Benny Paret

EMILE GRIFFITH BEAT BENNY (KID) PARET TO DEATH IN THE RING AFTER PARET CALLED HIM QUEER. THAT WAS 43 YEARS AGO. HE'S STILL STRUGGLING TO COME TO GRIPS WITH IT. SO ARE WE.

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Five times a champion and still formidable at 36, Emile Griffith slips a rung against a young foe

Welterweight Champion Emile Griffith overcame tricky Ralph Dupas—and his own nightmares—in his first fight since he punched Benny Paret to death in New York four months ago