Emile Griffith

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Emile Griffith was a celebrated Puerto Rican-American professional boxer renowned for winning multiple world titles across welterweight and middleweight divisions during the 1960s.

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Emile Griffith canonical 3
Emile Alphonse Griffith 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
professional boxer
world boxing champion
causeOfDeath dementia
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1938-02-03
dateOfDeath 2013-07-23
dateOfHallOfFameInduction 1990
defeated Benny Paret
Luis Rodríguez
Nino Benvenuti
ethnicGroup Puerto Ricans
surface form: Puerto Rican American
familyName Griffith
fullName Emile Griffith self-linksurface differs
surface form: Emile Alphonse Griffith
givenName Émile
surface form: Emile
hallOfFameInduction International Boxing Hall of Fame
notableFight Emile Griffith vs Benny Paret III
notableWork subject of the documentary "Ring of Fire: The Emile Griffith Story"
numberOfDraws 2
numberOfKnockouts 23
numberOfLosses 24
numberOfNoContests 1
numberOfWins 85
occupation boxing trainer
professional boxer
opponent Benny Paret
Carlos Monzón
Dick Tiger
Luis Rodríguez
Nino Benvenuti
placeOfBirth St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
surface form: Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
placeOfDeath Hempstead, New York
surface form: Hempstead, New York, United States
residence New York City
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender male
sexualOrientation bisexual
sport boxing
stance orthodox stance
totalFights 112
trainedBy Gil Clancy
weightClass light middleweight
middleweight
welterweight
wonTitle WBA middleweight title
surface form: WBA Middleweight Title

WBA (Super) welterweight title
surface form: WBA Welterweight Title

WBC middleweight title
surface form: WBC Middleweight Title

WBC welterweight title
surface form: WBC Welterweight Title

World Middleweight Championship
World Welterweight Title
surface form: World Welterweight Championship
yearsActive 1958–1977

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Emile Griffith fullName Emile Griffith self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Emile Alphonse Griffith
José Nápoles notableOpponent Emile Griffith
Champion (opera) mainCharacter Emile Griffith