03 February 1938 • Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Died:23 July 2013 • Hempstead, NY
Emile Griffith Paret's manager was also criticised for not retiring his boxer with a timely throwing in of the towel during the beating
The fight, and the widespread publicity and criticism of boxing which accompanied it, became the basis of the 2005 documentary " Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story "....
Television
LGBT boxer • Middleweight boxer • United States Virgin Islands boxer • Welterweight boxer • Boxing
Award:World boxing champion • Criticism
Preference:Pink • Beating • Violence • Assault
Emile Alphonse Griffith (born February 3, 1938) is a former boxer who was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion, as well as the first gay.