Four years ago, Otis “Triple O.G.” Griffin had the boxing world in the palm of his hand.
“I had a great contract and I was making seven figures,” said the former SaberCats defensive specialist turned pugilist. “I was undefeated in 20 straight fights and on the warp-speed track to a world title.”
Then everything slipped away. An overconfident Griffin traveled to Australia and was knocked out by Danny Green. Four more losses in his next five fights followed. Suddenly, the fame and the paydays were gone.
Griffin was no longer the pigeon, but rather, the statue. Even worse, his own mother asked him to hang up his gloves for good.
“She told me that I had a successful job and an education, so why not just call it quits?” recalled Griffin, who attended West Texas A&M. “But I refused. I became a fighter to win a world title, and I’m not stopping until I do that.”
Perhaps it’s fitting that the SaberCats return to the AFL from a two-year hiatus at precisely the same time the 33-year-old Griffin (23-6-2, 9 KOs) enjoys a career resurrection, having won his last four bouts in a row.
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