Emile Griffith tell me about him......

hes a pretty good fighter

i liked him he had a good style and was strong and quick. He gave Monzon alot of trouble in the second fight and only lost by a few points and it was real close. He got beat fairly wide by Napoles. Thats all i saw plus a fight with Heilamn that he dominates pretty much. I have afew more fights of him that i will watch soon.

he killed Paret in the ring after he was getting taunted he was gay (which he was)

 

he had a hell of a physique on him.wide shoulders and a 26" waist.
he had his last fight (112 i think)against alan minter,future middle-weight champ,and ducked nobody.

 

the fact that he could rumble with tiger twice tells you how hard he was !!

 

That's an appalling comment. Get it deleted.

 

All these fights happened when he was well past his prime

 

yeh i kinda thought that but he gave Monzon a tough fight but Monzon was lethargic in that fight. Like i say i like his style and have only really started watching him will watch some of his prime stuff

 

your in the wrong forum then. the older fights are real good and interesting

 

as suzie q says ,they were mostly when he was past his best.
sugar ray robinson lost 18 or so when he was past it ,but it doesn't detract from a great career

 

Mostofhis losses were to ranked contenders.

 

I think he'd beat most welterweights. Say... All but three of them. On his best night.

 

Name them.

And Gpater, he was far more than just a "pretty good fighter".

 

yeh i know that. Abit of an understatement

like i say i have ony really saw his past prime stuff and he was good especially vs Monzon. i have afew of his prime stuff that i will watch in due course

out of intrest how did you see the Monzon fight going