Great Performances | Great Performances at the Met: Champion Preview | Season 51 | Episode 5

Boxing comes to the Met in the true story of Emile Griffith, who landed a fatal blow in the ring.

Ryan Speedo Green plays the young Emile in his glory.

♪♪ It feels very, very good ♪♪ ♪♪ I killed a man ♪♪ Eric Owens is the elderly Emile revisiting scenes from his past as a boxer and a closeted gay man.

Conducted by Yannick Nézet-Séguin, don't miss Terence Blanchard's “Champion ” on “Great Performances at the Met.

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