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Johnny Griffin

217 KOs

1710 KOs

0Draws

Last six: L-L-L-L-L-L

Career

division

Heavyweight

status

inactive

bouts

38

rounds

263

KO %

33.3%

KO wins

7

KO losses

10

career

1967–1976

debut

1967-09-25

last fight

1976-01-22

Profile

alias

70 s

sex

M

height

6′ 1″ / 185cm

nationality

USA

origin

Moultrie Georgia USA

city / state / zip

Cleveland, Ohio

dob

0000-00-00

Latest news

Boxing: Tributes paid to promoter Johnny Griffin, 85

2015-11-03 · Leicester Mercury

Leicestershire sport has lost one of its great characters following the death of Johnny Griffin at the age of 85. Griffin did just about everything there was to do in the boxing world, taking up the sport as a 14-year-old and becoming the country's…

Fight history

date

w-l-d

last 6

result

25 16 1

L-SD

Municipal Auditorium, Kingston, New York, USA

8 of 8

25 14 0

L-KO

West Ridge Tennis Stadium, Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa

3 of 10

Referee: Fred Smith

5 0 0

L-TKO

Zagreb, Croatia

5

22 2 1

L-TKO

Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA

Light Heavyweight Title

4 of 10

11 0 1

L-KO

Jordal Amfi, Oslo, Norway

5 of 10

Harold Richardson

28 22 1

L-PTS

Kingston, New York, USA

8 of 8

Victor Galindez

30 4 2

L-KO

Balcarce, Buenos Aires, Argentina

6 of 10

76 7 1

L-PTS

K.B. Hallen, Copenhagen, Denmark

10 of 10

Gregorio Peralta

97 9 8

L-KO

Cologne, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

5 of 10 · 186 / 195 lbs

22 5 0

L-KO

Grosvenor House, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom

3 of 8x3 · 186 / 207 lbs

11 1 1

W-SD

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10 of 10

28 11 2

W-UD

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10 of 10

Referee: Jackie Keough

26 4 1

W-TKO

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

12 of 12 · 174 / 175 lbs · 2:01

Referee: John Christopher

22 18 0

L-TKO

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

7 of 10 · 2:37

Jose Luis Garcia

19 2 1

L-TKO

Caracas, Venezuela

7 of 10

31 5 1

L-PTS

Valencia, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain

10 of 10

Jack O'Halloran

19 10 2

W-UD

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10 of 10

25 2 1

W-UD

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10 of 10 · 175 / 173 lbs

14 4 0

W-KO

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

3 of 6 · 185 / 198 lbs · 2:34

Willie McMillan

12 9 1

W-UD

Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10 of 10

24 3 0

L-UD

Music Hall, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

10 of 10

31 4 1

W-UD

Armory, Akron, Ohio, USA

10 of 10

31 3 1

W-PTS

Red Pepper Steak House Boxing Arena, Norton, Ohio, USA

10 of 10

16 8 0

L-PTS

Silver Slipper, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

10 of 10

8 0 0

W-KO

Seattle Center Arena, Seattle, Washington, USA

2 of 8

16 6 2

L-PTS

Armory, Akron, Ohio, USA

10 of 10

3 8 1

W-KO

Akron, Ohio, USA

2

11 13 3

W-PTS

Felt Forum, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 183 / 189 lbs

10 13 0

W-PTS

Audubon Ballroom, New York, New York, USA

10 of 10 · 183 / 188 lbs

10 10 3

W-TKO

Eastern States Coliseum, West Springfield, Massachusetts, USA

6

2 0 1

W-PTS

Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA

4 of 4

7 4 0

W-KO

Audubon Ballroom, New York, New York, USA

4 of 6 · 191 / 192 lbs

0 0 0

L-KO

National Maritime Union Hall, New York, New York, USA

4 of 4 · 182 / 181 lbs · 0:47

9 5 0

W-PTS

Cooper Arena, Columbus, Ohio, USA

6 of 6 · 189 / 185 lbs

1 0 0

W-PTS

Columbus, Ohio, USA

6 of 6 · 185 / 200 lbs

0 0 0

W-PTS

Moundsville, West Virginia, USA

6 of 6

4 0 0

W-KO

Columbus, Ohio, USA

3

1 0 0

W-PTS

Cobo Arena, Detroit, Michigan, United States

4 of 4 · 183 / 181 lbs