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.
Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Ted Wright (4-5 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 5 common opponents.
Emile Griffith vs Ted Wright — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Emile Griffith leads 1–0- Emile Griffith wonGriffith vs WrightOct 17, 1962 · PTS
The Numbers
- 85-24-2 (edge)
- Record
- 4-5
- 77.5% (edge)
- Win %
- 44.4%
- 23 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 1
- 27.06%
- KO rate
- —
- 27% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 25%
- 2
- Times stopped
- 0 (edge)
- 14 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 5.8 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 0.9
- 112
- Bouts tracked
- 9
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′7″ (169 cm)
- Height
- —
- 72″ (183 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 88
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyEmile Griffith · 85 wins
KO/TKO
23
Decision
62
Other
0
Ted Wright · 4 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
3
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (112 and 9 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
5 sharedEmile Griffith
WSD · Jun 1964WSD · Jun 1963LUD · Mar 1963WSD · Dec 1960Ted Wright
LUD · May 1968Emile Griffith
WSD · Aug 1962LSD · Apr 1960WSD · Mar 1960Ted Wright
LUD · Jul 1962WSD · Jun 1962
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Emile Griffith
LLLWW
L3 streak · last fought Jul 30, 1977
Ted Wright
LLLLL
L5 streak · last fought May 5, 1968
Common Questions
- Have Emile Griffith and Ted Wright ever fought each other?
- Yes. Emile Griffith and Ted Wright met once on October 17, 1962, and Emile Griffith won by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Emile Griffith or Ted Wright?
- Emile Griffith is 85-24-2 and Ted Wright is 4-5 across the 9 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Emile Griffith or Ted Wright?
- Emile Griffith has 23 knockout wins and Ted Wright has 1. Emile Griffith has more.
- Do Emile Griffith and Ted Wright have any common opponents?
- Emile Griffith and Ted Wright share 5 common opponents: Luis Manuel Rodríguez, Nino Benvenuti and Don Fullmer (and 2 others). Emile Griffith fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Emile Griffith and Ted Wright?
- This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 9 bouts tracked for Ted Wright. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.