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Boxing · Middleweight · United States

Joey Giardello

1948–1967 · World middleweight champion in 1963 with 101 career wins.

Retired
Ranking model

100% titles, statistics, dominance, longevity and global competition depth.

Pure sporting data
87.1
Cultural & brand footprint 58/100 · total legacy 81.4
World titles
1
Career wins
101
Title defences
2
Knockouts
33
Career bouts
133

Category profile

Dominance
82
Peak
90
Longevity
92
Honours
82
Statistics
92

Career timeline · Form index per season

SeasonForm index per seasonShare of career
194845
194949
195052
195156
195259
195363
195466
195570
195674
195777
195881
195984
196088
196191
196295
196383
196471
196559
196647
196735

Data sources

  • International Boxing Hall of Fame
  • BoxRec records
  • Ring Magazine archives

Figures come from public records and are normalised per sport. See the methodology for category weights. Method

Why Joey Giardello ranks #67 in Boxing

Joey Giardello ranks 67th among Boxing athletes on GOAT Rank and 611th of 4013 across every sport in the index. The published GOAT Score of 87.1 is the weighted result of five verified category scores: Dominance 82, Peak 90, Longevity 92, Honours 82, Statistics 92. Those categories are normalised against the full Boxing reference universe of 231 records, not a shortlist, so the position reflects the whole sport rather than a handful of famous names.

The record covers 1948–1967 with 20 documented competitive seasons. The strongest single season in that series is 1962, which sets the Peak component at 90. Longevity is the defining strength of the profile at 92 out of 100, and it carries 20% of the final score. The underlying career record includes world titles 1, career wins 101, title defences 2, knockouts 33.

Immediately ahead sits Katie Taylor on 87.2, a gap of 0.1 points. Directly behind is Carl Froch on 87.0. The position moves whenever the verified record moves: new titles, new seasons or a corrected source all feed straight back into the same formula, and every change is dated on this profile.

Joey Giardello GOAT Score explained

Dominance82/100 · weight 25%
Measures how far Giardello stood above the field while competing. Scored 82/100 against the full Boxing cohort.
Peak90/100 · weight 20%
Rates the best sustained stretch of the career, centred on 1962. Scored 90/100.
Longevity92/100 · weight 20%
Rewards staying at that level over time: 19 years of competition and 20 recorded seasons. Scored 92/100.
Honours82/100 · weight 20%
Counts documented titles, majors and awards in the verified record. Scored 82/100.
Statistics92/100 · weight 15%
Normalises the raw career numbers against everyone in the sport reporting the same metric. Scored 92/100.

Joey Giardello — frequently asked

Is Joey Giardello the GOAT?
Not on the current data. Joey Giardello ranks 67th in Boxing with a GOAT Score of 87.1, behind Sugar Ray Robinson on 94.3.
What is Joey Giardello's GOAT Score?
87.1 out of 100. It is the weighted sum of Dominance 82 (25%), Peak 90 (20%), Longevity 92 (20%), Honours 82 (20%), Statistics 92 (15%), computed from the verified career record.
Where does Joey Giardello rank all time?
611th of 4013 eligible athletes in the cross-sport index, and 67th within Boxing.
Joey Giardello vs Katie Taylor: who ranks higher?
Katie Taylor, on 87.2 against Joey Giardello's 87.1 — a margin of 0.1 points.
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