Charlie Griffin

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Name: Charlie Griffin
Birth Name: Charles William Griffin
Hometown: Connecticut, USA
Birthplace: Invercargill, New Zealand
Died: 1968-11-01 (Age:84)
Height: 164cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

  • Exact date of birth in 1883 unknown.
  • Brother of fellow boxers Jack, Jim & Frank Griffin. Uncle of Young Jim, John L. & Brian Griffin.
  • Won the Australiasian Amateur Featherweight Championship. Sept. 27 - vs. J. Dowbridge (Queensland), Christchurch 1 RSF 2 (semi-finals).
  • He reportedly ended his career with a win in 1915 at Suva, Fiji, and then a KO-loss in December 1921 at New York, opponents unknown.

Most of this record is courtesy of Mike Attree of the International Boxing Research Organization, IBRO JOURNAL #75, Sept. 22, 2002, pp. 62-63.