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Emile Griffith vs Jose Luis Duran — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Emile Griffith

Jose Luis Duran

Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Jose Luis Duran (1-4 across 5 tracked bouts) 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.

Griffith

85

Wins23 KO · 27%

24

Losses

2

Draws112 tracked bouts

Duran

Tracked record

1–4

counted from 5 bouts 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

Duran leads 1–0

Emile Griffith and Jose Luis Duran have met 1 time; Duran leads 1–0.

Emile Griffith and Jose Luis Duran have met 1 time; Duran leads 1–0.
Met1974May 31Series
Emile GriffithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jose Luis DuranFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Griffith 7 · Duran 0 of 7 measurable rows
GriffithDuran
Record†
85-24-2 (edge)1-4
Win %0–100%
77.5% (edge)
20%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
27.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
27% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 14
14 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
5

† 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

Heightnot held
Emile Griffith: 5′7″
Jose Luis Duran: No height on file
Reachnot held
Emile Griffith: 72″
Jose Luis Duran: No reach on file
Agenot held
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Jose Luis Duran: No date of birth
Stance
Emile Griffith: Orthodox
Jose Luis Duran: Not recorded

Emile Griffith left, Jose Luis Duran 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%

Jose Luis Duran1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Jose Luis Duran: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Emile Griffith 112, Jose Luis Duran 5 — 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

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

Jose Luis Duran last boxed on Sep 25, 1981 — 16,461 days ago. Duran had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Griffith May 1974Kalule Apr 1977Roldán Dec 1980Burlón Apr 1981Kalambay Sep 19810.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Emile Griffith and Jose Luis Duran ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile Griffith and Jose Luis Duran met once on May 31, 1974, and Jose Luis Duran won by UD.
The meeting

LMay 31, 1974 · Duran · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffith or Duran?
Emile Griffith is 85-24-2 and Jose Luis Duran is 1-4 across the 5 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Emile Griffith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Griffith85–24–277.5%

Duran1–420%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Griffith or Duran?
Emile Griffith has 23 knockout wins and Jose Luis Duran has 0. Emile Griffith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Griffith2327.1%

Duran0

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffith and Duran have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Emile Griffith and Jose Luis Duran have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffith and Duran?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 5 bouts tracked for Jose Luis Duran. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffith112bouts

Duran5bouts

How They Win ↓

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