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Joey Giambra
(William Joseph Giambra)

BORN   July 30 1931; Fought out of Buffalo, New York
HEIGHT 5-9 1/2
WEIGHT 146 1/2-161 lbs
MANAGER Mike Scanlon

Giambra was a good boxer and good hitter who compiled a career record of 65-10-2 with 31 knockouts; During his career, he was a top-notch contender for the Light Middleweight Championship of the World

Joey defeated such men as Joey Giardello, Attilio "Rocky" Castellani, Florentino Fernandez, Bernard Docusen, Ralph "Tiger" Jones, Rory Calhoun, Gil Turner, Chico Vejar, Al Andrews, Danny Womber, Pat Lowry, Jimmy Welch, Johnny Sullivan, Jimmy Herring, Sal DiMartino, Italo Scortichini and Charley Early

1949
Jun 28 Lee Phillips               Fort Erie, Ont, Canada             KO  2
Sep 27 Jesse Bradshaw             Buffalo, NY                         D  4
Nov  7 Manny Gonzalez             Buffalo, NY                        KO  2
Nov 15 Danny Junior               Buffalo, NY                        KO  2
Nov 29 Henry Powell               Rochester, NY                      KO  1

1950
Jan 10 Johnny Miller              Buffalo, NY                        KO  1
Feb  7 Leroy Nolan                Buffalo, NY                        KO  2
May  2 Sammy Daniels              Buffalo, NY                        KO  3
May 16 Rolly Johns                Buffalo, NY                         W  6
Aug 15 Gordon Hunt                Buffalo, NY                        KO  2
Sep 25 Pete Pauline               Buffalo, NY                        KO  1
Sep 26 George Warren              Erie, Pa                           KO  2
Oct 30 George Andrews             Rochester, NY                      KO  1
Nov 14 Jesse Bradshaw             Buffalo, NY                         W  8

1951
Feb 20 Eddie Gambrell             Buffalo, NY                        KO  1
Mar  7 Kid Bartley                Detroit, Mi                        TK  3
Mar 28 Mel Reed                   Detroit, Mi                        KO  1
May 22 Johnny Cesario             Buffalo, NY                         L  8
Jun  6 Albert Adams               Detroit, Mi                         W  6
Sep  5 Herbie Phillips            Detroit, Mi                        KO  3
Oct 11 Maurice Jenkins            Queens, NY                         KO  1
Oct 18 Hurley Sanders             Queens, NY                          W  8
Nov  3 Charley Early              Brooklyn, NY                       TK  7
Nov 24 Gus Rubicini               Brooklyn, NY                        W  8

1952
Jan 12 Mario Moreno               Brooklyn, NY                        W  8
Feb 22 Sal DiMartino              New York, NY                        W  8
Jun  6 Tony Amato                 New York, NY                       TK  7
Sep 15 Billy Whye                 Syracuse, NY                        W  6
Oct 13 Joey Giardello             Brooklyn, NY                        L 10
Nov 11 Joey Giardello             Buffalo, NY                         W 10

1953
Jan 26 Danny Womber               Brooklyn, NY                        W 10
Feb 24 Bernard Docusen            Buffalo, NY                        TK  7
Mar 10 Otis Graham                Brooklyn, NY                        W 10
Apr 18 Danny Womber               Buffalo, NY                         W 10
Apr 27 Otis Graham                Toronto, Ont, Canada                W 10
Jun 20 Tuzo Portuguez             Buffalo, NY                         W 10
Sep 26 Tuzo Portuguez             Buffalo, NY                         W 10
Oct 28 Don Oates                  Cleveland, Oh                      TK  1
Dec  4 Jimmy Herring              New York, NY                       KO  4

1954
Jan  6 Bobby Dykes                Miami Beach, Fl                     L 10
Feb 12 Italo Scortichini          New York, NY                        W 10
Apr  5 Andy Anderson              Galveston, Tx                      TK  7
Apr 26 Jimmy Welch                Houston, Tx                         W 10
May  5 Sherman Williams           Austin, Tx                         TK  6
Jun 11 Jim Watkins                Killeen, Tx                        KO  2
Aug 26 Carl "Bobo" Olson          San Francisco, Ca                   L 10

1956
Jan 25 Al Andrews                 Norfolk, Va                         W 10
Apr  6 Johnny Sullivan            Syracuse, NY                        W 10
Jun 13 Johnny Sullivan            Syracuse, NY                        W 10
Aug  3 Attilio "Rocky" Castellani New York, NY                        W 10
Oct 19 Gil Turner                 New York, NY                        W 10
Nov 27 Sammy Walker               Buffalo, NY                         W 10
Dec 10 Attilio "Rocky" Castellani San Francisco, Ca                   W 10

1957
Mar 19 Al Andrews                 Oakland, Ca                        TK  6
May 14 Chico Vejar                Oakland, Ca                        TK  7
Jun 21 Rory Calhoun               Syracuse, NY                        D 10
Aug  6 Jimmy Welch                Reno, Nv                           KO  6
Aug 26 Rory Calhoun               San Francisco, Ca                   L 10

1958
Apr 14 Andy Mayfield              Oakland, Ca                         W 10
Jun 30 Joey Giardello             San Francisco, Ca                   W 10

1959
Mar 19 Andy Anderson              Odessa, Tx                         KO  2
Apr  1 Al Andrews                 Dallas, Tx                          W 10
May 18 Ralph "Tiger" Jones        Dallas, Tx                          W 10
Nov 30 Orlando DiPietro           Long Beach, Ca                      W 10

1960
Jan 19 Woody Winslow              Fresno, Ca                          W 10
Apr 21 Pat Lowry                  Reno, Nv                           TK  2
Jul 12 Bobby Hughes               Fort Erie, Ont, Canada             KO  2
Nov 15 Rory Calhoun               Buffalo, NY                         W 10
Dec  6 Ralph "Tiger" Jones        Buffalo, NY                         W 10

1961
May  6 Yama Bahama                New York, NY                        L 10
Nov 23 Ike White                  Philadelphia, Pa                    W 10

1962
Mar 10 Farid Salim                New York, NY                        L 10
Apr  2 Everardo Armenta           Las Vegas, Nv                       W 10
Apr 28 Florentino Fernandez       Miami Beach, Fl                    TK  7
Oct 20 Denny Moyer                Portland, Or                        L 15
          -WBA Light Middleweight Championship of the World

1963
Jan 18 Luis Manuel Rodriguez      Miami Beach, Fl                     L 10
Apr  6 Joe DeNucci                Boston, Ma                          L 10

Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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