A Man's World: The Double Life of Emile Griffith

And you were the Brides maid! :gayfight

 

An attempt at humour I presume.


ps Bridesmaid is one word.

 

I'm not sure any biographer is truly qualified to write about someone else's "double life".

I mean, even a straight forward biography you have to recognize is only one person's interpretation of another's life, and someone they often never met. But to unravel a "double life" is even more problematic.

The whole thing about Emile Griffith being fuelled by hate against Benny Paret is kind of depressing too.
Understandably it haunted Griffith but perhaps writers dwelling on it and regurgitating it over and over for all these years is a little bit exploitative ?

 

Paret was badly beaten by Fullmer in his previous fight just 3 months earlier.Fullmer blamed himself for his death.

"In this grueling battle, almost every punch would be thrown from the inside, with the boxers' noses mere inches away from each other most of the fight.. Fullmer, the world middleweight champion, continually came forward while Paret, the world welterweight champion, fought much of the fight with his back against the ropes. Throughout the early and middle rounds the fight was very close, with both fighters having their own rallies and both faces becoming more disfigured. In the tenth, Fullmer's solid shots finally had an effect and Paret went down early in the round. Referee Krause mistakenly gave Paret a standing eight count even though this had been ruled off before the fight. The fans booed, and even Paret looked upset that this had been given. After the knockdown, Fullmer came at him, but Paret came back with one of his best rallies of the fight. This slightly stunned Fullmer but not enough to wobble him, and afterward Paret looked spent. Fullmer landed 7 unanswered rights to the head before one more to the body and Paret went down again. This time Krause gave no standing eight count, and Fullmer came in to finish the job. He landed two more punches to the body and then one huge right to jaw that put Paret down for the 10 count. Fullmer stated afterward that this was one of his most grueling fights. Paret appeared to have swelling above and below both eyes by the end."

 

Yeah, even more reason why the story about bad blood between Griffith and Paret should perhaps have been left alone more by writers.