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Giardello knocked Robinson down in the fourth round, and the 43 year old took until the count of nine to rise to his feet.
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Giardello and Robinson
In February 1963, Robinson lost via unanimous decision to former world champion and fellow Hall of Famer Joey Giardello.
Then, on June 24, 1963, Giardello upset boxing legend Sugar Ray Robinson, and at the age of 33, was finally named as the No. 1 challenger for the world middleweight title.
He narrowly escaped being dethroned when he was held to 15-round draws by Robinson and future titleholder Joey Giardello.
Giardello and down
When Munch emerged unscathed from an ambush shooting during a third season episode of Homicide that left three of his colleagues in the hospital, he tried to maintain his cynical demeanor by complaining to his commanding officer ( Al Giardello ) that " they got blood on my shoes, Gee " but he breaks down in tears anyway.
Giardello and fourth
Carter fought well in the early rounds, landing a few solid rights to the head and staggering Giardello in the fourth, but failed to follow them up and Giardello took control of the fight in the fifth round.
Giardello and round
* 1954 – Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory in round seven at Madison Square Garden in the first televised prize boxing fight shown in colour.
* December 14 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Joey Giardello won a 15 round decision over Rubin " Hurricane " Carter to win the World Middleweight title.
By the 5th round, Giardello had taken control of the fight and was awarded a unanimous decision.
* December 7-Joey Giardello becomes world Middleweight champion with a fifteen round decision win over Dick Tiger, Atlantic City.
* December 14-Joey Giardello defeats Rubin Carter by a fifteen round unanimous decision to retain the world Middleweight title, in Philadelphia.
* October 21-Dick Tiger regains the world Middleweight title, defeating Joey Giardello by a fifteen round unanimous decision, New York.
Giardello and year
By 1963 Duva had become close friends with former world Heavyweight champion Rocky Marciano, one of the people who rejoiced when Duva crowned his first world boxing champion, Middleweight Joey Giardello, who dethroned Dick Tiger that year to become world Middleweight champion.
Giardello and .
* March 19 – Joey Giardello knocks out Willie Tory at Madison Square Garden, in the first televised boxing prize fight to be shown in color.
Among its most egregious distortions is its depiction of Mr. Carter's 1964 middleweight title match with Joey Giardello.
Former middleweight World Champion Joey Giardello sued the film's producers for libel over the depiction of his fight with Carter as a " racist fix.
" Referee Robert Polis who scored the fight 72 – 66 in Giardello's favor stated: " They portrayed Joey Giardello as an incompetent fighter.
" Even Carter himself agreed that Giardello was the rightful victor.
Eventually, the case was settled out of court, with the producers paying the retired champion a hefty sum and Jewison's agreement to make a statement on the DVD version that " Giardello no doubt was a great fighter.
Carter won two more fights ( one a decision over future heavyweight champion Jimmy Ellis ) in 1964, before meeting Giardello in Philadelphia for a 15-round championship match on December 14.
The judges awarded Giardello a unanimous decision.
He received an honorary championship title belt from the World Boxing Council in 1993 ( as did Joey Giardello at the same banquet ) and was later inducted into the New Jersey Boxing Hall of Fame.
Carmine Orlando Tilelli ( July 16, 1930 – September 4, 2008 ) was an American boxer who was the middleweight champion of the world from 1963 to 1965, and was better known by his professional pseudonym of Joey Giardello.
Giardello was born in Brooklyn, but lived most of his life in the East Passyunk Crossing area of South Philadelphia, where, as a young man, he joined many other Italian-Americans in the city in taking up boxing.
It was said that Giardello changed his name from Tilelli in an attempt to join the US Army under the legal age using his cousin's name.
( On June 4, 1954, Los Angeles-based heavyweight boxer Clarence Henry, who was managed by Mafiosi Frank " Blinky " Palermo, was arrested in New York City for attempting to bribe Oakland, California middleweight Bobby Jones to throw his June 11 Madison Square Garden match with Giardello.
Giardello beat Jones in a close decision.
The decision first was awarded to Graham, then later reversed to a decision in favor of Giardello, then reversed again, some time later, in favor of Graham.
It was only in 1960 that Tilelli, now known as Giardello, received any kind of championship opportunity.
Giardello lost four of his next six fights, but then came back strong with an 8-1-1 record in his next 10, all of which were over some of the biggest names in the division at that time.
knocked and Robinson
As he left the bus with his money bag, Robinson added, the largest youth accosted him, a quarrel ensued, and the youth knocked him down.
In 1942, Robinson knocked out Zivic in the tenth round in a January rematch.
Robinson knocked him down in the ninth and tenth rounds before the referee stopped the fight.
LaMotta, who had a weight advantage over Robinson, knocked Robinson out of the ring in the eighth round, and won the fight by decision.
In the fight, Robinson, who only a month before had been involved in a 10 round brawl with Artie Levine, was knocked down by Bell.
On the night of June 25, Robinson dominated Doyle and scored a decisive knockout in the eighth round that knocked Doyle unconscious and resulted in Doyle's death that night.
" Robinson then knocked Costner out in 2 minutes and 49 seconds.
In October 1950, Robinson knocked out Bobo Olson a future middleweight title holder.
During his fight in Berlin against Gerhard Hecht, Robinson was disqualified when he knocked his opponent with a punch to the kidney: a punch legal in the US, but not Europe.
Fullmer used his aggressive, forward moving style to control Robinson, and knocked him down in the fight.
It marked the first time in 44 career fights that Fullmer had been knocked out, and when someone asked Robinson after the fight how far the left hook had travelled, Robinson replied: " I can't say.
Robinson knocked out Bob Young in the second round in Boston in his only fight in 1959.
Robinson was also nearly knocked down in the sixth round, but was saved by the bell.
LaMotta knocked Robinson down in the first round of the fight.
Robinson was knocked down for a nine-count count in round seven.
His last attempt at the middleweight title came in April 1952, when Sugar Ray Robinson knocked him out in three rounds.
* April 16-In a highly anticipated bout, Sugar Ray Robinson retains his world Middleweight title with a third round knockout of former world champion Rocky Graziano, who had knocked Robinson down seconds before losing the fight, Chicago.
Patrick would referee another rematch for the vacant belt, taking over for Charles Robinson ( who had been knocked out during the bout ).
In the second inning, the Dodgers ’ Jackie Robinson smacked a shot between third and short that Carey knocked down, allowing Yankees shortstop Gil McDougald to pick up the ball and nip Robinson at first.
Sexy Slim Goody ( kayfabe ) knocked Robinson out with a steel chair shot.
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