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...weigh-in, Paret, a Cuban immigrant, called Griffith "maric??n"--a Spanish slur for homosexual and an allusion to rumors that Griffith was gay. Griffith does not reveal his sexual orientation, but, he says calmly, "I wasn't nobody's faggot." In the 12th round, he trapped Paret in the corner and unleashed a brutal flurry of uppercuts to his head. Norman Mailer likened the barrage to "a baseball bat demolishing a pumpkin." Paret died 10 days later...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Shadowboxer | 4/10/2005 | See Source »

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