Tell me about Emile Griffith

All time great jab. He understood timing and distance as well as anyone and the proper millisecond to throw a jab and when not to. Rarest of breeds and stayed with 1 trainer his whole career.

 

Very naturally talented and versatile fighter who could do something of everything.

 

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Be a sponge. Get your hands and eyes on all footage of Griffith you can. If you like the sport you won't be disappointed.

 

He is a sure fire great fighter i think the best way to describe him is as a Ring Technician as he did everything well and of an equal high standard.

He has Facebook and readily speaks to fans, you can find it at here. It is interesting as Griffiths adopted son Luis Rodriguez types and reads stuff of the computer for him and Emile tells him to type his reply.

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=171962&id=607675699&l=5abbc4d636#/profile.php?id=1659624022

 

Yes, I am on his face book page as well!

I sat next to him this past Friday night when we had a dinner just before the Finals of the New Jersey Diamond Gloves, which I am also the President of, in Linden, New Jersey. I had the pleasure of introducing him, along with Bobby Czyz and former Referee Tony Orlando.

Emile, who is a good friend of mine, was 1st rated in the Top 10 in May 1960 and he was last rated in March 1978, in the Welterweight and Middleweight Division, for a total of 192 months. He fought more Main Events at Madison Square Garden then anyone in boxing history. He fought more Championship rounds then anyone in boxing history. He was the Welterweight Champion 3 times and Middleweight Champion twice. When I introduce him, I also include that he held the Junior Middleweight Title as well.

Right now he is not doing that well. He walks very slow and speaks and writes the same way. Back in 1992, he was brutally mugged by several guys with baseball bats, and left hospitalized for two months, and he has never been the same.

He is still wonderful around people, and he is very happy when he is around them too. I can not tell you how many times he took pictures, signed autographs for anyone that wanted one during the night. He does this all the time. He loves my wife too.

When his manager, Howie Albert passed away last January, Emile, Bill Gallo, Dave Anderson, Gil Clancy, Juan LaPorte, Lou Duva, Al Certo, Randy Neumann, Harold Weston, Richard Burton, Bob Duffy, Matt Fargo, Irish Pat Murphy plus several other members of Ring 8, Ring 25 and the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame all attended, as I gave the Eulogy and Rung the bell 9 times.

 

Still waiting for buddy approval. :bart

 

Me too..is it a breach of Facebook etiquitte to resubmit a friend request? I've exchanged pm's with him twice, and he's the nicest guy imaginable. What a boxing hero of mine...I discussed the Tiger fight, and some of the guys like Benvenuti and Monzon, and his opinions of them.

 

he will add you eventually

you can message him and he will respond

It is great speaking to him, im sending him some of his fights that he hasnt seen

 

wasnt he a homosexual

 

bi-sexual

but what does taht matter in boxing?