Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013) was a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who won world titles in three weight divisions. He held the world light middleweight,[1] undisputed welterweight,[2] and middleweight titles.[3] His best-known contest was a 1962 title match with Benny Paret. Griffith won the bout by knockout; Paret never recovered consciousness and died in the hospital 10 days later.[4]
In 1963 and 1964, Griffith was voted Fighter of the Year by The Ring magazine and the Boxing Writers Association of America. In 2002, he was listed #33 on Ring Magazine's list of 80 greatest fighters of the past 80 years.[5] Griffith currently ranks #127 in BoxRec's ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of all time.[6] He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990.[7]
Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013) was a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands who won world titles in three weight...
after injuries sustained in a March 24, 1962, title defense against EmileGriffith, televised live and seen by millions on ABC's Fight of the Week. Paret...
Ali. Among significant boxers in lower weights, were middleweights EmileGriffith, Nino Benvenuti and Dick Tiger, and lightweights Joe Brown, Carlos Ortiz...
and concentrate on the middleweight division instead. Benvenuti beat EmileGriffith by decision in fifteen rounds at New York City's Madison Square Garden...
fight between EmileGriffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship. The fight, which took place on October 17, was won by Griffith via a 15-round...
1965 (by unanimous decision) and fought Hall of Fame boxers such as EmileGriffith and Dick Tiger. “Irish” Joey Archer began his career in 1956 at 18 years...
surprised the boxing world by flooring past and future world champion EmileGriffith twice in the first round and scoring a technical knockout. That win...
occurred in on March 24, 1962, when he refereed the Benny "Kid" Paret-EmileGriffith world welterweight championship fight, which was televised live by American...
Champion, a boxing opera in jazz music based on the life of prize fighter EmileGriffith. It premiered in June 2013 at Opera Theater of St. Louis. His work Execution...
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toward securing Archer a title fight. Tiger had already signed to fight EmileGriffith, and an Archer ad admonished, "The Middleweight Champion should meet...
original on 26 January 2024. Retrieved 26 January 2024. "Commission Upheld On Griffith Title Ban". Daily News. New York, New York. 2 August 1966. Retrieved 19...
Chuvalo 1966 – José Torres W 15 Eddie Cotton 1967 – Nino Benvenuti W 15 EmileGriffith I 1968 – Dick Tiger W 10 Frank DePaula 1969 – Joe Frazier KO 7 Jerry...
Vicente Rondon, Tony Mundine, Vito Antuofermo, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, EmileGriffith, and Cyclone Hart. Cus D'Amato regarded Briscoe much higher than most...
surgery. 24 Mar 1962 Benny Paret United States EmileGriffith United States See Benny Paret vs. EmileGriffith III; Paret died of brain injuries 10 days later...
boxers he beat included world champions Eckhard Dagge, Denny Moyer and EmileGriffith. In 1992, Michael Franzese, a Caporegime of the Colombo crime family...
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