What can you tell me about Emile Griffith?

I'm not sure it's possible to define an auteur except in relation to his work. And for that they.should have sent a poet.

 

he was homo

 

Lol, true..

 

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That is boxed ears muse, his guiding light through the dark. Zelda to his F. Scott, Lee Miller to his Man Ray, southern culture to his Faulkner, that one chick who's name I forget that inspired Salvador Dali to paint droopy clocks and rock that mustache.

 

Emile gave away multiple pounds in his Carter fight and (not just Paret) Rubin got under his skin at the weigh in attacking his masculinity. It took Griffith completely out of his game, Read Carter's" "Sixteenth Round". He said he knew he couldn't beat Emile (despite the weight difference) unless he got him out of his game and he did. pvp career Carter doesn't belong on the same planet as Emile.

 

LittleRed, you seem to be quite the erudite one

 

Thank you. I blame a lack of athletic ability and good looks.

Back to Griffith... does anyone know anything about his attempt to pull a Henry Armstrong and hold 3 titles at the same time? If anyone could have held both the middleweight and welterweight titles it was Griffith. AS an old man he was able to drop back down to welterweight to challenge Napoles. And then his resume (and boxing history) would have looked so different.

 

Why do people keep saying he was homosexual? Like that has some bearing on how great a fighter he was :blood

 

I dunno, why do people mention where he was born or that he knew how to make hats ? :huh


He was a great fighter. I do find his style particularly boring though.

 

He was an excellent boxer. Never the same after Benny Kid P. fight. Griffith was kind of a boring guy to watch. At the time he was in his prime, i was a hugh boxing fan and went lots of fight at MSG. I never really paid much attention to Griffith because of his boring style. He was a winner but just not an entertaining type fighter to watch.

 

Griffith was a marvelous ring mechanic. Should have been required veiwing for any young aspiring boxer who wants to learn the subtle nuances of the game.

 

While I respect your opinion frankwomank, to me, subtlety is never boring. Griffith-Tiger 1 is fascinating to me.