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Christy Elliott vs Emile Griffith — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇮🇪IRELAND

Christy Elliott

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Emile Griffith

Christy Elliott (0-4-1 across 5 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Elliott

Tracked record

0–4–1

counted from 5 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

Christy Elliott and Emile Griffith have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Christy Elliott and Emile Griffith have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1977Feb 2Series
Christy ElliottFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Emile GriffithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Elliott 0 · Griffith 5 of 5 measurable rows
ElliottGriffith
Record†
0-4-185-24-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
10%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
0
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—27.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—27%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 14
0
14 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.8
0.4
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
5
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
Christy Elliott: No height on file
Emile Griffith: 5′7″
Reachnot held
Christy Elliott: No reach on file
Emile Griffith: 72″
Agenot comparable
Christy Elliott: Died aged 59
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Stance
Christy Elliott: Not recorded
Emile Griffith: Orthodox

Christy Elliott 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
Christy Elliott0 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Christy Elliott: no tracked wins in the 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Elliott 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 — Christy Elliott 5, Emile Griffith 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Christy Elliott has lost two straight. Elliott last boxed on Sep 25, 1979.LLDLL

Buchanan Apr 1966Rossman Sep 1976Rossman Nov 1976Griffith Feb 1977León Sep 19790.4 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 Christy Elliott and Emile Griffith ever fought each other?
Yes. Christy Elliott and Emile Griffith met once on February 2, 1977, and Emile Griffith won by MD.
The meeting

LFeb 2, 1977 · Griffith · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Elliott or Griffith?
Christy Elliott is 0-4-1 across the 5 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 %

Elliott0–4–110%

Griffith85–24–277.5%

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

Elliott0

Griffith2327.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Elliott and Griffith have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Christy Elliott and Emile Griffith have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Elliott and Griffith?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Christy Elliott and 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Elliott5bouts

Griffith112bouts

How They Win ↓

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