Career Profiles - Emile Griffith
Emile Alphonse Griffith\xa0(February 3, 1938 \u2013 July 23, 2013) was a\xa0professional boxer\xa0from the\xa0U.S. Virgin Islands\xa0who\xa0won world titles in three weight divisions.\nA five-time world champion boxer. An adoptive father. Twice voted the American boxer of the year. A known bisexual. An honorable Olympic coach. A murderer.\xa0Emile Griffith\xa0was a controversial figure in his time and remains one today. After a successful boxing career and a deadly "accident", many are still unsure what to make of Griffith and his legacy.\nWe take through the journey of Emile and how his difficult childhood and struggles with sexuality would lead him to become one of boxing's great fighters of the 1960s and 1970s\n\ufeffSubscribe\nhttps://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/career-profiles/id1494210179\nWe are also available on Player FM, Spotify, Spreaker, and many more podcasting apps\nFollow us at:\nhttps://twitter.com/career_profiles\nhttps://www.facebook.com/btrboxingpodcast\nBecome A Patron\npatreon.com/btrboxingpodcastnetwork\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices