Otis Griffin is a professional boxer

Boxing

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 and ranked light heavyweight contender.

Pro Career

Griffin fought on several major undercards and has been featured on ESPN

ESPN

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. He captured the NABO light heavyweight

Light heavyweight

In boxing, the light heavyweight is a weight division above 168 pounds [12 Stone or 76.204 kilograms] and up to 175 pounds [12.5 stone or 79.38 kilograms]), falling between super middleweight and cruiserweight...

 championship with a technical knockout

Knockout

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 over an unbeaten prospect, Mike Nevitt. In July 2007, Griffin lost by a technical knockout to light heavyweight champion Danny Green

Danny Green

Daniel "Danny" Green is an Australian professional boxer and the former IBO cruiserweight champion.- Amateur boxing career and the Olympics :...

 of the World Boxing Association at Challenge Stadium

Challenge Stadium

Challenge Stadium is a sports complex in the suburb of Mount Claremont, west of Perth, Western Australia, Australia. It was opened in 1986 and is home to the Western Australian Institute of Sport. The main indoor arena holds 4,500 people...

 in Perth, Australia

Perth, Western Australia

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. Green dropped Griffin three times before the bout was stopped. In 2008 he was stopped in the 11th round by former contender

Contender

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 Jesse Brinkley

Jesse Brinkley

Jesse Lee Brinkley is a professional super middleweight American boxer. He holds the WBC USNBC Super Middleweight Title as of February 22, 2008.-Personal life:...

. Griffin went on to a lose to a controversial loss against Jeff Lacey. In May 2010 Grififn went on to win a USBA title belt after he KO 2 x WBA World Champ Byron Mitchell

Byron Mitchell

Byron Tarone Mitchell was an American boxer of height in the super middleweight division.-Amateur career:Mitchell was the 1996 National Golden Gloves Middleweight champion.-Pro career:...

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The Next Great Champ

Griffin was a contestant on a reality TV show, The Next Great Champ

The Next Great Champ

The Next Great Champ was a reality television series on Fox that aired in early 2005. It followed a group of boxers as they compete with one another in an elimination-style competition, while their lives and relationships with each other and their families are depicted...

, on Fox. Although he lost an earlier bout on the show, Griffin was given another chance and after winning several bouts on the program, he was proclaimed the winner and "The Next Great Champ" when he beat David Pareja

David Pareja

David Manuel Pareja is a professional boxer.He was a contestant on reality TV show The Next Great Champ on Fox and was eliminated from the show after being decisioned by Otis Griffin.-External links:...

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Personal Life

Griffin is currently married to New York broadway sensation Shana Griffin for 12 years. They have 3 children together.

It is rumored that Griffin and talk show host Wendy Williams have a love child from a 2 year relationship.

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