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    world middleweight champion from 1963 to 1965. He adopted the name Joey Giardello (the name of a cousin's friend) in order to join the U.S. Army while...
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    in The Ring's ranking of Carter as the number three contender for Joey Giardello's world middleweight title. Carter won two more fights (one a decision...
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  • World Champion Joey Giardello sued the film's producers for libel over the depiction of his fight with Carter as a "racist fix." Giardello stated: "Virtually...
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    and Joey Giardello contended face to face for two and a half hours. Prior to one of these latter encounters, when asked by the press if Giardello, a classic...
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  • Galaxy Kaokor Galaxy Kid Gavilán Joey Giardello Julio Gervacio Daniel Geale Khoren Gevor Christian Giantomassi Joey Giardello Mike Gibbons Tommy Gibbons Vyacheslav...
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  • American boxer Joey Giambra (musician) (1933–2020), American jazz musician, actor, and businessman Joey Giardello (1930–2008), American boxer Joey Gibbs (born...
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  • fought as a middleweight, he defeated future middleweight champion Joey Giardello in two out of three matches and claimed May 18 on the wildly popular...
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    when he was held to 15-round draws by Robinson and future titleholder Joey Giardello. The draw against Robinson was widely criticised by almost every ringside...
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    Gavilan Kid Meza Kid Paret Jack Kid Berg Ted Kid Lewis Jersey Joe Walcott Joey Giardello Rocky Marciano Rocky Graziano Takaloo Steve Hearon In Japan, sumo wrestlers...
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  • Bangkok, Thailand. April 20 – Gene Fullmer draws in fifteen rounds with Joey Giardello to retain the more widely recognized, National Boxing Association world...
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  • 1962-10-23 1963-12-07 Dick Tiger Universal (WBA/WBC) 1963-12-07 1965-10-21 Joey Giardello Universal (WBA/WBC) 1965-10-21 1966-04-25 Dick Tiger Universal (WBA/WBC)...
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    rejoiced when Duva crowned his first world boxing champion, middleweight Joey Giardello, who dethroned Dick Tiger that year to become world middleweight champion...
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  • one of his wins against top-level fighters of that era. He also beat Joey Giardello and Kid Gavilán (both these fighters were world champions at one time...
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    unanimous decision to former world champion and fellow Hall of Famer Joey Giardello. Giardello knocked Robinson down in the fourth round, and the 43-year-old...
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  • Downes fought six world champions and beat three: Robinson, Pender and Joey Giardello. His record was: 44 fights, 35 wins (28 KOs), 9 losses. Post-boxing...
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  • bouts 13 March 1963 Succeeded by vs. Billy Daniels Awards Preceded by Joey Giardello vs. Henry Hank II The Ring Fight of the Year 1963 Succeeded by Sonny...
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  • middleweight Bobby Jones to throw his June 11 Madison Square Garden match with Joey Giardello. Henry allegedly offered $15,000 (equivalent to approximately $175,632...
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  • Ingemar Johansson II 1961 –  Joe Brown W 15 Dave Charnley II 1962 –  Joey Giardello W 10 Henry Hank II 1963 –  Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali) W 10 Doug Jones...
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    Boxing Association middleweight title bout between Gene Fullmer and Joey Giardello on April 20. It was the first title fight held in Montana in 37 years...
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    traffic entrance to the East Passyunk Avenue shopping district. The Joey Giardello Statue park, situated in the triangle formed by Passyunk Avenue, Mifflin...
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    November 14, 1951, Castellani defeated Joey Giardello in a convincing ten-round decision in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Giardello would later become an exceptional...
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  • Reign Defenses 1 Dick Tiger (def. Gene Fullmer) 10 Aug – 7 Dec 1963 0 2 Joey Giardello 7 Dec 1963 – 21 Oct 1965 1 3 Dick Tiger (2) 21 Oct 1965 – 25 Apr 1966...
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  • Gatti (1972–2009) Tony Galento (1910–1979) Frankie Genaro (1901–1966) Joey Giardello (1930–2008), born Carmine Orlando Tilelli, boxing star during the 1950s...
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  • (Fordham University vs. the University of Pittsburgh). March 19, 1954 - Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at the Garden in the first televised...
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  • Alexander Giannascoli, musician, multi instrumentalist, stage name: Alex G Joey Giardello, world middleweight champion from 1963 to 1965 Charlie Gracie, Rock...
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  • and defeated future world champions Freddie Little, Jimmy Ellis, and Joey Giardello. In seventy-six professional fights, he was never knocked down and was...
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    Meldrick Taylor, Tyrone Crawley, Steve Cunningham, Buster Drayton, Joey Giardello, Eric Harding, Matthew Saad Muhammad, Harold Johnson, and David Reid...
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  • offering middleweight boxer Bobby Jones $15,000 to throw his fight against Joey Giardello on June 11 at Madison Square Garden. In 1955, California Governor Goodwin...
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  • ten-round draw), Rocky Castellani, and world champions Kid Gavilán, Joey Giardello, Carl Olson, and Randy Turpin. The fight with Turpin was controversial...
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  • win the World Heavyweight Championship. December 14 in Philadelphia, Joey Giardello won a 15-round decision over Rubin "Hurricane" Carter to win the World...
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