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Ed Griffin vs Vernon Forrest — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ed Griffin

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Vernon Forrest

Ed Griffin (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) and Vernon Forrest (41-3) 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.

Griffin

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Forrest

41

Wins29 KO · 71%

3

Losses

0

Draws45 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

Forrest leads 1–0

Ed Griffin and Vernon Forrest have met 1 time; Forrest leads 1–0.

Ed Griffin and Vernon Forrest have met 1 time; Forrest leads 1–0.
Met1998Dec 12Series
Ed GriffinFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Vernon ForrestFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Griffin 0 · Forrest 6 of 6 measurable rows
GriffinForrest
Record†
0-341-3 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
93.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 29
0
29 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—70.73%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—71%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 5
0
5 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 2.8
1.7
2.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 45
3
45

† 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

Reachnot held
Ed Griffin: No reach on file
Vernon Forrest: 72″
Agenot held
Ed Griffin: No date of birth
Vernon Forrest: Died aged 38
Stance
Ed Griffin: Not recorded
Vernon Forrest: Orthodox

Ed Griffin left, Vernon Forrest right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Ed Griffin0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ed Griffin: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Griffin yet.

Vernon Forrest41 wins · from 45 tracked bouts

Vernon Forrest: 41 tracked wins — 29 by KO/TKO (71%) and 12 on the cards (29%). Counted from 45 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

29 by KO/TKO 71%12 on the cards 29%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Ed Griffin 3, Vernon Forrest 45 — 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

Ed Griffin last boxed on Apr 30, 1999 — 10,035 days ago. Griffin had lost three straight.LLL

Rhodes Aug 1997Forrest Dec 1998Murray Apr 19991.7 tracked bouts per year

Vernon Forrest has won once since losing a decision to Sergio Mora. Forrest last boxed on Sep 13, 2008.WWWLW

Quartey Aug 2006Baldomir Jul 2007Piccirillo Dec 2007Mora Jun 2008Mora Sep 20082.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Ed Griffin and Vernon Forrest ever fought each other?
Yes. Ed Griffin and Vernon Forrest met once on December 12, 1998, and Vernon Forrest won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LDec 12, 1998 · Forrest · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffin or Forrest?
Ed Griffin is 0-3 across the 3 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Vernon Forrest is 41-3. Vernon Forrest has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Griffin0–30%

Forrest41–393.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Griffin or Forrest?
Ed Griffin has 0 knockout wins and Vernon Forrest has 29. Vernon Forrest has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Griffin0

Forrest2970.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffin and Forrest have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ed Griffin and Vernon Forrest have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffin and Forrest?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ed Griffin and 45 bouts tracked for Vernon Forrest. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffin3bouts

Forrest45bouts

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