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Emile Griffith vs Ray Lancaster — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Emile Griffith

Ray Lancaster

Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Ray Lancaster (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) 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

Lancaster

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Griffith leads 1–0

Emile Griffith and Ray Lancaster have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Emile Griffith and Ray Lancaster have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1959Nov 23Series
Emile GriffithFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Ray LancasterFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Griffith 5 · Lancaster 0 of 5 measurable rows
GriffithLancaster
Record†
85-24-2 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
77.5% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
27.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
27%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 14
14 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
2.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
3

† 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″
Ray Lancaster: No height on file
Reachnot held
Emile Griffith: 72″
Ray Lancaster: No reach on file
Agenot held
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Ray Lancaster: No date of birth
Stance
Emile Griffith: Orthodox
Ray Lancaster: Not recorded

Emile Griffith left, Ray Lancaster 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%

Ray Lancaster0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ray Lancaster: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lancaster yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Emile Griffith 112, Ray Lancaster 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Griffith better on 1

Griffith

Opponent

Lancaster

  • Emile Griffith

    2–0 against

    Win, KO 3

    1964

    Win, UD

    1962

    DupasGriffith better

    Ray Lancaster

    Loss, UD

    1958

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

Ray Lancaster last boxed on Dec 29, 1959 — 24,401 days ago. Lancaster had lost three straight.LLL

Dupas Sep 1958Griffith Nov 1959Lane Dec 19592.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Emile Griffith and Ray Lancaster ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile Griffith and Ray Lancaster met once on November 23, 1959, and Emile Griffith won by TKO in round 7.
The meeting

WNov 23, 1959 · Griffith · TKO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffith or Lancaster?
Emile Griffith is 85-24-2 and Ray Lancaster is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Lancaster0–30%

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

Griffith2327.1%

Lancaster0

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffith and Lancaster have any common opponents?
Emile Griffith and Ray Lancaster share 1 common opponent: Ralph Dupas. Emile Griffith fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Ralph DupasWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffith and Lancaster?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 3 bouts tracked for Ray Lancaster. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffith112bouts

Lancaster3bouts

How They Win ↓

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