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Charley Cotton vs Joey Giardello — record, stats and common opponents compared

Charley Cotton

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Joey Giardello

Charley Cotton (2-4 across 6 tracked bouts) and Joey Giardello (97-26-8) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 4 times. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Cotton

Tracked record

2–4

counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Giardello

97

Wins31 KO · 32%

26

Losses

8

Draws132 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Series level 2–2

Charley Cotton and Joey Giardello have met 4 times; Series level 2–2.

Charley Cotton and Joey Giardello have met 4 times; Series level 2–2.
Met1956May 71956May 281956Nov 151956Dec 14Series
Charley CottonFighter AWWonWWonLLostLLost2–2W–L
Joey GiardelloFighter BLLostLLostWWonWWon2–2W–L
ResultUDSDUDUD4Meetings

The Numbers

Cotton 1 · Giardello 6 of 7 measurable rows
CottonGiardello
Record†
2-497-26-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
33.3%
77.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
0
31 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—31.96%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
32% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.9
0.8
6.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 132
6
132

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Charley Cotton: No height on file
Joey Giardello: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Charley Cotton: No reach on file
Joey Giardello: 70″
Agenot held
Charley Cotton: No date of birth
Joey Giardello: Died aged 78
Stance
Charley Cotton: Not recorded
Joey Giardello: Orthodox

Charley Cotton left, Joey Giardello right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Charley Cotton2 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Charley Cotton: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Joey Giardello98 wins · from 132 tracked bouts

Joey Giardello: 98 tracked wins — 31 by KO/TKO (32%) and 67 on the cards (68%). Counted from 132 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

31 by KO/TKO 32%67 on the cards 68%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Charley Cotton 6, Joey Giardello 132 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Charley Cotton last boxed on Jun 14, 1963 — 23,141 days ago. Cotton had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Giardello May 1956Giardello Nov 1956Giardello Dec 1956Little Jun 1960Papp Jun 19630.8 tracked bouts per year

Joey Giardello has won once since losses to Nate Collins and Jack Rodgers. Giardello last boxed on Nov 6, 1967.LWLLW

Tiger Oct 1965White Sep 1966Collins Dec 1966Rodgers May 1967Rodgers Nov 19676.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Charley Cotton and Joey Giardello ever fought each other?
Yes. Charley Cotton and Joey Giardello have met 4 times and the series is level at 2-2.
The 4 meetings

LDec 14, 1956 · Giardello · UD

LNov 15, 1956 · Giardello · UD

WMay 28, 1956 · Cotton · SD

WMay 7, 1956 · Cotton · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Cotton or Giardello?
Charley Cotton is 2-4 across the 6 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joey Giardello is 97-26-8. Joey Giardello has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Cotton2–433.3%

Giardello97–26–877.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Cotton or Giardello?
Charley Cotton has 0 knockout wins and Joey Giardello has 31. Joey Giardello has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Cotton0

Giardello3132%

The Numbers ↓
Do Cotton and Giardello have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Charley Cotton and Joey Giardello have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Cotton and Giardello?
This comparison is drawn from 6 bouts tracked for Charley Cotton and 132 bouts tracked for Joey Giardello. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Cotton6bouts

Giardello132bouts

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