BOXER

Emile Griffith

1938 - 2013

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Emile Alphonse Griffith (February 3, 1938 – July 23, 2013) was a professional boxer from the U.S. Virgin Islands 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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emile Griffith has received more than 1,290,810 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Emile Griffith is the 51st most popular boxer (down from 43rd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from U.S. Virgin Islands and the most popular Boxer.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.3M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 51.42

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.71

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 3.53

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Page views of Emile Griffiths by language

Over the past year Emile Griffith has had the most page views in the with 359,822 views, followed by French (49,334), and Spanish (19,033). In terms of yearly growth of page views the top 3 wikpedia editions are French (562.74%), Simple English (225.54%), and Swedish (140.79%)

Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Emile Griffith ranks 51 out of 496. Before him are Ernesto Hoost, Roy Jones Jr., Georges Carpentier, James J. Corbett, José Nápoles, and Rocky Graziano. After him are Buster Douglas, Gene Tunney, Oliver Kirk, Tyson Fury, Oleksandr Usyk, and Bob Fitzsimmons.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1938, Emile Griffith ranks 270. Before him are Mirko Kovač, Barry Dennen, Enzo G. Castellari, Sanjeev Kumar, Marinella, and Barry Jackson. After him are Madge Sinclair, Peter Snell, Severino Reija, Talal Abu-Ghazaleh, Shuji Tsurumi, and Anna Wierzbicka. Among people deceased in 2013, Emile Griffith ranks 230. Before him are Enzo Jannacci, Anca Petrescu, George Duke, Henri Alleg, Barry Jackson, and August Schellenberg. After him are Norma Bengell, Hans Hass, Daniel Duval, Natalya Gorbanevskaya, Zdeněk Zikán, and Hiroshi Nakajima.

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In U.S. Virgin Islands

Among people born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Emile Griffith ranks 4 out of 12. Before him are Camille Pissarro (1830), Henri Étienne Sainte-Claire Deville (1818), and Kelsey Grammer (1955). After him are Tim Duncan (1976), Judah P. Benjamin (1811), Edward Wilmot Blyden (1832), Jasmin St. Claire (1972), Peter Holmberg (1960), John de Jongh Jr. (1957), Raja Bell (1976), and Daryl Homer (1990).

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Among BOXERS In U.S. Virgin Islands

Among boxers born in U.S. Virgin Islands, Emile Griffith ranks 1. 

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