The Australian, Young Griffo before setting off to fight in America

Brand, [Photographer, 37 Park Street, Sydney, Australia]

Young Griffo, [Albert Griffiths, Australian boxer, 1871-1927]

Sydney, Australia,

circa 1893

Albumen photograph on card mount with photographer’s details below image. inscribed to back “Albert Griffiths (Griffo) before leaving for USA

245 by 200mm (9¾ by 7¾ inches).

World Featherweight boxing champion from 1890–92, 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 fought Joe Gans on three occasions and a number of other fighters who were to hold world titles. Nevertheless he died in poverty from alcoholism and a weak heart in New York.

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