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.
Johnny Van Heest (2-2-2 across 6 tracked bouts) and Young Griffo (118-12-68) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.
Johnny Van Heest vs Young Griffo — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Series level 0–0- DrawGriffo vs HeestJan 23, 1894 · PTS
The Numbers
- 2-2-2
- Record
- 118-12-68 (edge)
- 50%
- Win %
- 76.8% (edge)
- 1
- Wins by knockout
- 33 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 27.97%
- 50% (edge)
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 28%
- 2 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 4
- 0
- Title reigns
- 0
- 0.6
- Bouts per year
- 7.1 (edge)
- 6
- Bouts tracked
- 200
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- —
- Age
- 155
- —
- Division
- Featherweight Lightweight
- —
- Nationality
- Australian
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJohnny Van Heest · 2 wins
KO/TKO
1
Decision
1
Other
0
Young Griffo · 118 wins
KO/TKO
33
Decision
31
Other
54
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (6 and 200 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedJohnny Van Heest
LKO R4 · Aug 1902WTKO R6 · Mar 1899Young Griffo
WPTS · May 1894WDQ R22 · Jul 1891WRTD · Sep 1890WPTS · Dec 1888Johnny Van Heest
WPTS R9 · Apr 1895Young Griffo
LTKO R8 · Jul 1900DPTS · Sep 1897DPTS · Nov 1895
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Johnny Van Heest
LWWDD
L1 streak · last fought Aug 3, 1902
Young Griffo
LDLWD
L1 streak · last fought Jun 1, 1914
Common Questions
- Have Johnny Van Heest and Young Griffo ever fought each other?
- Yes. Johnny Van Heest and Young Griffo met once on January 23, 1894, and the bout was a draw by PTS.
- Who has the better record, Johnny Van Heest or Young Griffo?
- Johnny Van Heest is 2-2-2 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Young Griffo is 118-12-68. Young Griffo has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Johnny Van Heest or Young Griffo?
- Johnny Van Heest has 1 knockout win and Young Griffo has 33. Young Griffo has more.
- Do Johnny Van Heest and Young Griffo have any common opponents?
- Johnny Van Heest and Young Griffo share 3 common opponents: Torpedo Billy Murphy, Joe Gans and Solly Smith. Young Griffo fared better against 2 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Johnny Van Heest and Young Griffo?
- This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Van Heest and 200 bouts tracked for Young Griffo. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.