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.
Elijah Makathini (2-0 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.
Elijah Makathini vs Emile Griffith — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Elijah Makathini leads 1–0- Elijah Makathini wonGriffith vs MakathiniAug 9, 1975 · PTS
The Numbers
- 2-0 (edge)
- Record
- 85-24-2
- 100% (edge)
- Win %
- 77.5%
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 23 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 27.06%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 27% (edge)
- 0 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 2
- 0
- Title reigns
- 14 (edge)
- 0.7
- Bouts per year
- 5.8 (edge)
- 2
- Bouts tracked
- 112
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Height
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 72″ (183 cm)
- —
- Age
- 88
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyElijah Makathini · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
2
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 (2 and 112 respectively), 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
Elijah Makathini
WW
W2 streak · last fought Aug 9, 1975
Emile Griffith
LLLWW
L3 streak · last fought Jul 30, 1977
Common Questions
- Have Elijah Makathini and Emile Griffith ever fought each other?
- Yes. Elijah Makathini and Emile Griffith met once on August 9, 1975, and Elijah Makathini won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Elijah Makathini or Emile Griffith?
- Elijah Makathini is 2-0 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Emile Griffith is 85-24-2. Elijah Makathini has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Elijah Makathini or Emile Griffith?
- Elijah Makathini has 0 knockout wins and Emile Griffith has 23. Emile Griffith has more.
- Do Elijah Makathini and Emile Griffith have any common opponents?
- Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Elijah Makathini and Emile Griffith have faced.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Elijah Makathini and Emile Griffith?
- This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Elijah Makathini and 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.