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Emile Griffith vs Tony Licata — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Emile Griffith

Tony Licata

Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Tony Licata (4-2 across 6 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Griffith

85

Wins23 KO · 27%

24

Losses

2

Draws112 tracked bouts

Licata

Tracked record

4–2

counted from 6 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

Licata leads 1–0

Emile Griffith and Tony Licata have met 1 time; Licata leads 1–0.

Emile Griffith and Tony Licata have met 1 time; Licata leads 1–0.
Met1974Feb 5Series
Emile GriffithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Tony LicataFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Griffith 6 · Licata 0 of 6 measurable rows
GriffithLicata
Record†
85-24-2 (edge)4-2
Win %0–100%
77.5% (edge)
66.7%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
27.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
27% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 14
14 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
6

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

Emile Griffith left, Tony Licata 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%

Tony Licata4 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Tony Licata: 4 tracked wins — 4 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

4 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Emile Griffith 112, Tony Licata 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Licata better on 2 · even on 1

Griffith

Opponent

Licata

  • Emile Griffith

    Loss, PTS

    1977

    MinterEven

    Tony Licata

    Loss, TKO 6

    1976

  • Emile Griffith

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1973

    Loss, TKO 14

    1971

    MonzónLicata better

    Tony Licata

    Loss, TKO 10

    1975

  • Emile Griffith

    2–1 against

    Win, SD

    1962

    Loss, SD

    1960

    Win, SD

    1960

    MoyerLicata better

    Tony Licata

    Win, UD

    1973

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

Tony Licata last boxed on Nov 9, 1976 — 18,242 days ago. Licata had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Alan Minter.WWLWL

Griffith Feb 1974Curto Feb 1975Monzón Jun 1975Rossman Jun 1976Minter Nov 19761.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Emile Griffith and Tony Licata ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile Griffith and Tony Licata met once on February 5, 1974, and Tony Licata won by UD.
The meeting

LFeb 5, 1974 · Licata · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffith or Licata?
Emile Griffith is 85-24-2 and Tony Licata is 4-2 across the 6 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%

Licata4–266.7%

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

Griffith2327.1%

Licata0

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffith and Licata have any common opponents?
Emile Griffith and Tony Licata share 3 common opponents: Alan Minter, Carlos Monzón and Denny Moyer. Tony Licata fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Alan MinterLL

Carlos MonzónLL

Denny Moyer2–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffith and Licata?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 6 bouts tracked for Tony Licata. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffith112bouts

Licata6bouts

How They Win ↓

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