Joey Giardello
Joey Giardello 
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| Data | |
| Birth Name | Carmine Orlando Tilelli |
| Weight class | medium weight |
| nationality | US-american |
| birthday | July 16, 1930 |
| place of birth | Brooklyn , New York City |
| Date of death | September 2, 2008 |
| Place of death | Cherry Hill , New Jersey |
| style | Left delivery |
| size | 1.78 m |
| Combat Statistics | |
| Struggles | 134 |
| Victories | 101 |
| Knockout victories | 33 |
| Defeats | 25th |
| draw | 7th |
| No value | 1 |
Joey Giardello (* 16th July 1930 as Carmine Orlando Tilelli in Brooklyn , New York ; † 2. September 2008 in Cherry Hill , New Jersey ) was an American boxer.
career
Counter boxer Giardello turned pro in 1948 and boxed mainly in Philadelphia , where he lived for many years . In 1952 and 1953 he won two of three spectacular fights against future Hall of Fame boxer Billy Graham , but had difficulty getting to big fights throughout the 1950s.
In 1959, the first two of a total of four fights against Dick Tiger took place; both won one of the duels on points. In his first big title fight he managed only one draw on April 20, 1960 against Gene Fullmer .
In 1963 he defeated the 42-year-old Sugar Ray Robinson and got a third fight against Dick Tiger, who had since won the middleweight world championship. On December 7, 1963, at the age of 33, he won by points against Tiger and won the title. He defended him against Rubin Carter , but lost the fourth Tiger encounter in 1965 and lost the title. In 1967 he ended his boxing career.
In 1993 Giardello was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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| Dick Tiger | Middleweight Boxing Champion ( WBA and WBC ) December 7, 1963 - October 21, 1965 |
Dick Tiger |
Trivia
In the multi-award-winning film "The Hurricane" with Denzel Washington , which deals with the life of Rubin Carter, the Giardello-Rubin title fight was presented for dramaturgical reasons as if Giardello owed the points victory to a racist boxing jury. In fact, it was a regular win. As a result of this misrepresentation, Giardello received $ 300,000 in damages.
Web links
- Joey Giardello in the BoxRec database
- Hall of Fame Biography (English)
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Giardello, Joey |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Tilelli, Carmine Orlando |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1930 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Brooklyn , New York City |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 2, 2008 |
| Place of death | Cherry Hill , New Jersey |