Montell Griffin Record

50-8-1

Total Fights	59
Wins	50
Losses	8
Draws	1
No-Contests	0

Title Wins	1
Title Defenses	0
Title-Fight KOs	0
KO Wins	30
KO Losses	3

Montell Griffin's Record — Montell Griffin's boxing record and career infographic

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What is Montell Griffin's record?

In a professional boxing career spanning 18 years and six months, Montell Griffin fought 59 times with 50 wins, 8 losses, and 1 draw.

Griffin retired from professional boxing with a record of 50-8-1, which included one light-heavyweight world-title win. He had a 50.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 59 fights being knockout wins. Griffin suffered three knockout losses in his career, two of which were in title fights.

His last fight was a 8-round unanimous decision victory over DeAndrey Abron on August 19, 2011.

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, Jesus Castaneda, Kenny Lopez, and Tim Cooper.

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
59	Aug 19, 2011	41	DeAndrey Abron	Win	UD
58	May 29, 2010	39	Ross Thompson	Draw	SD
57	Aug 2, 2008	38	Beibut Shumenov	Loss	UD
56	Jun 20, 2008	38	Cory Cummings	Win	UD
55	May 16, 2007	36	Glen Johnson	Loss	TKO11
54	Mar 31, 2006	35	Norman Jones	Win	UD
53	May 5, 2005	34	Julio César González	Loss	TD
52	Feb 3, 2005	34	Sam Reese	Win	UD
51	Sep 16, 2004	34	Rico Hoye	Loss	SD
50	Jun 17, 2004	34	Thomas Reid	Win	UD
49	May 22, 2004	33	Willard Lewis	Win	RTD4
48	Apr 26, 2003	32	Antonio Tarver	Loss ^*	UD
47	Nov 3, 2002	32	George Khalid Jones	Win	UD
46	Jul 21, 2002	32	Derrick Harmon	Win	UD
45	Feb 17, 2002	31	George Klinesmith	Win	TKO1
44	May 12, 2001	30	Jesus Ruiz	Win	TD
43	Mar 9, 2001	30	Ed Dalton	Win	TKO6
42	Apr 22, 2000	29	Jose Luis Rivera	Win	UD
41	Aug 28, 1999	29	Dariusz Michalczewski	Loss ^*	TKO4
40	Jun 23, 1999	29	Tim Cooper	Win	TKO3
39	May 25, 1999	28	Danny Thomas	Win	TKO5
38	Feb 26, 1999	28	Randall Yonker	Win	KO3
37	Jan 26, 1999	28	Availeo Slate	Win	TKO2
36	Nov 13, 1998	28	Eric Harding	Loss	SD
35	Oct 2, 1998	28	Eric Davis	Win	TKO6
34	Aug 22, 1998	28	Randall Yonker	Win	TKO3
33	Jun 3, 1998	27	Karl Willis	Win	TKO3
32	Mar 28, 1998	27	Kenny Lopez	Win	TKO9
31	Feb 27, 1998	27	Thomas Reid	Win	UD
30	Dec 26, 1997	27	Jesus Castaneda	Win	TKO8
29	Nov 29, 1997	27	Vinson Durham	Win	UD
28	Aug 7, 1997	27	Roy Jones Jr.	Loss ^*	KO1
27	Mar 21, 1997	26	Roy Jones Jr.	Win ^*	DQ
26	Dec 6, 1996	26	James Toney	Win	UD
25	Oct 18, 1996	26	Russell Mitchell	Win	TKO1
24	Aug 28, 1996	26	Melvin Wynn	Win	TKO2
23	Jul 11, 1996	26	Matthew Charleston	Win	TKO11
22	May 10, 1996	25	Charles Scott	Win	TKO4
21	Mar 29, 1996	25	Tony Golden	Win	KO2
20	Jan 26, 1996	25	William Clayton	Win	KO1
19	Nov 29, 1995	25	Ray Webb	Win	TKO6
18	Oct 7, 1995	25	John Mitchell	Win	TKO2
17	Sep 14, 1995	25	Hunter Clay	Win	KO6
16	Jun 4, 1995	24	Tony Booth	Win	TKO2
15	Feb 18, 1995	24	James Toney	Win	MD
14	Sep 12, 1994	24	Ray Lathon	Win	UD
13	May 23, 1994	23	David Vedder	Win	UD
12	Apr 26, 1994	23	Terry Collier	Win	TKO6
11	Jan 18, 1994	23	Steve Brewer	Win	TKO2
10	Dec 6, 1993	23	Terrence Wright	Win	TKO6
9	Nov 19, 1993	23	Terry Collier	Win	PTS
8	Sep 24, 1993	23	Bobby Mack	Win	PTS
7	Aug 27, 1993	23	Ka-Dy King	Win	UD
6	Aug 13, 1993	23	Mike Garcia	Win	TKO3
5	Jun 25, 1993	23	Ron Stringer	Win	TKO3
4	Apr 26, 1993	22	Donnie Penelton	Win	UD
3	Apr 16, 1993	22	Randy McGaugh	Win	KO2
2	Mar 13, 1993	22	Calvin Puckett	Win	TKO2
1	Feb 16, 1993	22	Jose Luis Ornelas	Win	TKO2

* World-title fight

Boxing career

Montell Griffin (Ice) is a 53-year old retired American professional boxer. He was born in Chicago, Illinois, U.S. on June 6, 1970. He is a former light-heavyweight world champion. His 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.

He 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".

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 12 years, 3 months, and 20 days since this fight.

For a very detailed list Griffin's fights refer to "All of Montell Griffin's fights".

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 disqualification. He is now the WBC light-heavyweight world champion.

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 Division	World Titles Held
Light-heavyweight	WBC