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Johnny Griffin vs Solly Smith — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Griffin

🇺🇸WELTERWEIGHT

Solly Smith

Johnny Griffin (1-6-2 across 9 tracked bouts) and Solly Smith (30-13-20) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 4 common opponents.

Griffin

Tracked record

1–6–2

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Smith

30

Wins18 KO · 60%

13

Losses

20

Draws64 tracked bouts

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

Smith leads 2–0

Johnny Griffin and Solly Smith have met 2 times; Smith leads 2–0.

Johnny Griffin and Solly Smith have met 2 times; Smith leads 2–0.
Met1893Jul 101897Aug 20Series
Johnny GriffinFighter ALLostLLost0–2W–L
Solly SmithFighter BWWonWWon2–0W–L
ResultKOKOR72Meetings

The Numbers

Griffin 2 · Smith 4 of 6 measurable rows
GriffinSmith
Record†
1-6-230-13-20 (edge)
Win %0–100%
22.2%
63.5% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 18
1
18 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—60%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
100% (edge)
60%
Times stopped‡max 7
4 (edge)
7
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 4
1.1
4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 64
9
64

† 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
Johnny Griffin: No height on file
Solly Smith: 5′6″
Reachnot held
Johnny Griffin: No reach on file
Solly Smith: 70″
Agenot held
Johnny Griffin: No date of birth
Solly Smith: Died aged 62
Stance
Johnny Griffin: Not recorded
Solly Smith: Orthodox

Johnny Griffin left, Solly Smith right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Johnny Griffin1 win · from 9 tracked bouts

Johnny Griffin: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

Solly Smith30 wins · from 64 tracked bouts

Solly Smith: 30 tracked wins — 18 by KO/TKO (60%), 9 on the cards (30%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (10%). Counted from 64 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

18 by KO/TKO 60%9 on the cards 30%3 by another method or unrecorded 10%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Johnny Griffin 9, Solly Smith 64 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Smith better on 3 · even on 1

Griffin

Opponent

Smith

  • Johnny Griffin

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1897

    Loss, PTS

    1895

    DixonSmith better

    Solly Smith

    1–1 against

    Win, PTS

    1897

    Loss, TKO

    1893

  • Johnny Griffin

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 7

    1893

    Loss, KO

    1889

    MurphySmith better

    Solly Smith

    Win, TKO 14

    1895

  • Johnny Griffin

    Loss, TKO

    1894

    LavigneSmith better

    Solly Smith

    Draw, PTS

    1894

  • Johnny Griffin

    Draw, PTS

    1894

    GriffoEven

    Solly Smith

    Draw, PTS

    1894

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

Johnny Griffin last boxed on Aug 20, 1897 — 47,178 days ago. Griffin had lost four straight.DLLLL

Griffo Apr 1894Lavigne Oct 1894Dixon Aug 1895Dixon Apr 1897Smith Aug 18971.1 tracked bouts per year

Solly Smith has lost three straight. Smith last boxed on Aug 26, 1904.LDLLL

Bernstein Jun 1900Bernstein Jun 1901McFadden Sep 1901DeCoursey Nov 1902Snailham Aug 19044 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Johnny Griffin and Solly Smith ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Griffin and Solly Smith have met 2 times and Solly Smith leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

LAug 20, 1897 · Smith · KO R7

LJul 10, 1893 · Smith · KO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Griffin or Smith?
Johnny Griffin is 1-6-2 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Solly Smith is 30-13-20. Solly Smith has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Griffin1–6–222.2%

Smith30–13–2063.5%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Griffin or Smith?
Johnny Griffin has 1 knockout win and Solly Smith has 18. Solly Smith has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Griffin1

Smith1860%

The Numbers ↓
Do Griffin and Smith have any common opponents?
Johnny Griffin and Solly Smith share 4 common opponents: George Dixon, Torpedo Billy Murphy and Kid Lavigne (and 1 other). Solly Smith fared better against 3 of them.
4 shared opponents

George DixonL1–1

Torpedo Billy Murphy1–1W

Kid LavigneLD

Young GriffoDD

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Griffin and Smith?
This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Johnny Griffin and 64 bouts tracked for Solly Smith. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Griffin9bouts

Smith64bouts

How They Win ↓

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