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Emile Griffith vs Yama Bahama — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Emile Griffith

Yama Bahama

Emile Griffith (85-24-2) and Yama Bahama (2-3 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 1 common opponent.

Griffith

85

Wins23 KO · 27%

24

Losses

2

Draws112 tracked bouts

Bahama

Tracked record

2–3

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 Yama Bahama have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.

Emile Griffith and Yama Bahama have met 1 time; Griffith leads 1–0.
Met1961Jul 29Series
Emile GriffithFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Yama BahamaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Griffith 5 · Bahama 2 of 7 measurable rows
GriffithBahama
Record†
85-24-2 (edge)2-3
Win %0–100%
77.5% (edge)
40%
Wins by knockoutmax 23
23 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
27.06%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
27%
50% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 14
14 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
1.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 112
112
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″
Yama Bahama: No height on file
Reachnot held
Emile Griffith: 72″
Yama Bahama: No reach on file
Agenot held
Emile Griffith: Died aged 75
Yama Bahama: No date of birth
Stance
Emile Griffith: Orthodox
Yama Bahama: Not recorded

Emile Griffith left, Yama Bahama 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%

Yama Bahama2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Yama Bahama: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Emile Griffith 112, Yama Bahama 5 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Griffith better on 1

Griffith

Opponent

Bahama

  • Emile Griffith

    3–1 against

    Win, SD

    1964

    Win, SD

    1963

    Loss, UD

    1963

    Win, SD

    1960

    RodríguezGriffith better

    Yama Bahama

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 3

    1962

    Loss, MD

    1960

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

Yama Bahama last boxed on May 5, 1962 — 23,544 days ago. Bahama had lost two straight, after one straight win.WLWLL

Gavilán Jun 1958Rodríguez Nov 1960Robinson Feb 1961Griffith Jul 1961Rodríguez May 19621.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Emile Griffith and Yama Bahama ever fought each other?
Yes. Emile Griffith and Yama Bahama met once on July 29, 1961, and Emile Griffith won by UD.
The meeting

WJul 29, 1961 · Griffith · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffith or Bahama?
Emile Griffith is 85-24-2 and Yama Bahama is 2-3 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%

Bahama2–340%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Griffith or Bahama?
Emile Griffith has 23 knockout wins and Yama Bahama has 1. Emile Griffith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Griffith2327.1%

Bahama1

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffith and Bahama have any common opponents?
Emile Griffith and Yama Bahama share 1 common opponent: Luis Manuel Rodríguez. Emile Griffith fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Luis Manuel Rodríguez3–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffith and Bahama?
This comparison is drawn from 112 bouts tracked for Emile Griffith and 5 bouts tracked for Yama Bahama. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffith112bouts

Bahama5bouts

How They Win ↓

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