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ANTHONY
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JOEY GIARDELLO PASSES We sadly report that former mid-dleweight champion and Philly boxing legend Joey Giardello passed away on Thursday afternoon, September 4, 2008, after battling with health problems for a good part of this year. Giardello was born Carmine Orlando Tilelli on July 16, 1930 in Brooklyn, NY. He came to Philadelphia as a young man and after meeting a nice South Philly girl named Rosalie, he was here to stay in the "City of Brotherly Love". Lucky for us! With the legendary Passyunk Gym as his eventual home base, Joey began to build his fine boxing career which spanned for almost 20 years during a time when so many good fighters crowded the rankings (1948-1967). Joey amassed an incredible record of 101-25-7-1 with 33 KOs. He fought an amazing roster of excellent opposition and was a ranked contender for many... (MORE) |
REFLECTIONS ON My greatest boxing thrill was watching Joey Giardello beat Dick Tiger for the title, with my Dad, at Atlantic City's Convention Hall. Dad surprised me with two tickets to the fight as a present for my 17th birthday. I had idolized Joey since watching him on the tube KO top contender Bobby Boyd (a recent winner over Fullmer and Eduardo Lausse) in 1956 when I was nine. I followed his career closely, used to hookey from school with my friends to watch him "train" at Passyunk Gym in South Philly. What a show he put on at the gym, good natured "ball busting " with his Paisans. His refusal to listen to his trainers, Joe Polino, then Adolph Ritacco. They were always looking for Joey to show up and would have to track... (MORE) |
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