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Boxer elected VP of Stonewall Veterans Association
2005-05-01

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Pictured is 6-time world boxing champion Emile Griffith, who holds one of boxings' unbreakable records. He has fought more title fight rounds ( 339 ) than any other world champion in history. Griffith was elected Vice President of the Stonewall Veterans Association ( SVA ) at the GLBT Community Center. SVA are GLBT and non-GLBT veterans of the historic 1969 Stonewall Rebellion in Greenwich Village.

Visit: www.stonewallvets.org .

Photo by Doug Meszler


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