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Emile Griffith vs Willie Stevenson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Emile Griffith

Willie Stevenson

Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Willie Stevenson (0-2 across 2 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

Stevenson

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Willie Stevenson have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Emile Griffith and Willie Stevenson have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1959May 25Series
Emile GriffithFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie StevensonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Griffith 5 · Stevenson 1 of 6 measurable rows
GriffithStevenson
Record†
85-24-2 (edge)0-2
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‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 14
14 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
0.7
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
2

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

Emile Griffith left, Willie Stevenson 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%

Willie Stevenson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Willie Stevenson: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Stevenson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Emile Griffith 112, Willie Stevenson 2 — 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

Willie Stevenson last boxed on Apr 13, 1962 — 23,565 days ago. Stevenson had lost two straight.LL

Griffith May 1959Loi Apr 19620.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Emile Griffith and Willie Stevenson ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile Griffith and Willie Stevenson met once on May 25, 1959, and Emile Griffith won by UD.
The meeting

WMay 25, 1959 · Griffith · UD

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

Stevenson0–20%

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

Griffith2327.1%

Stevenson0

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffith and Stevenson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Emile Griffith and Willie Stevenson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffith and Stevenson?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 2 bouts tracked for Willie Stevenson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffith112bouts

Stevenson2bouts

How They Win ↓

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