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The saddest fight in boxing history.
Paret felled into a coma right after he could'nt continue boxing, and died in the hospital. even emile griffith himself is traumatized by paret's death. even before the fight, Griffith had never been known for having a hard punch or being vicious towards his opponents. Going into the fight, his record was 28-3 with only ten knockouts.
Sports Illustrated reported in its April 18, 2005 edition that Griffith's rage may have been fueled by an anti-gay slur directed at him by Paret during the weigh-in. Paret reportedly called his opponent a maricon, the Spanish equivalent of "***got"; Griffith, whose ***ual orientation has been questioned , nearly went after him on the spot and had to be restrained. The slur was ignored by the media at the time. The article pointed out that it would have been career suicide for an athlete or any other celebrity during the 1960s to admit that he was gay.
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Paret felled into a coma right after he could'nt continue boxing, and died in the hospital. even emile griffith himself is traumatized by paret's death. even before the fight, Griffith had never been known for having a hard punch or being vicious towards his opponents. Going into the fight, his record was 28-3 with only ten knockouts.
Sports Illustrated reported in its April 18, 2005 edition that Griffith's rage may have been fueled by an anti-gay slur directed at him by Paret during the weigh-in. Paret reportedly called his opponent a maricon, the Spanish equivalent of "***got"; Griffith, whose ***ual orientation has been questioned , nearly went after him on the spot and had to be restrained. The slur was ignored by the media at the time. The article pointed out that it would have been career suicide for an athlete or any other celebrity during the 1960s to admit that he was gay.
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