Young Griffo

Australia

Also known as

Albert Griffiths

Description

Australian featherweight from Millers Point, Sydney, world featherweight champion 1890–1892 and famous for his defensive skill. Larry Foley was his early mentor at the White Horse Hotel school.

Teachers (2)

  • Larry Foley
    sports_martial_artsBoxing Probable
    Probable
    His own account, via Wikipedia; Foley's record agrees.
    The evidence favours the claim and nothing credible contradicts it, but it falls short of establishing it.
    location_onLarry Foley's boxing academy, White Horse Hotel badge
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    2 sources expand_more
    fact_check
    His own account, via Wikipedia; Foley's record agrees.
    “He said in a 1902 interview with The Cincinnati Enquirer that Larry Foley of Sydney had acted as an important early boxing mentor, and indeed Griffo had trained at Foley's boxing school at Sydney's White Horse Hotel”
    — Young Griffo - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
    “At his gym at the White Horse, Foley taught, trained and guided the careers of the great boxers Young Griffo, Bob Fitzsimmons, Paddy Slavin, and Peter Jackson as well as the lesser known Dan Creedon and George Dawson.”
    — Larry Foley - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info
  • Jem Mace
    sports_martial_artsBoxing Possible
    Possible
    One source, through Foley.
    Some evidence points to the claim, but it is thin, indirect, or in unresolved conflict with other evidence.
    fact_checkassessed by FSMverified
    Frederico Muñoz
    Researcher, Martialis
    1 source expand_more
    fact_check
    One source, through Foley.
    “With the help of his protégé, Australian champion Larry Foley, he schooled a generation of mostly Australian boxers, including the Caribbean-born Peter Jackson, multiple-weight-class champion, British-born Bob Fitzsimmons, and Young Griffo.”
    — Jem Mace - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English) link history info

Lineage

Sources

“Albert Griffiths (1 January 1871 – 10 December 1927), better known as Young Griffo, was a World Featherweight boxing champion from 1890 to 1892”
— Young Griffo - Wikipedia (English). Wikipedia (English)link history info

Identifiers

https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FN99N65M7A5XV64SSV
Wikidata

Cite and reuse

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Plain text
Muñoz, Frederico (YEAR_PLACEHOLDER). Young Griffo. In Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database. https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FN99N65M7A5XV64SSV - CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER.
BibTeX
@incollection{martialis_01M5JPY6FN99N65M7A5XV64SSV, author = {Muñoz, Frederico}, title = {Young Griffo}, booktitle = {Martialis: Martial Arts Lineage Database}, year = {YEAR_PLACEHOLDER}, url = {https://martial.is/entity/01M5JPY6FN99N65M7A5XV64SSV}, urldate = {ACCESSED_DATE_PLACEHOLDER}, note = {CC BY-SA 4.0} }
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