# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/emile-griffith
# Generated: 2026-08-13T00:24:43.966Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/emile-griffith"
name: "Emile Griffith"
slug: "emile-griffith"
description: "Emile Alphonse Griffith was an American professional boxer who won world titles in three weight divisions. He held the world light middleweight, undisputed welterweight, and middleweight titles. His best-known contest was a 1962 title match with Benny Paret. Griffith won the bout by knockout; Paret never recovered consciousness and died in the hospital 10 days later."
tagline: "American boxer (1938–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Emile_Griffith.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "US"
category:
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  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1938-02-03"
deathDate: "2013-07-23"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  historical:           18.969468
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  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: 225
platforms:
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump