Record details

Montell GRIFFIN

"Ice"

Cruiserweight

Male

(Montell Julian Griffin)
USA, South Holland, Illinois
Born: June 6, 1970, Chicago, Illinois
Height 5ft 7in, mt 1,69
Weight: 173-175-177-188 lbs

as an amateur:

1992 U.S. lt.heavyweight champion
1992 U.S. Olympic Trial lt.heavyweight silver medal
Wpt Gamaine Thadford 5-0, Wpt Terry McGroom 14-13
Final: Lpt Jeremy Williams 36-17
1992, June 23, Wpt Terry McGroom 2-1
1992 U.S. OlympicBox-Offs:
June 26, Wpt Jeremy Williams 14-11
June 28, Wpt Jeremy Williams 33-6
1992 Barcelona Olympic Games lt.heavyweight
Wpt France Lassie Mabiletsa (Bot), Wpt KoYo Da (SKr)
Quarters: Lpt Torsten May (Ger)

amateur record: 36-5-0

No amateur results

Professional record


1993
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 16	Pantura Ornelas	Denver, Colorado	TKO 2
+ Mar. 13	Calvin Puckett	Aurora, Illinois	TKO 2
+ Apr. 16	Dave McGaugh	Lansing, Michigan	KO 2
+ Apr. 26	Don Penelton	Rosemont, Illinois	W 6
+ June 25	Ron Stringer	Countryside, Illinois	TKO 3
+ Aug. 13	Mike Garcia	Corpus Christi, Texas	TKO 3
+ Aug. 27	Kaddy King	Beverly Hills, California	W 6
+ Sept. 24	Bobby Mack	Dublin, Ireland	W 6
+ Nov. 19	Terrance Collier	Countryside, Illinois	W 8
+ Dec. 6	Terrence Wright	Rosemont, Illinois	TKO 6

1994
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Steve Brewer	Omaha, Nebraska	TKO 2
+ Apr. 26	Terrance Collier	Louisville, Kentucky	TKO 6
+ May 23	David Vedder	Inglewood, California	W 10
+ Sept. 12	Ray Lathon	Inglewood, California	W 12
(Won Budweiser Light-Heavyweight Tournament)

1995
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 18	James Toney	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 12
(Won vacant IBF Inter-Cont’l Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ June 4	Tony Booth	Bethnal Green, Gt.Britain	TKO 2
+ Sept. 17	Hunter Clay	Battersea, Gt.Britain	KO 6
+ Oct. 7	John Mitchell	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 2
+ Nov. 29	Ray Webb	Southwark, Gt.Britain	TKO 6

1996
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 26	William Clayton	Dolton, Illinois	KO 1
+ Mar. 29	Anthony Golden	Dolton, Illinois	KO 2
+ May 10	Charles Scott	New York City, New York	TKO 4
+ July 11	Matthew Charleston	New York City, N.Y.	TKO 11
(Won vacant NABF Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Aug. 28	Melvin Wynn	Worley, Indiana	KO 2
+ Oct. 18	Russell Mitchell	Dolton, Illinois	TKO 1
+ Dec. 6	James Toney	Reno, Nevada	W 12

1997
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 21	Roy Jones	Atlantic City, New Jersey	WDQ 9
(Won WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
- Aug. 7	Roy Jones	Ledyard, Connecticut	KO by 1
(Lost WBC Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 29	Vinson Durham	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 10
+ Dec. 26	Jesus Castaneda	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 8

1998
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 27	Thomas Reid	Las Vegas, Nevada	W 10
+ Mar. 28	Kenny Lopez	Atlantic City, New Jersey	TKO 9
+ June 3	Karl Willis	Worley, Idaho	TKO 3
+ Aug. 22	Randall Yonker	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 3
+ Oct. 2	Eric Davis	Dolton, Illinois	TKO 6
- Nov. 13	Eric Harding	Miami, Florida	L 12
(For vacant NABF Light-Heavyweight Title)

1999
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 26	Availeo Slate	Harvey, Illinois	TKO 2
+ Feb. 26	Randall Yonker	Hopland, California	KO 3
+ May 25	Dan Thomas	Harvey, Illinois	TKO 5
+ June 23	Tim Cooper	Rosemont, Illinois	KO 3
- Aug. 28	Dariusz Michalczewski	Bremen, Germany	TKO by 4
(For WBO Light-Heavyweight Title)

2000
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Apr. 22	Jose Luis Rivera	Guangzhou, China	W 12
(Won vacant IBC Light-Heavyweight Title)

2001
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 9	Ed Dalton	Reno, Nevada	TKO 6
(Won vacant WBC Cont’l Americas Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ May 12	Jesus Ruiz	Lemoore, California	TW 10

2002
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 17	George Klinesmith	Las Vegas, Nevada	TKO 1
+ July 21	Derrick Harmon	Friant, California	W 12
(Retained WBC Cont’l Americas Light-Heavyweight Title)
+ Nov. 3	George Khalid Jones	Friant, California	W 12
(Retained WBC Cont’l Americas Light-Heavyweight Title

2003
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Apr. 26	Antonio Tarver	Ledyard, Connecticut	L 12
(For vacant WBC-IBF Light-Heavyweight Titles)

2004
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ May 22	Willard Lewis	Fresno, California	TKO 4
+ June 17	Thomas Reid	Laughlin, Nevada	W 10
- Sept. 16	Rico Hoye	Sault Ste Marie, Michigan	L 12
(For IBF Light-heavyweight Title Eliminator

2005
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 3	Sam Reese	San Jose, California	W 10
- May 5	Julio César González	Palm Springs, California	TL 6
(For IBF Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator)

2006
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 31	Norman Jones	Uncasville, Connecticut	W 12
(Won vacant USBA Light-Heavyweight Title)

2007
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- May 16	Glen Johnson	Hollywood, Florida	TKO by 11
(For IBF Light-Heavyweight Title Eliminator)

2008
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 20	Corey Cummings	Chicago, Illinois	W 10
- Aug. 2	Beibut Shumenov	Chimkent, Kazakhstan	L 12
(For WBC Asian Boxing Council Light-Heavyweight Title


2009 Inactive

2010
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
= May 29	Ross Thompson	Hammond, Indiana	Draw 10

2011
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Aug. 19	Deandrey Abron	Hammond, Indiana	W 8

Summary