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Person: Joey Giardello
Joey Giardello
Carl Levotch,
2011
* statue of Joey Giardello
* standing people,
boxing gloves,
3 panels of text
* There are 70 boxers listed on this piece, which exceeds my general guidelines for creating a new person entry.
Individuals other than Giardello are listed in the inscription.
* inscription:
Joey Giardello
was born Carmine Orlando Tilelli
July 16, 1930
in Brooklyn, NY.
He came to South Philly
and started his 19-year
Hall of Fame Boxing
career in 1948. Giardello
trained at the Passyunk
Gym once located nearby
at Passyunk and Moore
and posted a professional
record of 101-25-7 against
the greatest boxers of his
era. Giardello won the
world middleweight
championship in 1963 by
defeating Dick Tiger.
Top 50 South Philly Boxers of Italian Ancestry
Teddy Baldwin,
Carmen Bartolomeo,
Joey Belfiore,
Santa Bucca,
Dan Bucceroni,
Frakie Caris,
Jimmy Carlini,
Frankie Carto,
Nunzio Carto,
Tony Cocco,
Bobby Dean,
Vinnie Decarlo,
Johnny Demarco,
Eddie Dempsey,
Mickey Diamond,
Frankie Donato,
Gus Dorazio,
Joey Falco,
Tony Falco,
Paul Febbo,
Nick Fiorentino,
Joe Flocco,
Vince Forgione,
Johnny Forth,
Tommy Forth,
Joey Giardello,
Eddie Giosa,
Joe Grim,
Tommy Howell,
Eddie Lenny,
Kid Locke,
Johnny Marcelline,
Ray Mitchell,
Tony Morgano,
Battling Murray,
Frankie Murray,
Tony Murray,
Mike Rossman,
Babe Ruth,
Franke Sodano,
Patsy Wallach,
Dick Welsh,
Billy Willis,
Joe Wilton,
Henry Kid Wolfe,
Bobby Wolgast,
Johnny Wolgast,
Midget Wolgast
Landmark South Philly Boxing Venues
Municipal Stadium, Spectrum,
National A.C., Olympia A.C.
The Alhambra, Toppi Stadium,
Broadway A.C., The Plaza,
Shetzline Park, Mason Hall
Landmark South Philly Boxing Gyms
Philadelphia Boxing Club,
Passyunk Gym, Juniper Gym,
Southside Gym, Olympia Gym,
Percy Street Gym, Augie's Gym
Pen-Mar, Christian Street YMCA,
Marian Anderson Rec Center
Twenty South Philly Boxing Legends
Matthew Saad Muhammad,
Tommy Loughran, Jeff Chandler,
Lew Tendler, Yiyi Erne,
Tyrone Everett, Harry Lewis,
Battling Levinsky, Al Trainor,
Tim Witherspoon, Tim Callahan,
Pal Moore, Eddie Kid Wagner,
Billy Arnold, Buster Drayton,
Harry Kid Brown, Johnny Carter,
Danny Dougherty, Mike Evans,
Philadelphia Jack O'Brien
* Center of the triangle bounded by 13th, Mifflin, and Passyunk.
* 39.926660,-75.167125 [map] [nearby]
* On the South Philly tour
* Exhibits: Athletic
* See also:
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