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Joey Giardello
(Carmine Orlando Telleli)

BORN July 16 1930; Brooklyn, New York
DIED September 4 2008; Cherry Hill, New Jersey
HEIGHT 5-10
WEIGHT 140-175 lbs
RECORD 100-25-7 (32 KO 1 NC)

 

Giardello was a talented, persistent fighter who was a crowd favorite because of his ready, willing and able style; He always gave a good account of himself; He boxed well, could dish it out and take it too; During his career, he won the Middleweight Championship of the World

Joey defeated such men as "Sugar" Ray Robinson, Dick Tiger, Billy Graham, Joey Giambra, Ruben Carter, Harold Green, Gil Turner, Pierre Langlois, Henry Hank, Holly Mims, Randy Sandy, Walt Cartier, Garth Panter, Willie Troy, Rory Calhoun, Chico Vejar, Del Flanagan, Ralph "Tiger" Jones and Ernie Durando

Giardello was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993

1948
Oct  1 Johnny Noel                Trenton, NJ                      KO  2
Oct 10 Jimmy Larkin               Atlantic City, NJ                KO  1
Nov  7 Bobby Clark                Wilkes-Barre, Pa                  W  4
Nov 16 Jackie Cole                Trenton, NJ                      KO  1
Nov 20 Johnny Brown               Reading, Pa                      KO  4
Dec 16 Johnny Madison             Atlantic City, NJ                KO  1
Dec 30 Willie Wigfall             Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  1


1949
Feb 24 Clyde Diggs                Philadelphia,Pa                   D  6
Mar 15 Don Ennis                  Reading, Pa                      KO  4
Apr  7 Bill Montgomery            Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  1
Apr 25 Ray Morris                 Wilkes-Barre, Pa                  W  4
Apr 28 Joe Aurillo                Philadelphia, Pa                  W  6
May  2 Emerson Charles            Philadelphia, Pa                  W  4
Jun  6 Henry Vonsavage            Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  2
Jun 20 Ray Haas                   Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  3
Jul 13 Leroy Fleming              Washington, DC                   KO  1
Nov 14 Mitchell Allen             Philadelphia, Pa                  W  6
Dec  5 Jim Dockery                Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  2

1950
Jan  5 Johnny Fry                 Philadelphia, Pa                  W  6
Jan 16 Joe DiMartino              New Haven, Ct                     L  8
Jan 26 Johnny Bernardo            Philadelphia, Pa                  W  8
Feb  9 Johnny Bernardo            Philadelphia, Pa                  W  8
Mar 23 Armando Amanini            Brooklyn, NY                      W  8
Mar 27 Steve Sabatino             Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  1
Mar 29 Johnny Brown               Allentown, Pa                     W  6
Apr 20 Tommy Varsos               Brooklyn, NY                     KO  1
May  4 Hurley Sanders             Brooklyn, NY                      W  8
May 17 Carey Mace                 New York, NY                     LK  8
Aug 25 Al Berry                   Scranton, Pa                     KO  1
Sep 26 Ted DiGiammo               Wilkes-Barre, Pa                 KO  1
Oct 16 Bruce Ubaldo               Wilkes-Barre, Pa                  W  8
Oct 26 Harold Green               Brooklyn, NY                     LK  6
Nov 27 Gene Roberts               Philadelphia, Pa                  D  8
Dec 18 Leroy Allen                Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  5

1951
Jan  6 Freddie Lott               Brooklyn, NY                      W  8
Feb 10 Jan Henry                  Philadelphia, Pa                  W  8
Feb 22 Hal Sampson                Brooklyn, NY                      W  8
Feb 24 Tony Wolfe                 Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  3
Mar 15 Roy Wouters                Philadelphia, Pa                  L  8
Mar 29 Primo Cutler               Philadelphia, Pa                  W  8
Apr 12 Roy Wouters                Philadelphia, Pa                  W  8
Apr 30 Ernie Durando              Scranton, Pa                      W 10
May 25 Gus Rubicini               New York, NY                      L  8
Aug 13 Otis Graham                Philadelphia, Pa                  W  8
Aug 27 Johnny Noel                Philadelphia, Pa                  W  8
Sep 14 Tommy Bazzano              New York, NY                      W  6
Oct  8 Tony Amato                 New York, NY                     KO  7
Nov 13 Attilio "Rocky" Castellani Scranton, Pa                      L 10
Dec 12 Bobby Dykes                Miami Beach, Fl                   L 10

1952
Jan  9 Sal DiMartino              Miami Beach, Fl                   D 10
Mar 28 Sammy Giuliani             New York, NY                      D  8
May  5 Joe Miceli                 Scranton, Pa                      D 10
Jun  5 Roy Wouters                Philadelphia, Pa                  W  6
Jun 23 Pierre Langlois            Brooklyn, NY                      W 10
Aug  4 Billy Graham               Brooklyn, NY                      W 10
Sep 15 Georgie Small              Brooklyn, NY                      W 10
Oct 13 Joey Giambra               Brooklyn, NY                      W 10
Nov 11 Joey Giambra               Buffalo, NY                       L 10
Dec 15 Billy Graham               New York, NY                      W 10

1953
Feb  2 Harold Green               Brooklyn, NY                      W 10
Mar  6 Billy Graham               New York, NY                      L 12
Apr  7 Gil Turner                 Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
May 30 Hurley Sanders             Newark, NJ                        W 10
Jun 26 Ernie Durando              New York, NY                      W 10
Sep 29 Johnny Saxton              Philadelphia, Pa                  L 10
Oct 26 Walter Cartier             Brooklyn, NY                      W 10
Nov 23 Tuzo Portuguez             Brooklyn, NY                      W 10

1954
Jan  8 Garth Panter               New York, NY                     KO  5
Feb  5 Walter Cartier             New York, NY                     KO  1
Mar 19 Willie Troy                New York, NY                     KO  7
May 21 Pierre Langlois            New York, NY                      L 10
Jun 11 Bobby Jones                New York, NY                      W 10
Jul  7 Billy Kilgore              Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
Sep 24 Ralph "Tiger" Jones        Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10

1955
Jan 25 Al Andrews                 Norfolk, Va                       W 10
Feb 15 Andy Mayfield              Miami Beach, Fl                  KO  8
Mar  1 Peter Mueller              Milwaukee, Wi                    KO  2

1956
Feb 11 Tim Jones                  Trenton, NJ                      KO 10
Mar 10 Hurley Sanders             Paterson, NJ                      W 10
Mar 27 Joe Shaw                   Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
May  7 Charlie Cotton             New York, NY                      L 10
May 28 Charlie Cotton             New York, NY                      L 10
Jul  2 Tony Baldoni               New York, NY                     KO  1
Jul 26 Franz Szuzina              Milwaukee, Wi                     W 10
Aug 28 James "Kid" Bussey         Miami Beach, Fl                  KO  9
Sep 28 Bobby Boyd                 Cleveland, Oh                    KO  5
Nov 15 Charlie Cotton             Milwaukee, Wi                     W 10
Dec 14 Charlie Cotton             Cleveland, Oh                     W 10

1957
Feb  6 Randy Sandy                Chicago, Il                       W 10
Mar 27 Willie Vaughn              Kansas City, Mo                  NC 10
          -Vaughn was declared the winner; Then, the Missouri Commission
           ordered a "No Decision" verdict because one judge used the wrong
           points system
May 17 Rory Calhoun               Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Jul  2 Joe Gray                   Detroit, Mi                      KO  6
Jul 17 Chico Vejar                Louisville, Ky                    W 10
Sep 27 Bobby Lane                 Cleveland, Oh                    KO  7
Nov  5 Wilfred Greaves            Denver, Co                        W 10
Dec 27 Ralph "Tiger" Jones        Miami Beach, Fl                   W 10

1958
Feb 12 Franz Szuzina              Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
May  5 Rory Calhoun               San Francisco, Ca                 W 10
Jun 11 Franz Szuzina              Washington, DC                    W 10
Jun 30 Joey Giambra               San Francisco, Ca                 L 10
Nov 19 Spider Webb                San Francisco, Ca                LK  7

1959
Jan 28 Ralph "Tiger" Jones        Louisville, Ky                    L 10
May  6 Holly Mims                 Washington, DC                    W 10
Jun 16 Del Flanagan               St. Paul, Mn                     KO  1
Aug 11 Chico Vejar                St. Paul, Mn                      W 10
Sep 30 Dick Tiger                 Chicago, Il                       L 10
Nov  4 Dick Tiger                 Cleveland, Oh                     W 10

1960
Apr 20 Gene Fullmer               Bozeman, Mt                       D 15
          -NBA Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 27 Clarence Hinnant           Billings, Mt                     KO  3
Oct 11 Terry Downes               London, Eng                       L 10
Dec  1 Peter Mueller              Cologne, Ger                      L 10

1961
Mar  6 Ralph Dupas                New Orleans, La                   L 10
May 15 Wilfred Greaves            Philadelphia, Pa                 KO  9
Jul 10 Henry Hank                 Detroit, Mi                       L 10
Sep 12 Jesse Smith                Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
Nov  6 Jesse Smith                Chicago, Il                       W 10
Dec 12 Joe DeNucci                Boston, Ma                        D 10

1962
Jan 30 Henry Hank                 Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
Jul  9 Jimmy Beecham              St. Paul, Mn                      W 10
Aug  6 George Benton              Philadelphia, Pa                  L 10
Nov 12 Johnny Morris              Baltimore, Md                     W 10

1963
Feb 25 Wilfred Greaves            Jacksonville, Fl                  W 10
Mar 25 Ernie Burford              Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
Jun 24 "Sugar" Ray Robinson       Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10
Dec  7 Dick Tiger                 Atlantic City, NJ                 W 15
	    -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World;
	     WBA Middleweight Championship of the World

1964
Apr 17 Rocky Rivero               Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
May 22 Rocky Rivero               Cleveland, Oh                     W 10
Dec 14 Rubin "Hurricane" Carter   Philadelphia, Pa                  W 15
	    -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World;
	     WBA Middleweight Championship of the World

1965
Apr 23 Gil Diaz                   Cherry Hills, NY                  W 10
Oct 21 Dick Tiger                 New York, NY                      L 15
	    -WBC Middleweight Championship of the World;
	     WBA Middleweight Championship of the World

1966
Sep 22 Cash White                 Reading, Pa                       W 10
Dec  5 Nate Collins               San Francisco, Ca                LK  8

1967
May 22 Jack Rodgers               Pittsburgh, Pa                    L 10
Nov  6 Jack Rodgers               Philadelphia, Pa                  W 10


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

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