16 Facts About Joey Giardello

Joey Giardello adopted the name Joey Giardello in order to join the US Army while underage, and continued to use the pseudonym throughout his boxing career.

Joey Giardello joined the US Army while underage towards the end of World War II, using a cousin's friend's name, and volunteered for airborne duty.

Joey Giardello continued to use the name he had enlisted under, Joey Giardello, in his boxing career.

Joey Giardello's only loss was a decision to undefeated boxer Jimmy Morton.

Joey Giardello's fight vs Billy Graham was the next significant bout.

Joey Giardello missed out on the title when he and Fullmer fought to a draw over 15 rounds.

Joey Giardello reigned as world champion for nearly two years, winning four fights during that time.

Joey Giardello was an insurance salesman and later joined the Misco International Chemical Company as their New York-Philadelphia-New Jersey distributor.

Joey Giardello had married his wife Rosalie in 1950, with whom he had four children.

Joey Giardello did work with the intellectually disabled, particularly for St John of God School Community Services in Westville Grove, New Jersey, where his son, Carman, who had Down Syndrome, lived for ten years.

Joey Giardello met the pope and was invited to President John F Kennedy's Inauguration.

Joey Giardello had a small role as a man from "The Syndicate" in the 1975 movie Moonrunners.

Joey Giardello later filed a federal lawsuit against Universal Pictures, Beacon Communications and Aloof Films, for unspecified damages, for its "thoroughly false depiction" of his bout with Rubin Carter in Norman Jewison's 1999 film The Hurricane.

Joey Giardello died on September 4,2008, in Cherry Hill, New Jersey.

Joey Giardello was inducted into the Philadelphia Sports Hall of Fame in 2009, the 3rd boxer to be inducted after Joe Frazier and Tommy Loughran.

Joey Giardello was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993.