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Emile Griffith vs Renato Garcia — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Emile Griffith

Renato Garcia

Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Renato Garcia (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 2 common opponents.

Griffith

85

Wins23 KO · 27%

24

Losses

2

Draws113 tracked bouts

Garcia

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

Griffith leads 1–0

Emile Griffith and Renato Garcia have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Emile Griffith and Renato Garcia have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1974May 25Series
Emile GriffithFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Renato GarciaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Griffith 6 · Garcia 1 of 7 measurable rows
GriffithGarcia
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%
28% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 14
14 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.9
5.9 (edge)
1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 113
113
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″
Renato Garcia: No height on file
Reachnot held
Emile Griffith: 72″
Renato Garcia: No reach on file
Agenot held
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Renato Garcia: No date of birth
Stance
Emile Griffith: Orthodox
Renato Garcia: Not recorded

Emile Griffith left, Renato Garcia 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 Griffith86 wins · from 113 tracked bouts

Emile Griffith: 86 tracked wins — 24 by KO/TKO (28%) and 62 on the cards (72%). Counted from 113 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

24 by KO/TKO 28%62 on the cards 72%

Renato Garcia1 win · from 5 tracked bouts

Renato Garcia: 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 113, Renato Garcia 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Garcia better on 1 · even on 1

Griffith

Opponent

Garcia

  • Emile Griffith

    Loss, PTS

    1977

    MinterEven

    Renato Garcia

    Loss, TKO 9

    1979

  • Emile Griffith

    2–1 against

    Win, SD

    1962

    Loss, SD

    1960

    Win, SD

    1960

    MoyerGarcia better

    Renato Garcia

    Win, SD

    1974

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 19775.9 tracked bouts per year

Renato Garcia last boxed on May 1, 1979 — 17,341 days ago. Garcia had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Moyer Mar 1974Griffith May 1974Obed Nov 1974Seales Dec 1975Minter May 19791 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Emile Griffith and Renato Garcia ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile Griffith and Renato Garcia met once on May 25, 1974, and Emile Griffith won by PTS.
The meeting

WMay 25, 1974 · Griffith · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffith or Garcia?
Emile Griffith is 85-24-2 and Renato Garcia 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%

Garcia1–420%

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

Griffith2327.1%

Garcia0

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffith and Garcia have any common opponents?
Emile Griffith and Renato Garcia share 2 common opponents: Alan Minter and Denny Moyer. Renato Garcia fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Alan MinterLL

Denny Moyer2–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffith and Garcia?
This comparison is drawn from 113 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 5 bouts tracked for Renato Garcia. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffith113bouts

Garcia5bouts

How They Win ↓

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