Young Griffo
Australian boxer
Died when: 56 years 343 days (683 months)Star Sign: Capricorn
Albert Griffiths (1 January 1871 – 10 December 1927), better known as Young Griffo, was a World Featherweight boxing champion from 1890 to 1892, and according to many sources, one of the first boxing world champions in any class.
Ring magazine founder Nat Fleischer rated Griffo as the eighth greatest featherweight of all time.He was inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame in 1954, the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1991, and the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2003.
During his career he defeated Abe Willis, champion Ike Weir, Horace Leeds, and Joe Harmon.He won bouts against champion Torpedo Billy Murphy a total of three times, twice in World Featherweight title matches.
A prolific boxer of great opponents, after coming to America, he fought champions Solly Smith, "Kid" Lavigne, Joe Gans, Tommy Ryan, George Dixon, Frank Erne, and featherweight contender Joe Bernstein.
He was recorded as fighting over two hundred professional fights in his career.Griffo also put together the most consecutive bouts without defeat in recorded boxing history.
As of May 2021, with the addition of Newspaper decisions, boxrec.com lists his record as initially starting off at 7–0–3 before he lost his first fight.
After losing, he went on a four-year unbeaten streak of 79–1–38 before being defeated again 124 fights after his first loss.
