Eric Griffin is a retired boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from the USA, who competed in the light flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 (– 48 kg) division during the early 1990s. He won at the 1991 world championships finals, beating Rogelio Marcelo

Rogelio Marcelo

Rogelio Marcelo García is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight division during the early 1990s....

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Amateur Highlights

• 1989 World Champion at Light Flyweight in competition in Moscow. Results were:
  • Defeated Gonzalez (Mexico) TKO
  • Defeated Dok-Nam Kim (North Korea) points
  • Defeated Rogelio Marcelo
    Rogelio Marcelo
    Rogelio Marcelo García is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight division during the early 1990s....
    
     (Cuba) points
• 1990 Light Flyweight Gold Medalist at Goodwill Games in Seattle. Results were:
  • Defeated Alcibel Flores (Venezuela) points
  • Defeated Nshan Munchian (Soviet Union) points
  • Defeated Anatoly Filippov (Soviet Union) points
• 1991 United States Amateur Light Flyweight champion
• 1991 World Champion at Light Flyweight in competition in Sydney. Results were:
  • Defeated Dong-Bum Cho (South Korea) points
  • Defeated Tsogtjargal Erdenetsogt (Mongolia) KO 3
  • Defeated Nelson Dieppa
    Nelson Dieppa
    Nelson Dieppa is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico in international events including the 1991 World Amateur Boxing Championships, 1991 Pan American Games and the 1992 Summer Olympics. Dieppa debuted as a professional on February 13, 1993, when he defeated...
    
     (Puerto Rico) points
  • Defeated Rogelio Marcelo
    Rogelio Marcelo
    Rogelio Marcelo García is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight division during the early 1990s....
    
     (Cuba) points

Olympic Results

• Qualified as a Light Flyweight at the United States Olympic Trials. Results were:
  • Defeated Bradley Martinez points
  • Defeated James Harris
    James Harris
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     points
  • Defeated Mario Bueno points
  • Defeated Bradley Martinez (points), at Olympic Box-Offs
• Competed as a Light Flyweight at 1992 Barcelona Olympic Games. Results were
  • Defeated Fausto Rosario (Dominican Republic) points
  • Lost to Rafael Lozano
    Rafael Lozano
    Rafael Lozano Muñoz is a former boxer from Spain.- Professional career :Known as "Balita", Lozano turned pro in 2001...
    
     (Spain) points

Pro career

Griffin turned pro in 1992 and had a disappointing career. He retired in 1997 after being TKO'd in his first and only title shot, a bout for the vacant WBO light flyweight title against Jesus Chong

Jesús Chong

Jesús Alberto Chong was a Mexican boxer in the Light Flyweight division. He is a former Mexican National, NABF, and the WBO Light Flyweight Champion.-Professional career:...

, having won 16 and lost 4 in his pro career.