On This Day In Boxing History!

1938: Emile Griffith Was Born!

Emile Griffith

Born: February 3rd, 1938

Birth Name: Emile Alphonse Griffith

Birth Place: Solberg, U.S. Virgin Islands

Residence: New York, New York

Pro-Debut: June 2nd, 1958

Division: Middleweight

Stance: orthodox

Height: 5′ 7½″  

Reach: 72″  

Bouts: 112

Rounds: 1122

Ko’s: 20.54%

Career: 1958-1977

Record: 85-24-2, 23 KOs

Died: Age 75, July 22nd, 2013

Inducted International Boxing Hall of Fame – Class of 1990

Emile Griffith

Born: February 3rd, 1938

Birth Name: Emile Alphonse Griffith

Birth Place: Solberg, U.S. Virgin Islands

Residence: New York, New York

Pro-Debut: June 2nd, 1958

Division: Middleweight

Stance: orthodox

Height: 5′ 7½″  

Reach: 72″  

Bouts: 112

Rounds: 1122

Ko’s: 20.54%

Career: 1958-1977

Record: 85-24-2, 23 KOs

Died: Age 75, July 22nd, 2013

Inducted International Boxing Hall of Fame – Class of 1990

February 3rd

1912: Johnny Coulon W20 Frankie Conley

1933: Tony Canzoneri KO1 Billy Townsend

1938: Emile Griffit is born in Saint Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands

1939: Melio Bettina KO9 Tiger Jack Fox

1947: Tony Zale TKO6 Deacon Logan

1950: Jake LaMotta TKO9 Dick Wagner

1966: Jimmy Thunder born.

1980: Larry Holmes KO6 Lorenzo Zanon

Wilfredo Gómez RTD6 Rubén Valdéz

1981: Shoji Oguma W15 Chan Hee Park

1986: James DeGale is born in Hammersmith, West London, England

1987: Bernardo Pinango W15 Frankie Duarte

1990: Mike McCallum W12 Steve Collins

Pernell Whitaker W12 Freddie Pendleton

Michael Moorer RTD9 Marcellus Allen

1991: Kiyoshi Hatanaka KO8 Pedro Decima

1993: Paul Hodkinson KO4 Ricardo Cepeda

1996: Marco Antonio Barrera KO12 Kennedy McKinney

Johnny Tapia TKO2 Giovanni Andrade

2001: Kostya Tszyu KO7 Sharmba Mitchell

2005: Jean Pascal age 22 debuts TKO2 Justin Hahn

2007: Chad Dawson W12 Tomasz Adamek

Corey Spinks W12 Rodney Jones, Kissimmee

Julio Diaz KO3 Jesus Chavez

Laila Ali TKO1 Gwendolyn O'Neil

2018: Murat Gassiev TKO12 Yuniel Dorticos

Gilberto Ramirez TKO6 Habib Ahmed

Guadalupe Guzman W10 Irma Garcia

Jerwin Ancajas TKO10 Israel González

2023: Emanuel Navarrete TKO9 Liam Wilson