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Donato Paduano vs Emile Griffith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Donato Paduano

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Emile Griffith

Donato Paduano (1-2 across 3 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.

Paduano

Tracked record

1–2

counted from 3 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

Donato Paduano and Emile Griffith have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Donato Paduano and Emile Griffith have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1974Dec 10Series
Donato PaduanoFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Emile GriffithFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Paduano 1 · Griffith 6 of 7 measurable rows
PaduanoGriffith
Record†
1-285-24-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
77.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
0
23 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—27.06%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
27% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
0 (edge)
2
Title reignsmax 14
0
14 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.8
0.7
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
3
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

Height+1″
Donato Paduano: 5′6″
Emile Griffith: 5′7″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Donato Paduano: No reach on file
Emile Griffith: 72″
Agenot comparable
Donato Paduano: Died aged 75
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Stance
Donato Paduano: Not recorded
Emile Griffith: Orthodox

Donato Paduano 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
Donato Paduano1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Donato Paduano: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

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 — Donato Paduano 3, Emile Griffith 112 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Paduano better on 1

Paduano

Opponent

Griffith

  • Donato Paduano

    Win, SD

    1971

    RodríguezPaduano better

    Emile Griffith

    3–1 against

    Win, SD

    1964

    Win, SD

    1963

    Loss, UD

    1963

    Win, SD

    1960

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

Donato Paduano had won one in a row before losing a decision to Emile Griffith. Paduano last boxed on Dec 10, 1974.LWL

Buchanan Dec 1970Rodríguez Apr 1971Griffith Dec 19740.7 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 Donato Paduano and Emile Griffith ever fought each other?
Yes. Donato Paduano and Emile Griffith met once on December 10, 1974, and Emile Griffith won by UD.
The meeting

LDec 10, 1974 · Griffith · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Paduano or Griffith?
Donato Paduano is 1-2 across the 3 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 %

Paduano1–233.3%

Griffith85–24–277.5%

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

Paduano0

Griffith2327.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Paduano and Griffith have any common opponents?
Donato Paduano and Emile Griffith share 1 common opponent: Luis Manuel Rodríguez. Donato Paduano fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Luis Manuel RodríguezW3–1

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Paduano or Griffith?
Emile Griffith is the taller fighter at 169 cm, 2 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Paduano167 cm

Griffith169 cm183 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Paduano and Griffith?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Donato Paduano and 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Paduano3bouts

Griffith112bouts

How They Win ↓

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