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Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013) was an American professional boxer who won world titles in three weight divisions. He held the world light middleweight, undisputed welterweight, and middleweight titles. His best-known contest was a 1962 title match with Benny Paret. Griffith won the bout by knockout; Paret never ...
Jul 24, 2013 · Revered in retirement perhaps more than during his fighting days, Griffith died Tuesday at 75 after a long battle with pugilistic dementia. The first fighter to be crowned world champion from the...
Jul 24, 2013 · Emile Griffith, a former world welterweight and middleweight boxing champion who spent decades haunted by his fatal beating of then-champion Benny Paret in the ring and bothered by the public’s...
World Welterweight Title. Griffith took an 8-count in round six, but was well ahead on points going into the 12th round, in which Paret took "an unmerciful beating" (The Ring, page 7, June 1962 issue), leaving Benny unconscious and in a coma when the fight was stopped. Paret was taken immediately to Roosevelt Hospital, never regaining ...
Jul 24, 2013 · Emile Griffith, Boxer Who Unleashed a Fatal Barrage, Dies at 75. Emile Griffith pummeled Benny Paret in a fight at Madison Square Garden on March 24, 1962. Associated Press. It was the night...
Apr 11, 2023 · A new opera production at the Met explores the life and tragic career of the gay boxer Emile Griffith, a welterweight champion.
Emile Griffith (born February 3, 1938, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands—died July 23, 2013, Hempstead, New York, U.S.) was a professional American boxer who won five world boxing championships—three times as a welterweight and twice as a middleweight.
Mar 31, 2012 · Fifty years ago at Madison Square Garden, Emile Griffith delivered a pummeling to Benny Paret, who died after 10 days in a coma. Griffith was able to walk out, but not unscathed.
Jul 23, 2013 · Former world-class boxer Emile Griffith, who won five titles during the 1960s, died Tuesday just east of New York City, the International Boxing Hall of Fame announced. He was 75.
Jul 23, 2013 · Emile Griffith, a stylish boxing champion shadowed by an opponent's death, dies at 75. Inside the smaller theater at Madison Square Garden about five years ago, shortly before a world title...
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