Joey Giardello, a former middleweight boxing champion who won a decision over Rubin Carter in 1964 and then sued over how the fight was depicted in the 1999 film “The Hurricane,” has died.

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Boxer Joey Giardello, who held the middleweight championship for nearly two years in the early 1960s, died Tuesday at the age of 78. No cause of death was given for Giardello, who had been living ...

CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) Boxing Hall of Famer Joey Giardello, a former middleweight champion who sued filmmakers over a depiction of a title bout against Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, has died.

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