Emile Griffith, a former world champion boxer, died earlier this week. Robert Siegel speaks with Ron Ross, author of Nine ...Ten ... and Out: The... Opponent Who Died ...

NEW YORK -- It was March 24, 1962. Emile Griffith and Benny "Kid" Paret were inside the ring at Madison Square Garden, waiting for the bell, ready to fight for the championship of the world. In their ...

MONTREAL — An opera about boxing? Yes, in fact “Champion” is the compelling and deeply troubling story of welterweight champion Emile Griffith (1938-2013) delivered with a rich jazz-based score. And ...

Some of the details are fuzzy, but one of my childhood memories occurred on a Friday night in 1962. I was in bed sleeping when I heard my father screaming at the television set. "Stop it, stop it, ...