Did he ever fight a grade A real middleweight other then Briscoe or Nino? Was either man grade A when he fought them? The inexperienced Briscoe fought him close in the first fight and almost knocked him out in the second go around. Nino was in the 90 fight range when they fought with one foot in retirement. Griffith and Napoles were way past their prime and neither had any business fighting at middleweight.