Otis Griffin (born August 22, 1977) is an American professional boxer and ranked light heavyweight contender.
Professional career Griffin fought on several major undercards and has been featured on ESPN. He captured the NABO light heavyweight championship with a technical 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.
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.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes44Loss Oleksandr GvozdykTKO6 (8), 2014-11-15 43Loss24–17–2 Travis PeterkinUD82014-10-15 42Loss24–16–2 Marcus BrowneUD82014-04-19 41Loss24–15–2 Joe Smith Jr.UD62014-02-12 40Loss24–14–2 Radivoje KalajdzicTKO1 (10), 2013-10-18 39Loss24–13–2 Thomas Williams Jr.UD82013-05-18 38Loss24–12–2 Cornelius WhiteUD82013-03-09 37Loss24–11–2 Will RosinskyUD102012-12-19 36Win24–10–2 Adam CollinsTKO2 (8), 2012-08-24 35Loss23–10–2 Cedric AgnewUD122012-05-03 34Loss23–9–2 Shawn HawkSD102011-10-20 33Loss23–8–2 Karo MuratTKO11 (12), 2011-05-07 32Loss23–7–2 YU.S.f MackSD122011-03-04 31Win23–6–2 Billy BaileyUD82010-08-28 30Win22–6–2 Byron MitchellTKO8 (12), 2010-05-07 29Win21–6–2 Joe McCreedyUD82009-11-20 28Win20–6–2 Ernesto CastanedaKO6 (6), 2009-09-12 27Loss19–6–2 Marcus OliveiraKO2 (8), 2009-06-05 26Loss19–5–2 Jeff Lacy102009-04-10 25Loss19–4–2 Enad LičinaTKO3 (12), 2008-11-08 24Win19–3–2 Carl CockerhamUD62008-05-15 23Loss18–3–2 Jesse BrinkleyTKO11 (12), 2008-02-22 22Loss18–2–2 Danny GreenKO3 (12), 2007-07-18 21Win18–1–2 Brock StoddenTKO3 (8), 2007-06-08 20Win17–1–2 Mike NevittTKO7 (12), 2007-04-20 19Win16–1–2 Marcus PernellUD82007-02-09 18Win15–1–2 Juan Carlos SanchezUD62006-11-30 17Win14–1–2 Nelson ZepedaUD62006-08-25 16Win13–1–2 Mike WordUD82006-06-16 15Win12–1–2 Ernesto CastanedaSD62006-04-21 14Win11–1–2 Matt GockelTKO1 (6), 2006-01-27 13Win10–1–2 Richard PaigeUD82005-11-17 12Win9–1–2 Moses MatovuUD62005-09-30 11Win8–1–2 Roberto BaroSD82005-09-01 10Win7–1–2 Sheldon Callum5 (6), 2005-07-30 9Draw6–1–2 Moses MatovuPTS42005-05-27 8Win6–1–1 Doug Lilly1 (4)2005-04-29 7Win5–1–1 JJ McAllisterTKO2 (4)2005-04-21 6Win4–1–1 James SundinTKO2 (8), 2004-02-03 5Win3–1–1 David ParejaUD62004-07-25 4Win2–1–1 Jimmy Mince4 (4), 2004-07-22 3Draw1–1–1 Mohamed Elmahmoud42004-07-18 2Win1–1 Mike Vallejo42004-07-16 1Loss0–1 Jimmy Mince42004-07-11
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