Eric Griffin (born November 3, 1967) is an American former

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...

. As an amateur, he won gold medals at the

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and 1991 World Championships.

Amateur career

As an amateur, Griffin was the co-captain of the 1992 USA Olympic Team.

Amateur Highlights

*1987 Golden Glove Nationals 106lbs Finals Defeated Armando Martinez (Southern California) by points 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 García (born June 11, 1965 in Guantánamo) is a retired boxer from Cuba, who competed in the light flyweight (– 48 kg) division during the early 1990s. Marcelo lost in 1989 and 1991 at the world championships finals to A ...

(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-Gerena (born February 25, 1971) 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 S ...

(Puerto Rico) points **Defeated

(Cuba) points

Olympic Results

*Qualified as a Light Flyweight at the United States Olympic Trials. Results were: **Defeated

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points **Defeated James Harris points **Defeated Mario Bueno points **Defeated

(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 Muñoz (born January 25, 1970, in Córdoba, Andalusia) is a former boxer from Spain. Professional career Known as "Balita", Lozano turned pro in 2001. In 2006, he challenged Brahim Asloum for the WBA Intercontinental Flyweigh ...

(Spain) points

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

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1967 births Living people Boxers from Louisiana Flyweight boxers Boxers at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers of the United States Winners of the United States Championship for amateur boxers Sportspeople from Lafayette, Louisiana American male boxers AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games {{US-boxing-bio-stub