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Bobby Shell vs Emile Griffith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bobby Shell

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Emile Griffith

Bobby Shell (0-1-1 across 2 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.

Shell

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 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

Bobby Shell and Emile Griffith have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Bobby Shell and Emile Griffith have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1959Mar 23Series
Bobby ShellFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Emile GriffithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Shell 1 · Griffith 4 of 5 measurable rows
ShellGriffith
Record†
0-1-185-24-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
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
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 14
0
14 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—5.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
2
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
Bobby Shell: No height on file
Emile Griffith: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Bobby Shell: No reach on file
Emile Griffith: 72″
Agenot held
Bobby Shell: No date of birth
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Stance
Bobby Shell: Not recorded
Emile Griffith: Orthodox

Bobby Shell 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
Bobby Shell0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bobby Shell: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Shell 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 — Bobby Shell 2, Emile Griffith 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Shell better on 1

Shell

Opponent

Griffith

  • Bobby Shell

    Draw, PTS

    1958

    ParetShell 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

Bobby Shell last boxed on Mar 23, 1959 — 24,681 days ago. Shell had lost the most recent, to Emile Griffith.DL

Paret May 1958Griffith Mar 1959

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 Bobby Shell and Emile Griffith ever fought each other?
Yes. Bobby Shell and Emile Griffith met once on March 23, 1959, and Emile Griffith won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 23, 1959 · Griffith · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Shell or Griffith?
Bobby Shell is 0-1-1 across the 2 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 %

Shell0–1–125%

Griffith85–24–277.5%

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

Shell0

Griffith2327.1%

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

Benny ParetD2–1

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Shell and Griffith?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Bobby Shell and 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Shell2bouts

Griffith112bouts

How They Win ↓

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