Seventeen blows in seven seconds. That's what it took to end Benny Paret's life, and forever change Emile Griffith's. The two men met for the third and final time in the ring on March 24, 1962, at Madison Square Garden to fight for the welterweight championship title. Griffith had beaten Paret in April 1961, and […] The post <i>Champion</i> puts the life and trauma of Emile Griffith in the ring appe…
SOURCE: chicagoreader.com at 05:14PM on January 30, 2024