GRIFFITH, EMILE ALPHONSE


Meaning of GRIFFITH, EMILE ALPHONSE in English

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.

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