Emile Griffith, the elegant world champion whose career was overshadowed by the fatal beating he gave Bennie Paret in a 1962 title bout that darkened all of boxing, died Tuesday. He was 75. He died at ...

The world of boxing lost one of its biggest champions yesterday, when it was revealed that former world welterweight and middleweight boxing champion Emile Griffith passed away at the age of 75.

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Emile Griffith, a six-time world champion boxer who was known for his vicious and fatal beating of Bennie (Kid) Paret and later for his frank and pioneering discussions of his own sexuality, died in ...

Emile Griffith, the elegant world champion whose career was overshadowed by the fatal beating he gave Bennie Paret in a 1962 title bout that darkened all of boxing, died Tuesday. He was 75. He died at ...

And Emile Griffith was never able to really throw the right hand again what he did before the Benny Paret fight. He still went on as a great fighter, but he was a different kind of fighter.

A highly dramatic real-life story is told in straightforward, vivid terms in Dan Klores and Ron Berger's docu "Ring of Fire." Tale of '60s welterweight boxing champ Emile Griffith, whose career was ...

Emile Griffith, the great New York-based middleweight champion of the 1960s whose career was marred by the deadly beating he administered to Benny “Kid” Paret, died in his sleep Monday night. He was ...

The squared circle comes to a storied stage Monday when composer Terence Blanchard's "Champion," about real-life bisexual boxer Emile Griffith, makes its New York premiere at the Metropolitan Opera.

Emile Griffith was sat on the veranda of his biographer, Ron Ross’s, house in Long Island. The former fighter looked out across the water as random memories from his distinguished career washed up ...

A highly dramatic real-life story is told in straightforward, vivid terms in Dan Klores and Ron Berger's docu "Ring of Fire." Tale of '60s welterweight boxing champ Emile Griffith, whose career was ...