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

🇺🇸UNITED STATES

Emile Griffith

🇿🇦SOUTH AFRICA

Willie Toweel

Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Willie Toweel (45-6-2) 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

Toweel

45

Wins

6

Losses

2

Draws3 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Griffith leads 1–0

Emile Griffith and Willie Toweel have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Emile Griffith and Willie Toweel have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1960Oct 22Series
Emile GriffithFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Willie ToweelFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

Griffith 5 · Toweel 3 of 8 measurable rows
GriffithToweel
Record
85-24-245-6-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
77.5%
86.8% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
0
KO rate0–100%
27.06% (edge)
0%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
27% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 14
14 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
0.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
3

† 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 Toweel: No height on file
Reachnot held
Emile Griffith: 72″
Willie Toweel: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Willie Toweel: Died aged 83
Stance
Emile Griffith: Orthodox
Willie Toweel: Not recorded

Emile Griffith left, Willie Toweel 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 Toweel1 win · from 3 tracked bouts

Willie Toweel: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 3 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 112, Willie Toweel 3 — 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 Toweel had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Emile Griffith. Toweel last boxed on Oct 22, 1960.DWL

Cohen Sep 1955Carter Oct 1957Griffith Oct 19600.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Emile Griffith and Willie Toweel ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile Griffith and Willie Toweel met once on October 22, 1960, and Emile Griffith won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

WOct 22, 1960 · Griffith · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffith or Toweel?
Emile Griffith is 85-24-2 and Willie Toweel is 45-6-2. Willie Toweel has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Griffith85–24–277.5%

Toweel45–6–286.8%

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

Griffith2327.1%

Toweel0

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffith and Toweel have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Emile Griffith and Willie Toweel have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffith and Toweel?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 3 bouts tracked for Willie Toweel. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffith112bouts

Toweel3bouts

How They Win ↓

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