Emile Griffith

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  1. split_decision

    split_decision Electronic information tampers with your soul Full Member

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    it was only the other day i learned he was gay/bisexual
    http://gaylife.about.com/od/gaycelebrityprofiles/ig/Gay-Celebrity-Profiles/Emile-Griffith.htm
    then also found that they made a documentary on him with the unfortunate Title RING OF FIRE
    [ame]http://www.amazon.com/Ring-Fire-Emile-Griffith-Story/dp/B0009UC7NE[/ame]
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    Find this all a bit shocking. is he the only gay boxer ever ? i always thought there wasnt any.

    quite a sad documentary, worth buying.

    also
    In May 2012 it was announced that trumpeter Terence Blanchard and playwright Michael Cristofer are working on an opera titled Champion based on Griffith's story which will premiere at the Opera Theatre of St. Louis in June 2013

    Its a shame though that his story gets more publicity because of his sexuality when Benvenuti and Monzon were the better boxers
     
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  2. LittleRed

    LittleRed Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I love Benevenuti but no way he was better than Griffith. Unless you mean another, which I can kinda see. As for gay boxers, I heard rumors about Panama Al Brown but I don't remember where.
     
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  3. albinored

    albinored Active Member Full Member

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    .....it's an open secret that all boxing champions before nineteen fifty five were gay except for gus lesnevich.
     
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  4. split_decision

    split_decision Electronic information tampers with your soul Full Member

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    first of all i dont quite understand what you have posted, all seems a bit jumbled up. But if you are trying to say Griffith is better than Benvenuti you must be crazy, they fought 3 times and Nino won twice. Also Nino Benvenuti is in the Boxing News 100 Greatest Boxers List and Emile doesnt even get a look in
     
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  5. afterglow

    afterglow Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Emile was a WW at his peak tho.
     
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  6. lora

    lora Fighting Zapata Full Member

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    At first when i saw this thread i thought it was the new and highly appropriate name for a Griffith Biography
     
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  7. The Funny Man 7

    The Funny Man 7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've heard there was speculation that Donald Curry was gay. Same for Carlos Palomino apparently.

    I don't know enough to comment. That's just what I've seen posted here.
     
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  8. frankenfrank

    frankenfrank Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    i think it's because u've seen a hypothetical fight between him and Griffith and 1 of d suggestions was that it should have been fought @ San Francisco .
    Seemed like a suggestion about Curry as well 4 me 2 , but maybe it was just because of Griffith . Never read anything like that about Curry outside of that post myself as well
     
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