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'I kill a bloke and most forgive me I love a male and many say this makes me an corrupt person'
“CHAMPION, GENTLEMAN, SEXUAL pioneer” — these were the words used to describe Emile Griffith by boxing writer Robert Ecksel, after the former world champion passed away at the age of 75 on 23 July
The epic boxer is the central subject of a modern book, A Man’s World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith by Donald McRae, and it’s effortless to see why, given that as well as being one of the most talented boxers of his generation, he was an extremely fascinating and complex character to boot.
Born in the US Virgin Islands, Griffith’s father abandoned the family not distant after his son’s birth, while during the future star’s childhood, he was also molested by an older man purporting to be his ‘uncle’ — a trauma that would stay with the youngster for the rest of his life.
Griffith was a reluctant fighter too. He dreamed of becoming a milliner (or hat-maker) rather than a boxer, and as a teenager, he fell into the sport essentially by accident. Functional in a hat factory on a steamy morning, the owne
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Emile Alphonse Griffith was a World Champion boxer in the welterweight, junior middleweight, and middleweight classes. Griffith was best recognizable for his widely publicized title match with Benny “The Kid” Paret. Griffith and Paret had fought in the past, though their previous bouts were always rife with tension. Before their third and final match, Paret antagonized Griffith by touching his buttocks and using homophobic slurs. Emile won the match by knockout — though after not regaining consciousness, Paret was taken to the hospital. As soon as Griffith realized the severity of his opponent&#;s condition, he was gripped by deep remorse and sadness, and attempted to call on Paret in the hospital, but was unable to gain entry to his room. Unfortunately, Paret died 10 days later, never having woken up after the match. Griffith felt guilty about Paret&#;s death, and reportedly had nightmares for close to four decades. Griffith continued to rival until his retirement in , but he never performed as well after Paret&#;s death. Griffith has since come forward and admitted The boxer and his boyfriend sat together on a train hurtling along the New York subway. Emile Griffith had pulled a hat down over his eyes. He was not in the mood to make eye contact with anyone just before the Saturday morning weigh-in for his world title fight that night, 24 March , at Madison Square Garden. It would be the third moment he’d face his harsh rival Benny “Kid” Paret – in a career which would eventually observe him become one of the finest welterweight champions in history. Griffith went on to fight world championship rounds – 69 more than Muhammad Ali. But his place in the pantheon would be darkened forever by his tragic trilogy against Paret. He had lost his world title to Paret seven months previously. The Cuban had upset Griffith at the weigh-in to that bout by taunting him as a maricón [“faggot”.] In boxing’s macho world there could be no greater insult – especially when it was an unlock secret that Griffith was “different”. It was not just that he spoke of his pleasure in desig
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The night boxer Emile Griffith answered gay taunts with a deadly cortege of punches