Young Griffo
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Albert Griffiths, 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 m
Griffo, c. 1890
Billy Murphy, World Featherweight Champion
Champion Joe Gans
Torpedo Billy Murphy
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Thomas William Murphy was a New Zealand boxer. An early World Featherweight Champion, he was the first world champion of any weightclass to come from New Zealand. In his early career, he took the New
Young Griffo
…the title for several years defending it against Abe Willis and George McKenzie in Sydney in 1890. He first took the World Featherweight Title against Torpedo Billy Murphy on 2 September 1890 at the White Horse Hotel in Sydney in a fifteen-round decision. It was one of the first World Title matches ever held in Australia…
Ike Weir, World Featherweight Champion