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Ernest Burford vs Joey Giardello — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ernest Burford

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Joey Giardello

Ernest Burford (1-7 across 8 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 once. They share 2 common opponents.

Burford

Tracked record

1–7

counted from 8 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

Giardello leads 1–0

Ernest Burford and Joey Giardello have met 1 time; Giardello leads 1–0.

Ernest Burford and Joey Giardello have met 1 time; Giardello leads 1–0.
Met1963Mar 25Series
Ernest BurfordFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joey GiardelloFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Burford 0 · Giardello 7 of 7 measurable rows
BurfordGiardello
Record†
1-797-26-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
12.5%
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 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 6.9
1.2
6.9 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 132
8
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
Ernest Burford: No height on file
Joey Giardello: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Ernest Burford: No reach on file
Joey Giardello: 70″
Agenot held
Ernest Burford: No date of birth
Joey Giardello: Died aged 78
Stance
Ernest Burford: Not recorded
Joey Giardello: Orthodox

Ernest Burford 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
Ernest Burford1 win · from 8 tracked bouts

Ernest Burford: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 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 — Ernest Burford 8, Joey Giardello 132 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Giardello better on 1 · even on 1

Burford

Opponent

Giardello

  • Ernest Burford

    1–2 against

    Loss, KO 8

    1966

    Loss, TKO 2

    1962

    Win, UD

    1962

    CarterGiardello better

    Joey Giardello

    Win, UD

    1964

  • Ernest Burford

    Loss, KO 4

    1964

    BentonEven

    Joey Giardello

    Loss, UD

    1962

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ernest Burford last boxed on Apr 11, 1966 — 22,111 days ago. Burford had lost six straight.LLLLL

Rodríguez Aug 1962Giardello Mar 1963Benton Mar 1964Carter Feb 1966Little Apr 19661.2 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 Ernest Burford and Joey Giardello ever fought each other?
Yes. Ernest Burford and Joey Giardello met once on March 25, 1963, and Joey Giardello won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 25, 1963 · Giardello · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Burford or Giardello?
Ernest Burford is 1-7 across the 8 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 %

Burford1–712.5%

Giardello97–26–877.1%

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

Burford0

Giardello3132%

The Numbers ↓
Do Burford and Giardello have any common opponents?
Ernest Burford and Joey Giardello share 2 common opponents: Rubin Carter and George Benton. Joey Giardello fared better against 1 of them.
2 shared opponents

Rubin Carter1–2W

George BentonLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Burford and Giardello?
This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Ernest Burford and 132 bouts tracked for Joey Giardello. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Burford8bouts

Giardello132bouts

How They Win ↓

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