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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...
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  • Benny Paret vs. Emile Griffith III was the third meeting between Benny "Kid" Paret and Emile Griffith, for the welterweight boxing championship, held...
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    after injuries sustained in a March 24, 1962, title defense against Emile Griffith, televised live and seen by millions on ABC's Fight of the Week. Paret...
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    Cristofer. Based on the life of African-American welterweight boxer Emile Griffith, this opera is a joint co-commission by Opera Theatre of Saint Louis...
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  • Ali. Among significant boxers in lower weights, were middleweights Emile Griffith, Nino Benvenuti and Dick Tiger, and lightweights Joe Brown, Carlos Ortiz...
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    Saint Lucia Émile de Girardin (1802–1881), French politician and journalist Emile Griffith (1938–2013), U.S. Virgin Islands boxer Emile Habibi (1922–1996)...
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  • 1965 (by unanimous decision) and fought Hall of Fame boxers such as Emile Griffith and Dick Tiger. “Irish” Joey Archer began his career in 1956 at 18 years...
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    and concentrate on the middleweight division instead. Benvenuti beat Emile Griffith by decision in fifteen rounds at New York City's Madison Square Garden...
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  • occurred in on March 24, 1962, when he refereed the Benny "Kid" Paret-Emile Griffith world welterweight championship fight, which was televised live by American...
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  • fight between Emile Griffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship. The fight, which took place on October 17, was won by Griffith via a 15-round...
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    surprised the boxing world by flooring past and future world champion Emile Griffith twice in the first round and scoring a technical knockout. That win...
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    Emile Griffith in a 1960 non-title fight. In 1963, Rodriguez and Griffith fought twice for the lineal welterweight title. Rodriguez defeated Griffith...
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    Vicente Rondon, Tony Mundine, Vito Antuofermo, Eddie Mustafa Muhammad, Emile Griffith, and Cyclone Hart. Cus D'Amato regarded Briscoe much higher than most...
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    championships in 2 divisions and 2 wins in 3 bouts vs all-time great Emile Griffith. He had lost the year before to American Tom Bethea in Australia, but...
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    toward securing Archer a title fight. Tiger had already signed to fight Emile Griffith, and an Archer ad admonished, "The Middleweight Champion should meet...
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  • 1967-04-17 Emile Griffith Universal (WBA/WBC) 1967-04-17 1967-09-29 Nino Benvenuti Universal (WBA/WBC) 1967-09-29 1968-03-04 Emile Griffith Universal (WBA/WBC)...
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  • September 1961 Emile Griffith NBA/NYSAC 30 September 1961 24 March 1962 Benny 'Kid' Paret NBA/NYSAC 24 March 1962 21 March 1963 Emile Griffith NBA/NYSAC—WBA/WBC...
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  • activist Emile Griffith (1938–2013), U.S. Virgin Islands boxer Eva Kinney Griffith (1852–1918), American journalist, temperance activist Forrest Griffith (1928–2007)...
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  • 1960 – 1 Apr 1961 1 31 Emile Griffith 1 Apr – 30 Sep 1961 1 32 Benny Paret (2) 30 Sep 1961 – 24 Mar 1962 0 33 Emile Griffith (2) 24 Mar 1962 – Feb 1963...
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  • Chuvalo 1966 –  José Torres W 15 Eddie Cotton 1967 –  Nino Benvenuti W 15 Emile Griffith I 1968 –  Dick Tiger W 10 Frank DePaula 1969 –  Joe Frazier KO 7 Jerry...
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  • 1965 – 25 Apr 1966 0 26 Emile Griffith 25 Apr 1966 – 17 Apr 1967 2 27 Nino Benvenuti 17 Apr – 20 Sep 1967 0 28 Emile Griffith (2) 29 Sep 1967 – 4 Mar...
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  • de Lima of Brazil, Makhatini won on points. In 1975 Makhatini faced Emile Griffith the U.S. Virgin Islands boxer in the Orlando Stadium in Soweto and beat...
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  • around the world, facing four past or future world champions, including Emile Griffith and Alan Minter. But he is best known for his two contests in 1965 at...
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    Tap' Makhatini over the world welterweight and middleweight champion Emile Griffith. On 16 June 1976, thousands of black students marched to Orlando Stadium...
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  • Harry Greb Allan Green Danny Green Dave Green Mitch Green Harold Grey Emile Griffith Robert Guerrero Bobby Gunn Dominick Guinn Yoko Gushiken Joan Guzmán...
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    boxers he beat included world champions Eckhard Dagge, Denny Moyer and Emile Griffith. In 1992, Michael Franzese, a Caporegime of the Colombo crime family...
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    Champion, a boxing opera in jazz music based on the life of prize fighter Emile Griffith. It premiered in June 2013 at Opera Theater of St. Louis. His work Execution...
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    upsetting the former World Welterweight and Light Middleweight Champion Emile Griffith with a ten-round decision win in Monte Carlo, but then he lost his European...
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  • Carlos Monzon versus Nino Benvenuti rematch, Monzon's rematch with Emile Griffith, Monzon's two classic fights with Rodrigo Valdes, Davey Moore versus...
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  • Joe Brown 1962: Dick Tiger 1963: Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) 1964: Emile Griffith 1965: Dick Tiger (2) 1966: Muhammad Ali (2) (originally not awarded;...
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