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In 'Man in the Ring,' a fighter is dead, another shattered for life by Chris Jones

On March 24, 1962, at Madison Square Garden in New York, welterweight boxer Emile Griffith killed a man in the ring. If you were around back then and a boxing fan, you likely watched the death on WGN-TV. Griffith killed 25-year-old Cuban boxer Benny "The Kid" Paret, this newspaper reported shortly...

SOURCE: Chicago Tribune Subscription at 5:19pm on September 26, 2016 ☆ ⚑

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