Otis Griffin

 ( 1977 Births ) 

Otis Griffin (born August 22, 1977) is an American professional boxer and ranked light heavyweight contender.

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Professional career Griffin fought on several major undercards and has been featured on ESPN. He captured the NABO light heavyweight championship with a Knockout over unbeaten prospect Mike Nevitt. In July 2007, Griffin lost by a technical knockout to light heavyweight champion Danny Green of the World Boxing Association at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia. Green dropped Griffin three times before the bout was stopped. In 2008 he was stopped in the 11th round by former contender Jesse Brinkley. Griffin went on to a controversial loss against Jeff Lacey. In May 2010 Griffin won a USBA title belt after he knocked out former WBA super middleweight world champion Byron Mitchell.

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The Next Great Champ Griffin was a contestant on the reality TV show The Next Great Champ on Fox. Although he lost an earlier bout on the show, Griffin was given another chance and after winning several bouts on the program, he was proclaimed the winner and "The Next Great Champ" when he beat David Pareja.

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Professional boxing record

44	Loss		Oleksandr Gvozdyk	TKO	6 (8),	2014-11-15
43	Loss	24–17–2	Travis Peterkin	UD	8	2014-10-15
42	Loss	24–16–2	Marcus Browne	UD	8	2014-04-19
41	Loss	24–15–2	Joe Smith Jr.	UD	6	2014-02-12
40	Loss	24–14–2	Radivoje Kalajdzic	TKO	1 (10),	2013-10-18
39	Loss	24–13–2	Thomas Williams Jr.	UD	8	2013-05-18
38	Loss	24–12–2	Cornelius White	UD	8	2013-03-09
37	Loss	24–11–2	Will Rosinsky	UD	10	2012-12-19
36	Win	24–10–2	Adam Collins	TKO	2 (8),	2012-08-24
35	Loss	23–10–2	Cedric Agnew	UD	12	2012-05-03
34	Loss	23–9–2	Shawn Hawk	SD	10	2011-10-20
33	Loss	23–8–2	Karo Murat	TKO	11 (12),	2011-05-07
32	Loss	23–7–2	YU.S.f Mack	SD	12	2011-03-04
31	Win	23–6–2	Billy Bailey	UD	8	2010-08-28
30	Win	22–6–2	Byron Mitchell	TKO	8 (12),	2010-05-07
29	Win	21–6–2	Joe McCreedy	UD	8	2009-11-20
28	Win	20–6–2	Ernesto Castaneda	KO	6 (6),	2009-09-12
27	Loss	19–6–2	Marcus Oliveira	KO	2 (8),	2009-06-05
26	Loss	19–5–2	Jeff Lacy		10	2009-04-10
25	Loss	19–4–2	Enad Ličina	TKO	3 (12),	2008-11-08
24	Win	19–3–2	Carl Cockerham	UD	6	2008-05-15
23	Loss	18–3–2	Jesse Brinkley	TKO	11 (12),	2008-02-22
22	Loss	18–2–2	Danny Green	KO	3 (12),	2007-07-18
21	Win	18–1–2	Brock Stodden	TKO	3 (8),	2007-06-08
20	Win	17–1–2	Mike Nevitt	TKO	7 (12),	2007-04-20
19	Win	16–1–2	Marcus Pernell	UD	8	2007-02-09
18	Win	15–1–2	Juan Carlos Sanchez	UD	6	2006-11-30
17	Win	14–1–2	Nelson Zepeda	UD	6	2006-08-25
16	Win	13–1–2	Mike Word	UD	8	2006-06-16
15	Win	12–1–2	Ernesto Castaneda	SD	6	2006-04-21
14	Win	11–1–2	Matt Gockel	TKO	1 (6),	2006-01-27
13	Win	10–1–2	Richard Paige	UD	8	2005-11-17
12	Win	9–1–2	Moses Matovu	UD	6	2005-09-30
11	Win	8–1–2	Roberto Baro	SD	8	2005-09-01
10	Win	7–1–2	Sheldon Callum		5 (6),	2005-07-30
9	Draw	6–1–2	Moses Matovu	PTS	4	2005-05-27
8	Win	6–1–1	Doug Lilly		1 (4)	2005-04-29
7	Win	5–1–1	JJ McAllister	TKO	2 (4)	2005-04-21
6	Win	4–1–1	James Sundin	TKO	2 (8),	2004-02-03
5	Win	3–1–1	David Pareja	UD	6	2004-07-25
4	Win	2–1–1	Jimmy Mince		4 (4),	2004-07-22
3	Draw	1–1–1	Mohamed Elmahmoud		4	2004-07-18
2	Win	1–1	Mike Vallejo		4	2004-07-16
1	Loss	0–1	Jimmy Mince		4	2004-07-11

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