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		Giardello was a top contender for years, but as it often happens, he was passed over time and time again.
		Joey was a strong fighter who truly loved to fight and used his stamina instead of brute force to break down his opponents.
		Giardello turned pro at the age of 18 without any amateur experience taking and fought for 4 years in every small club in Philadelphia before making a name for himself when he won 2 of 3 fights from contender champion Billy Graham.
	members.tripod.com /~bxhof/giardello.html (400 words)

	IBHOF / Joey Giardello (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		But Giardello sued and the decision was eventually reversed.
		Giardello remained a top middleweight but couldn't secure a title shot.
		Giardello had four more fights before retiring in 1967.
	www.ibhof.com /giardell.htm (294 words)

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		A joey is an infant kangaroo or wallaby.
		Joeys stay in the pouch for up to a year in some species, or until the next Joey is born.
		Joey was also the nickname of the British silver threepence coin, produced until 1945.
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	Joey's Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		William Joseph (Joey) Giambra, born July 30,1931 was a poverty spawned kid from the city's teeming West Side.
		Joey jolted the fans into realization that he was ready to enter the middleweight throne room.
		Joey Giambra possessed an iron chin, in 77 fights, he had only 8 losses and two draws, and has never been kayoed.
	www.joeygiambra.com /biography.htm (611 words)

	HickokSports.com - Biography - Joey Giardello
		A very clever boxer with not much of a knockout punch, Giardello nevertheless had 11 knockouts in his first 17 professional fights, He turned professional in October of 1948 and suffered his first loss, an 8-round decision, in January of 1950 after 18 victories and 1 draw.
		Giardello was involved in a very controversial fight against Billy Graham on December 19, 1952.
		In 133 professional bouts, Giardello had 100 victories, 32 by knockout, and he lost 25, 4 by knockout.
	www.hickoksports.com /biograph/giardelloj.shtml (232 words)

	Joey Giardello (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Giardello perdió cuatro de sus seis luchas siguientes, pero después se volvió fuerte con un expediente 8-1-1 en sus 10 siguientes, que eran excedente algunos de los nombres más grandes de la división en aquella 'epoca.
		Giardello dio a tigre un rematch de octubre el 21 de 1965 y este vez, el nigerian decisioned Giardello sobre 15 redondos para recuperar la correa.
		Giardello luchó apenas cuatro más veces durante los dos años próximos antes de retirarse.
	www.yotor.net /wiki/es/jo/Joey%20Giardello.htm (659 words)

	TalkingBoxing.com - Pound for Pound Boxing's Best for Interviews and Discussion
		Joey’s father claimed a decent record, but never made the big bucks, and fell into his job to support his family.
		Giardello settled out of court for an undisclosed sum, and for director Norman Jewison's agreement to make a statement on the DVD version of The Hurricane that there was "no doubt" that Giardello was a great fighter.
		Giardello says he sought, but did not receive, an additional sanction: He wanted Universal Pictures to append actual footage of his fight with Carter to the DVD version, so that viewers could judge for themselves ''who gave the pounding'' to whom.
	www.talkingboxing.com /articles/2005/beauchampfebruary25.html (1527 words)

	Joey Giardello -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Then, on June 24, 1963, Giardello upset boxing legend (United States prizefighter who won the world middleweight championship five times and the world welterweight championship once (1921-1989)) Sugar Ray Robinson, and at the age of 33, was finally named as the No. 1 challenger for the world middleweight title.
		Giardello gave Tiger a rematch on October 21, 1965 and this time, the (A republic in West Africa on the Gulf of Guinea; gained independence from Britain in 1960; most populous African country) Nigerian decisioned Giardello over 15 rounds to regain the belt.
		His career record was 101 wins, 25 losses and 7 draws, but even more impressively, he was 5-3-1 against other boxers in the Hall of Fame, including a 2-2 mark against Tiger.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/jo/joey_giardello.htm (554 words)

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		In a roundabout way it involves my covering the Rubin Carter-Joey Giardello fight for the middleweight championship in Philadelphia on Dec. 14, 1964; and the A.J. Liebling Award given by the Boxing Writers Association; and a suit filed by Giardello against the movie.
		Giardello had eight punches, most of them jabs, none with authority.
		He praised Giardello as "a good fighter-and a damn good man." Of the judges' hometown decision he said, "They have to live here." He said he could have averted that decision by knocking Giardello out.
	www.thecolumnists.com /isaacs/isaacs18.html (1125 words)

	Newsmaker / Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter: Film of his life a contender
		In "The Hurricane," Carter is depicted as a clear winner over Giardello, giving the champion a fierce beating but losing the title in an inexplicable and possibly race-based decision.
		In fact, all three judges voted for Giardello in what was not considered a close fight.
		Giardello, now 69 and living in Cherry Hill, N.J., was so incensed by "The Hurricane" that he is suing its producers for libeling him.
	www.post-gazette.com /regionstate/20000327newsmaker3.asp (1026 words)

	Joey Giardello Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
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	TIME Magazine Archive Article -- Joey's Last Payday -- Oct. 29, 1965 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		After 18 years in the ring and 129 pro fights, Joey Giardello is too much of a pragmatist to rue what might have been.
		But Joey was already an old man of 33 before he got a crack at the world middleweight championship.
		What did was the fact that Joey's cut of the $161,964 gate came to $56,050, making it the biggest payday of his career.
	time-proxy.yaga.com /time/archive/preview/0,10987,941495,00.html (443 words)

	Dick Tiger
		Giardello and Tiger fought 4 times from 1959 to 1965, all decision affairs, with Giardello winning the second and third fights and Tiger the first and fourth.
		He was 35, and 15 months earlier he had lost his middleweight championship in Atlantic City to Joey Giardello on what was conceded to have been, by everyone but Giardello people, a warped hometown decision.
		The scuttlebutt also had it that when they felt Giardello had one good fight in him, and if Tiger was still available, they would shoot for that last, nice payday and, who knows, maybe even go out a winner.
	www.emeagwali.com /photos/dick-tiger/photo-essay-on-dick-tiger.htm (6074 words)

	Hurricane Carter: The Other Side of the Story
		Because Giardello was (and was known as) a fearless competitor and a
		Giardello won the fight and that Carter had not done enough to take the championship away.
		Giardello by punches; a decision in favor of Giardello, followed by uproarious protest from the
	www.graphicwitness.com /carter/giardello.html (3354 words)

	ESPN Classic - Hurricane found peace at storm's center
		The more experienced Giardello bobbed and weaved his way through the 15 rounds while Carter stalked him.
		Although Giardello's face displayed the puffy evidence of damage inflicted by Carter, there were no knockdowns, and the champ consistently scored with his left.
		Giardello won a unanimous decision in front of 6,000 spectators in Philadelphia.
	espn.go.com /classic/biography/s/Carter_Hurricane.html (1336 words)

	Encyclopedia: 1964 in sports (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		December 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joey Giardello won a 15 round decision over Rubin "Hurricane" Carter to win the World Middleweight Title.
		Independence Hall Philadelphia (sometimes referred to as Philly or the City of Brotherly Love) is the sixth-most-populous city in the United States and the most populous city in the state of Pennsylvania, occupying all of Philadelphia County.
		Rubin Carter (born May 6, 1937) was a middleweight contender in the sport of boxing during the 1960s, whose subsequent life has been raged with controversy to this day.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/1964-in-sports (4793 words)

	HBO: Boxing - Harold Lederman (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On Agnello's scorecard, one extra point was awarded by the Commissioners to Graham in round four, and the tenth round was taken from Giardello and given to Graham, who also received two points in that round.
		Thus the score was changed to give Graham the official split decision on the basis of the revision of Agnello's card by the Commission to read, five rounds each with Graham ahead in points 6 to 5, thereby reversing the original majority decision of the judges and the referee.
		When the case came before the State Supreme Court, Justice Botein ruled that the New York State Athletic Commission had no right to reverse the scorecard of the official and decided the actual decision to be the one originally given in favor of Joey Giardello.
	www.hbo.com /boxing/columns/lederman/20040331.shtml (1882 words)

	Rubin Hurricane Carter and Joey Giardello Dual Hand Signed 16x20 Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		This is a 16x20 Photograph hand signed by both Rubin Hurricane Carter and Joey Giardello.
		Hurricane is popular boxing icon who rarely participates in autograph signings has signed a limited number of items.
		Joey Giardello was the middleweight champion of the world and inducted in the Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.
	store.allaboutautographsinc.com /aaa-hc-jg-16a.html (144 words)

	JOEY GIARDELLO Autograph
		From his Hall of Fame biography: "the tough, gritty Giardello slowly but steadily fought his way up the ranks until he won the world middleweight title -- at the end of his 16th year as a pro.
		He received his first title fight against Gene Fullmer in April 1960.
		He was a top middleweight for 15 years and had an admirable 5-3-1 record against fellow Hall-of-Famers." Creased corner.
	www.historyforsale.com /html/prodetails.asp?bw=1&documentid=222046 (237 words)

	Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter - The Hurricane
		He might have been hoping to re-challenge for the championship, but his record for 1965-'66 was 7-7-1.
		As a result of his depiction in the film, Joey Giardello threatened to sue the filmmakers for defamation.
		Nearly all of the sportswriters who attended the December 1964 bout agreed that Giardello won handily.
	www.chasingthefrog.com /reelfaces/thehurricane.php (1250 words)

	The scoring on this one was as wild as the fight: 5/ 13/ 2004
		Also on the "Young Gunz 2004" card will be five more unbeatens, Joey "The KO Kid" Spina (10-0) of Providence, Reynaldo Rodriguez (4-0), of Woonsocket, Josh Beeman (2-0) of Providence, Missy "The Fury" Fiorentino (8-0) of Cranston, and 2004 U.S. national amateur heavyweight champion Matt Godfrey of Providence, who is making his pro debut.
		DeNucci never won a world title but he fought many of the top middleweights of his time, including former champions Emile Griffith and Joey Giardello.
		He lost two split decisions to Griffith in a four-week span and fought a draw with Giardello before Giardello was champ.
	www.southcoasttoday.com /daily/05-04/05-13-04/b01sp255.htm (1075 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Ring 12/63 Joey Giardello Liston Antonino Rocca M
		All are OLD STORE STOCK.This magazine is MINT.In boxing you have Joey Giardello, Sonny Liston and Rocky Marciano, to name a few.
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	www.psychic-phone-readings.com /Psychic-Phone-Reading/t6962717014/B00030GS80/The/Ring/12/63/Joey/Giardello/Liston/Antonino/Rocca/M.htm (135 words)

	Fullmer vs. Giardello (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Gene had drawn a warning midway in the third for his three point attack, gloves and head and when he again pushed his head into Giardello's face...He (Giardello) took after Fullmer and deliberately butted Gene in the face.
		Fullmer wrestled him into the ropes and Joey repeated, opening a bad gash in the middle of Gene's forehead...Gene slammed back at Joey and Referee Harry Kessler stopped the action...when tempers had cooled, let them resume boxing.
		How do they give a draw in a championship match?...I feel I am half a champion.
	www.antekprizering.com /fullmergiardelloposter.html (91 words)

	What about "The Hurricane" movie?
		The detective who arrested Carter for the mugging couldn't have been motivated by racism - the detective was fl.
		Carter's world championship bout in 1964 with Joey Giardello was not a slam-dunk case of racist "fixing." Giardello sued the producers of the movie for their portrayal of the fight and settled out of court.
		When the police stopped Carter and Artis on the night of the shooting, Carter was not sitting up front beside Artis, he was lying down in the back seat.
	members.shaw.ca /cartermyths/cartermovie.htm (1155 words)

	Tuesday Night Fight Talk: Academy of the Overrated (and underrated)
		Indeed, if one looks at Tigers resume the middleweight names he beat looks like a who’s who of boxing in the 1960s: Gene Fullmer, Nino Benvenuti, Terry Downes, Joey Giardello, Ruben Carter, Henry Hank, etc, etc, Tiger took on them all and beat most of them convincingly.
		The only greats he didn’t score a victory over were Emile Griffith and Joey Archer, who both received gift decisions over Tiger.
		Tiger lost his title in a close decision to the crafty Joey Giardello but soon regained it with an easy points win.
	www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=4851&more=1 (5122 words)

	World Boxing Association
		1985: Joey Olivo W 15 Francisco Quiroz, Miami Beach.
		1953: Billy Graham W 12 Joey Giardello, NYC.
		The D.A. is investigating claims by Joey Gamache and Derrell Coley that the weigh-in was rigged.
	www.wbaonline.com /dates/dates2a.htm (2839 words)

	Boxing Insider : Columns : Remembering Henry Hank - A True Warrior
		Fighting men like Holly Mims, George Benton, Jesse Bowdry, Hank Casey, Randy Sandy and Gene Armstrong.
		They met again in 1962 with Joey turning the tables.
		The rematch was voted the Fight Of The Year by Ring Magazine for 1962.
	www.boxinginsider.net /columns/stories/92238753.php (321 words)

	1954 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		March 13 - French troops begin battle against Vietminh in Dien Bien Phu
		March 19 - Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in color.
		March 22 - The London bullion market reopens (it was closed in 1939).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/1954 (2014 words)

	Joey Giardello Auto Cover Glossy Photo (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Joey Harrington Rookie 8x10 Photo Detroit Lions Oregon
		JOEY GIARDELLO AUTO SI COVER GLOSSY PHOTO HOT
		FROM LAND TO YOUR JOEY the following seller added 1993.
	www.totalfitnessfl.com /fit/Joey_Giardello_Auto_Cover_Glossy_Photo_z42011_27273.php (823 words)

	The Death of a Fabled Fight Factory: The 5th St. Gym \| TheSweetScience.com Boxing
		The champions and top contenders came, too - Joe Frazier, George Foreman, Dick Tiger, Bob Foster, Johnny Saxton, Sugar Ray Leonard, Roberto Duran, Ken Buchanan, an endless parade of the great and near great.
		Some, like Joey Giardello and Jake LaMotta, came there to train for fights in Miami or Miami Beach, while others, mostly fighters from Europe, came just because it was the 5th St. Gym.
		Many who came had trained at Stillman's Gym on 8th Avenue in New York, which had been the world's most famous gym before that Spartan retreat was replaced by an apartment building in 1961.
	www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/1419/death-fabled-fight-factory-5th-gym (1381 words)

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