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Elmer Ray vs Jimmy Grinnage — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Elmer Ray

Jimmy Grinnage

Elmer Ray (98-23-11) and Jimmy Grinnage (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Ray

98

Wins69 KO · 70%

23

Losses

11

Draws135 tracked bouts

Grinnage

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Ray leads 1–0

Elmer Ray and Jimmy Grinnage have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.

Elmer Ray and Jimmy Grinnage have met 1 time; Ray leads 1–0.
Met1943Oct 18Series
Elmer RayFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jimmy GrinnageFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Ray 3 · Grinnage 1 of 4 measurable rows
RayGrinnage
Record†
98-23-11 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
78.4% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 69
69 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
70.41%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
70%—
Times stopped‡max 9
9
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
8.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 135
135
1

† 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

Agenot held
Elmer Ray: Died aged 76
Jimmy Grinnage: No date of birth
Stance
Elmer Ray: Orthodox
Jimmy Grinnage: Not recorded

Elmer Ray left, Jimmy Grinnage right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Elmer Ray98 wins · from 135 tracked bouts

Elmer Ray: 98 tracked wins — 69 by KO/TKO (70%), 27 on the cards (28%) and 2 by another method or unrecorded (2%). Counted from 135 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

69 by KO/TKO 70%27 on the cards 28%2 by another method or unrecorded 2%

Jimmy Grinnage0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jimmy Grinnage: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Grinnage yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Elmer Ray 135, Jimmy Grinnage 1 — 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

Elmer Ray has lost two straight, after two straight wins. Ray last boxed on Mar 8, 1949.LWWLL

Charles May 1948Boddie Jan 1949Peaks Feb 1949Riviera Feb 1949Holman Mar 19498.8 tracked bouts per year

Jimmy Grinnage last boxed on Oct 18, 1943 — 30,333 days ago. Grinnage had lost the most recent, to Elmer Ray.L

Ray Oct 1943

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Elmer Ray and Jimmy Grinnage ever fought each other?
Yes. Elmer Ray and Jimmy Grinnage met once on October 18, 1943, and Elmer Ray won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WOct 18, 1943 · Ray · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Ray or Grinnage?
Elmer Ray is 98-23-11 and Jimmy Grinnage is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Elmer Ray has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Ray98–23–1178.4%

Grinnage0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Ray or Grinnage?
Elmer Ray has 69 knockout wins and Jimmy Grinnage has 0. Elmer Ray has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Ray6970.4%

Grinnage0

The Numbers ↓
Do Ray and Grinnage have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Elmer Ray and Jimmy Grinnage have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Ray and Grinnage?
This comparison is drawn from 135 bouts tracked for Elmer Ray and 1 bout tracked for Jimmy Grinnage. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Ray135bouts

Grinnage1bout

How They Win ↓

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