Editing Emile Griffith (section)

==External links==
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* {{boxrec|id=009017}}
* {{IMDb name|1787680}}
* {{Find a Grave}}<!-- has photo of gravestone -->
* [http://www.ringmemorabilia.com/EmileGriffith.htm Ring Memorabilia] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121204062015/http://www.ringmemorabilia.com/EmileGriffith.htm |date=December 4, 2012 }}
* [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3109-2005Apr19.html 'Ring of Fire' Connects With True Story of A Fatal Blow] Washington Post article April 20, 2005
* [http://www.cyberboxingzone.com/boxing/griffith.htm Emile Griffith – CBZ Profile]
* [https://www.wbaboxing.com/wba-history/world-boxing-association-history World Boxing Association History]
* [https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1961 National Boxing Association's Quarterly Ratings: 1961 – BoxRec]
* [https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/National_Boxing_Association%27s_Quarterly_Ratings:_1962 National Boxing Association's Quarterly Ratings: 1962 – BoxRec]
* [https://titlehistories.com/boxing/na/usa/ny/nysac-wl.html NYSAC World Welterweight Title (Boxing)]

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|years=April 1, 1961 – September 30, 1961}}
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|years=April 1, 1961 – September 30, 1961}}
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|years=April 1, 1961 – September 30, 1961}}
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|years=March 24, 1962 – March 21, 1963}}
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|years=March 24, 1962 – March 21, 1963}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Undisputed welterweight champion
|years=March 24, 1962 – March 21, 1963}}
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|years=February 1963 – March 21, 1963}}
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|years=June 8, 1963 – 1966<br>Stripped}}
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{{s-ttl|title=WBA welterweight champion
|years=June 8, 1963 – June 10, 1966<br>Stripped}}
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{{s-ttl|title=WBC welterweight champion
|years=June 8, 1963 – August 1, 1966<br>Stripped}}
|-
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|years=June 8, 1963 – 1966<br>Vacated}}
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|years=June 8, 1963 – June 10, 1966<br>Titles fragmented}}
|-
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{{s-ttl | title=World light-middleweight champion|
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|years=April 25, 1966 – April 16, 1967}}
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|years=April 25, 1966 – April 16, 1967}}
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|years=April 25, 1966 – April 16, 1967}}
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|years=September 29, 1967 – March 4, 1968}}
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{{s-ttl|title=WBC middleweight champion
|years=September 29, 1967 – March 4, 1968}}
|-
{{s-ttl|title=''The Ring'' middleweight champion
|years=September 29, 1967 – March 4, 1968}}
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{{s-ttl|title=Undisputed middleweight champion
|years=September 29, 1967 – March 4, 1968}}
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