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www.ambiente.us MAY / MAYO 2008
New Book Explores the Life of Openly Gay Boxing Champ Emile Griffith
by Michael David Smith
Emile Griffith is one of the all-time great boxers, a former
welterweight and middleweight champion and 1964 Ring
Magazine Fighter of the Year.
He's also, at age 70, a gay man who is ready to tell the whole story
of his life, in and out of the ring. That's what he's done in the new
book, Nine ... Ten ... And Out! The Two Worlds of Emile Griffith, which
author Ron Ross wrote with Griffith's cooperation.
In the book, Griffith describes his feelings about his 1962 fight with
Benny Paret, who taunted him with a homophobic slur at their
weigh-in. Griffith viciously pummeled Paret in the ring at Madison
Square Garden, and Paret went into a coma after the fight and
died 10 days later. Griffith says: "I keep thinking how strange it is ...
I kill a man and most people understand and forgive me. However,
I love a man, and to so many people this is an unforgivable sin; this
makes me an evil person. So, even though I never went to jail,
I have been in prison almost all my life."
Ross says of Griffith, "Emile is happy, he's content. So that makes me
very happy. He understands that his story has been told and that's important."
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Ex campeón mundial de boxeo reconoce que es gay
El seis veces campeón mundial de boxeo Emile Griffith, de 70 años, admitió públicamente que es
homosexual en un reciente libro sobre la vida del púgil.
El rumor sobre la homosexualidad de Griffith siempre rondó el cuadrilátero, pero ahora se confirmó en el
libro "Nine? Ten? and Out", escrito por Ron Ross y con la aprobación del propio peleador
Entre sus múltiples triunfos, Griffith venció en la división welter en 1962 a Benny "Kid" Paret, que murió
nueve días después a consecuencia de los golpes recibidos en el Madison Square Garden de Nueva York.
"Yo maté a un hombre y la mayoría de las personas lo entiende y me perdona", expresa Griffith. "Sin
embargo, yo amo a un hombre y eso para muchas personas es imperdonable".
Tras la muerte de su adversario, Griffith reconoció que deseaba retirarse del ring, pero no pudo hacerlo, ya
que era el único sustento que tenía.
"Aunque nunca fui a la cárcel, yo he estado en prisión casi toda mi vida", afirmó Griffith en la confesión de su
homosexualidad que aparece en el libro.
Copyright © AP & AMBIENTE MAGAZINE. Do not reproduce without citing this source.
New Book Explores the Life of Openly Gay Boxing Champ Emile Griffith
by Michael David Smith
Emile Griffith is one of the all-time great boxers, a former
welterweight and middleweight champion and 1964 Ring
Magazine Fighter of the Year.
He's also, at age 70, a gay man who is ready to tell the whole story
of his life, in and out of the ring. That's what he's done in the new
book, Nine ... Ten ... And Out! The Two Worlds of Emile Griffith, which
author Ron Ross wrote with Griffith's cooperation.
In the book, Griffith describes his feelings about his 1962 fight with
Benny Paret, who taunted him with a homophobic slur at their
weigh-in. Griffith viciously pummeled Paret in the ring at Madison
Square Garden, and Paret went into a coma after the fight and
died 10 days later. Griffith says: "I keep thinking how strange it is ...
I kill a man and most people understand and forgive me. However,
I love a man, and to so many people this is an unforgivable sin; this
makes me an evil person. So, even though I never went to jail,
I have been in prison almost all my life."
Ross says of Griffith, "Emile is happy, he's content. So that makes me
very happy. He understands that his story has been told and that's important."
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Ex campeón mundial de boxeo reconoce que es gay
El seis veces campeón mundial de boxeo Emile Griffith, de 70 años, admitió públicamente que es
homosexual en un reciente libro sobre la vida del púgil.
El rumor sobre la homosexualidad de Griffith siempre rondó el cuadrilátero, pero ahora se confirmó en el
libro "Nine? Ten? and Out", escrito por Ron Ross y con la aprobación del propio peleador
Entre sus múltiples triunfos, Griffith venció en la división welter en 1962 a Benny "Kid" Paret, que murió
nueve días después a consecuencia de los golpes recibidos en el Madison Square Garden de Nueva York.
"Yo maté a un hombre y la mayoría de las personas lo entiende y me perdona", expresa Griffith. "Sin
embargo, yo amo a un hombre y eso para muchas personas es imperdonable".
Tras la muerte de su adversario, Griffith reconoció que deseaba retirarse del ring, pero no pudo hacerlo, ya
que era el único sustento que tenía.
"Aunque nunca fui a la cárcel, yo he estado en prisión casi toda mi vida", afirmó Griffith en la confesión de su
homosexualidad que aparece en el libro.
Copyright © AP & AMBIENTE MAGAZINE. Do not reproduce without citing this source.
