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Doyle Baird (1-3-1 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 2 common opponents.

Doyle Baird vs Emile Griffith — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Doyle Baird

Tracked record

1–3–1

5 tracked bouts

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Emile Griffith

85–24–2

112 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

Emile Griffith leads 1–0

The Numbers

1-3-1
Record
85-24-2 (edge)

One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.

30%
Win %
77.5% (edge)
0
Wins by knockout
23 (edge)
KO rate
27.06%
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
27% (edge)

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

2
Times stopped
2

Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.

0
Title reigns
14 (edge)
1.6
Bouts per year
5.8 (edge)

Across each fighter's tracked career span.

5
Bouts tracked
112

Tale of the Tape

Height
5′7″ (169 cm)
Reach
72″ (183 cm)
88
Age
88
Stance
Orthodox
United States
Nationality
United States

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Doyle Baird · 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 (5 and 112 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared
  • Doyle Baird

    LTKO · Sep 1970DPTS · Oct 1968

    Nino Benvenuti

    Emile Griffith

    LUD · Mar 1968WMD · Sep 1967LUD · Apr 1967
  • Doyle Baird

    WSD · Oct 1969

    Don Fullmer

    Emile Griffith

    LUD · Aug 1965WUD · Oct 1962

Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Doyle Baird

LLLWD

L3 streak · last fought Dec 15, 1971

Emile Griffith

LLLWW

L3 streak · last fought Jul 30, 1977

Common Questions

Have Doyle Baird and Emile Griffith ever fought each other?
Yes. Doyle Baird and Emile Griffith met once on January 28, 1970, and Emile Griffith won by UD.
Who has the better record, Doyle Baird or Emile Griffith?
Doyle Baird is 1-3-1 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.
Who has more knockouts, Doyle Baird or Emile Griffith?
Doyle Baird has 0 knockout wins and Emile Griffith has 23. Emile Griffith has more.
Do Doyle Baird and Emile Griffith have any common opponents?
Doyle Baird and Emile Griffith share 2 common opponents: Nino Benvenuti and Don Fullmer. Doyle Baird fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Doyle Baird and Emile Griffith?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Doyle Baird and 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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