Montell Griffin Record & Stats

Montell Griffin Record & Stats

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In a career spanning 18 years and six months, Montell Griffin fought 59 times with 50 wins, 8 losses, and 1 draw. By his last professional fight on August 19, 2011, Griffin's boxing record stood at 50-8-1 (30 KO wins, 3 KO losses).

Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
“Ice”
Born
Jun 6, 1970
Age
53
Debut
Feb 16, 1993
Record
50-8-1
Rounds
393
KOs
30 (50.8%)
Height
170 cm
Reach
178 cm
Ape Index
8 cm
Stance
Orthodox
Last Fight
WBC
lHV
w1
d0
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      Montell Griffin (Ice) is a retired American professional boxer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. on June 6, 1970. Griffin made his professional boxing debut at the age of 22, on February 16, 1993. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. Griffin turned 53 this month 4 days ago, on the 6th.

      Fight Record

      Total Fights59
      Wins50
      Losses8
      Draws1
      No-Contests0
      KO Wins30
      Total Title Wins1
      Title Defenses0
      Title-Fight KO Wins0
      Losses via KO3
      #DateAgeOpponentResultVia
      59Aug 19, 201141DeAndrey AbronWinUD
      58May 29, 201039Ross ThompsonDrawSD
      57Aug 2, 200838Beibut ShumenovLossUD
      56Jun 20, 200838Cory CummingsWinUD
      55May 16, 200736Glen JohnsonLossTKO11
      54Mar 31, 200635Norman JonesWinUD
      53May 5, 200534Julio César GonzálezLossTD
      52Feb 3, 200534Sam ReeseWinUD
      51Sep 16, 200434Rico HoyeLossSD
      50Jun 17, 200434Thomas ReidWinUD
      49May 22, 200433Willard LewisWinRTD4
      48Apr 26, 200332Antonio TarverLoss *UD
      47Nov 3, 200232George Khalid JonesWinUD
      46Jul 21, 200232Derrick HarmonWinUD
      45Feb 17, 200231George KlinesmithWinTKO1
      44May 12, 200130Jesus RuizWinTD
      43Mar 9, 200130Ed DaltonWinTKO6
      42Apr 22, 200029Jose Luis RiveraWinUD
      41Aug 28, 199929Dariusz MichalczewskiLoss *TKO4
      40Jun 23, 199929Tim CooperWinTKO3
      39May 25, 199928Danny ThomasWinTKO5
      38Feb 26, 199928Randall YonkerWinKO3
      37Jan 26, 199928Availeo SlateWinTKO2
      36Nov 13, 199828Eric HardingLossSD
      35Oct 2, 199828Eric DavisWinTKO6
      34Aug 22, 199828Randall YonkerWinTKO3
      33Jun 3, 199827Karl WillisWinTKO3
      32Mar 28, 199827Kenny LopezWinTKO9
      31Feb 27, 199827Thomas ReidWinUD
      30Dec 26, 199727Jesus CastanedaWinTKO8
      29Nov 29, 199727Vinson DurhamWinUD
      28Aug 7, 199727Roy Jones Jr.Loss *KO1
      27Mar 21, 199726Roy Jones Jr.Win *DQ
      26Dec 6, 199626James ToneyWinUD
      25Oct 18, 199626Russell MitchellWinTKO1
      24Aug 28, 199626Melvin WynnWinTKO2
      23Jul 11, 199626Matthew CharlestonWinTKO11
      22May 10, 199625Charles ScottWinTKO4
      21Mar 29, 199625Tony GoldenWinKO2
      20Jan 26, 199625William ClaytonWinKO1
      19Nov 29, 199525Ray WebbWinTKO6
      18Oct 7, 199525John MitchellWinTKO2
      17Sep 14, 199525Hunter ClayWinKO6
      16Jun 4, 199524Tony BoothWinTKO2
      15Feb 18, 199524James ToneyWinMD
      14Sep 12, 199424Ray LathonWinUD
      13May 23, 199423David VedderWinUD
      12Apr 26, 199423Terry CollierWinTKO6
      11Jan 18, 199423Steve BrewerWinTKO2
      10Dec 6, 199323Terrence WrightWinTKO6
      9Nov 19, 199323Terry CollierWinPTS
      8Sep 24, 199323Bobby MackWinPTS
      7Aug 27, 199323Ka-Dy KingWinUD
      6Aug 13, 199323Mike GarciaWinTKO3
      5Jun 25, 199323Ron StringerWinTKO3
      4Apr 26, 199322Donnie PeneltonWinUD
      3Apr 16, 199322Randy McGaughWinKO2
      2Mar 13, 199322Calvin PuckettWinTKO2
      1Feb 16, 199322Jose Luis OrnelasWinTKO2

      * World-title fight

      World Titles

      Griffin was a light-heavyweight world champion. He has held one world title at light-heavyweight, which was a lineal championship win.

      Weight DivisionWorld Titles Held
      Light-heavyweightWBC

      Statistics

      Montell Griffin is 170 cm tall (5' 6.93") with a reach of 178 cm (5' 10.08"). He fights out of the orthodox stance and presents an ape-index of 8 cm (3.15").

      Griffin has a 50.8% KO rate. Of his total 30 KO wins, 20 were in the early rounds, eight in the mid rounds, and two in the later rounds. He has three first-round KO wins.

      Career Summary

      Montell Griffin's professional boxing career spanned more than 18 years — from 1993 to 2011.

      Griffin made his professional boxing debut against Jose Luis Ornelas at the age of 22 on February 16, 1993, defeating Ornelas via 2nd round TKO. He went on to win 26 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 17 wins via stoppage.

      Griffin had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on March 21, 1997 after 26 professional fights, against Roy Jones Jr. for the light-heavyweight WBC title. He defeated Jones Jr. via 9 round undefined to become the light-heavyweight champion of the world.

      Griffin has won one world title at light-heavyweight. For all the details about Griffin's world title wins and defenses refer to "Montell Griffin World Titles".

      Some of Griffin's best fights and notable victories include wins over two Hall-of-Famers (Roy Jones Jr. and James Toney), Karl Willis, Randall Yonker, Eric Davis, and Jesus Castaneda.

      Griffin had a total of eight losses in his professional boxing career.

      His last professional fight was a non-title bout against DeAndrey Abron on August 19, 2011. Griffin won the fight via 8 round unanimous decision. It's been 11 years, 9 months, and 22 days since this fight.

      Career Highlights

      Griffin fought a total of 59 times during his professional career, which includes 4 world-title fights at the light-heavyweight division. These three fights are the highlight of his career.

      • February 18, 1995: Montell Griffin puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating James Toney via 12th round majority decision.

      • December 6, 1996: Montell Griffin beats James Toney via 12th round unanimous decision.

      • March 21, 1997: Griffin wins his first world title by defeating Roy Jones Jr. via 9 round DQ. He is now the WBC light-heavyweight world champion.

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