Emile Griffith

Emile Griffith

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1938 - 2013

Occupation

Sports

Notable Achievements

World Champion

Description

Former World middleweight boxing champion, with many wins in three divisions Identified as bisexual. Severely beaten when he left a gay bar in New York City, New York in 1992.

See Also

• The Community of LGBTQ Boxers
• World Sports Champions Who Identify as LGBTQ

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/24/sports/emile-griffith-boxer-who-unleashed-a-fatal-barrage-dies-at-75.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0
• http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2013/jul/24/emile-griffith
• http://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Emile_Griffith