New York Daily News Golden Gloves 1958 Open Welterweight champ
New York Golden Gloves Tournament of Champions 1958 Welterweight champ
Inercity Golden Gloves 1958 Welterweight champ
BWAA Fighter of the Year 1963
Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year 1964
Inducted into the IBHOF in 1990
3 time Welterweight champion of the world
2 time Middleweight champion of the world
Light Middleweight champion of the world (Not recognized)
During his 3 reigns as Welterweight champ he defended his title 7 times.
He defended the Middleweight crown twice after capturing it for the first time.
He was in 24 World title bouts (Not counting his bout for the NABF title &WBA American Middleweight title)
Fought 339 Championship rounds in those 24 World title bouts
The first world champion from the Virgin Islands
The first man to knockdown Dick Tiger
The first man to defeat Gipsy Joe Harris
The first man to defeat Tom Bogs
The first man to defeat Luis Manuel Rodriguez
The first man to defeat Armando Muniz
Holds a record 25 main events at Madison Square Garden
List of opponents: Gaspar Ortega, Denny Moyer, Jorge Jose Fernandez, FlorentinoFernandez, Luis Manuel Rodriguez, Benny Kid Paret, Ralph Dupas, Don Fullmer, JoseGonzalez, Rubin Carter, Brian Curvis, Manuel Gonzalez, Dick Tiger, Joey Archer,Nino Benvenuti, Jose Napoles, Carlos Monzon, Ernie Lopez, Armando Muniz, TonyMundine, Bennie Briscoe, Tony Licata, Vito Antuofermo & Alan Minter.
vs. Ortega he went 2-0
vs. Moyer he went 2-1
vs. Paret he went 2-1
vs. J. J. Fernandez he went 3-0
vs. L. M. Rodriguez he went 3-1
vs. Dupas he went 2-0
vs. Fullmer he went 1-1
vs. Tiger he went 2-0
vs. Archer he went 2-0
vs. Benvenuti he went 1-2
vs. Lopez he went 2-0
vs. Briscoe he went 1 win 1 draw
vs. M. Gonzalez he went 2-1
vs. Monzon he went 0-2 (The only man whom he faced more than once and wasunable to get a win)
Holds a win over Florentino Fernandez as well as Ted Wright & ChrisChristensen both were fought for the World Light Middleweight title.

Rest In Paradise Emile Griffith