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Emile Griffith vs Jean-Claude Bouttier — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Emile Griffith

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Jean-Claude Bouttier

Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Jean-Claude Bouttier (64-7-1) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Griffith

85

Wins23 KO · 27%

24

Losses

2

Draws112 tracked bouts

Bouttier

64

Wins43 KO · 67%

7

Losses

1

Draw4 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Bouttier leads 1–0

Emile Griffith and Jean-Claude Bouttier have met 1 time; Bouttier leads 1–0.

Emile Griffith and Jean-Claude Bouttier have met 1 time; Bouttier leads 1–0.
Met1972Dec 18Series
Emile GriffithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jean-Claude BouttierFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultDQR71Meeting

The Numbers

Griffith 3 · Bouttier 5 of 8 measurable rows
GriffithBouttier
Record
85-24-264-7-1 (edge)
Win %0–100%
77.5%
89.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 43
23
43 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
27.06%
67.19% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
27% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 14
14 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
2.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
4

† 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+3″
Emile Griffith: 5′7″
Jean-Claude Bouttier: 5′10″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Emile Griffith: 72″
Jean-Claude Bouttier: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Jean-Claude Bouttier: Died aged 74
Stance
Emile Griffith: Orthodox
Jean-Claude Bouttier: Orthodox

Emile Griffith left, Jean-Claude Bouttier right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Jean-Claude Bouttier1 win · from 4 tracked bouts

Jean-Claude Bouttier: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Emile Griffith 112, Jean-Claude Bouttier 4 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · even on 1

Griffith

Opponent

Bouttier

  • Emile Griffith

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1973

    Loss, TKO 14

    1971

    MonzónEven

    Jean-Claude Bouttier

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1973

    Loss, TKO 13

    1972

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

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

Jean-Claude Bouttier has lost two straight, after one straight win. Bouttier last boxed on May 27, 1974.LWLL

Monzón Jun 1972Griffith Dec 1972Monzón Sep 1973Finnegan May 19742.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Emile Griffith and Jean-Claude Bouttier ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile Griffith and Jean-Claude Bouttier met once on December 18, 1972, and Jean-Claude Bouttier won by DQ in round 7.
The meeting

LDec 18, 1972 · Bouttier · DQ R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffith or Bouttier?
Emile Griffith is 85-24-2 and Jean-Claude Bouttier is 64-7-1. Jean-Claude Bouttier has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Griffith85–24–277.5%

Bouttier64–7–189.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Griffith or Bouttier?
Emile Griffith has 23 knockout wins and Jean-Claude Bouttier has 43. Jean-Claude Bouttier has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Griffith2327.1%

Bouttier4367.2%

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffith and Bouttier have any common opponents?
Emile Griffith and Jean-Claude Bouttier share 1 common opponent: Carlos Monzón. Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
Shared opponent

Carlos MonzónLL

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Griffith or Bouttier?
Jean-Claude Bouttier is the taller fighter at 177 cm, 8 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Griffith169 cm183 cm reach

Bouttier177 cm

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffith and Bouttier?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 4 bouts tracked for Jean-Claude Bouttier. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffith112bouts

Bouttier4bouts

How They Win ↓

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