Benny Paret was a boxer born in Santa Clara, Cuba on March 14, 1937. Known in boxing as Benny the "Kid" Paret, he died in New York City on April 3, 1962 as a result of injuries sustained in a fight with Emile Griffith. Paret had cruelly taunted Griffith before the fight and called him a homosexual. Because of this insult, Griffith administered a frightful beating of over 20 unanswered blows. Referee Ruby Goldstein was blamed by many for not stopping the fight soon enough.
Paret was a world Welterweight champion.
His boxing record: 35-12-3 (10 KO)
External links
An article about Paret's last fight by Norman Mailer (http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_1-5-2004_pg3_6)
If a kid is inclined to be a boxer, don’t try to make a slugger out of him.
(Nationally televised boxing deaths included Ed Sanders in 1954, BennyParet in 1962, and Kim Duk Koo in 1982.) To keep the shrinking arena crowds, referees everywhere became increasingly reluctant to stop fights early.
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