born Feb. 3, 1938, U.S. Virgin Islands
U.S. boxer.
Griffith began his professional career in 1958. He won three world championships as a welterweight (1961, 1962, 1963) and two as a middleweight (1966, 1967), an achievement surpassed only by Sugar Ray Robinson 's total of six. He retired in 1977 with a record of 85–24–2.