Barry Allison has 0 knockout wins and Emile Griffith has 23. Emile Griffith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Allison0

Griffith2327.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Allison and Griffith have any common opponents?
Barry Allison and Emile Griffith share 1 common opponent: Benny Paret. Emile Griffith fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Benny ParetL2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Allison and Griffith?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Barry Allison and 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Allison4bouts

Griffith112bouts

How They Win ↓

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