Sunday, January 04, 2009
SecondsOut Radio: Ron Ross and Lou DiBella on Emile Griffith
On this week's edition of SecondsOut Radio, host Eddie Goldman discusses the new book, "Nine ... Ten ... And Out! The Two Worlds of Emile Griffith".
We spoke at length with the author of this book, Ron Ross, and its publisher, boxing promoter Lou DiBella, about the significance of this story about Emile Griffith, who had a Hall of Fame career in the 1960's and '70's as a welterweight and middleweight champion of the world many times over.
But this book, and our discussion, also delved into that second, less public world lived in by Emile Griffith, that of a gay man. In our conversations, we all emphasized the importance of promoting tolerance, even in this brutal world of boxing.
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Labels: boxing, Eddie Goldman, Emile Griffith, gay, homosexuality, Lou DiBella, Ron Ross, SecondsOut Radio, tolerance
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