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Harold Sampson vs Joey Giardello — record, stats and common opponents compared

Harold Sampson

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Joey Giardello

Harold Sampson (0-2 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Sampson

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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

Harold Sampson and Joey Giardello have met 1 time; Giardello leads 1–0.

Harold Sampson and Joey Giardello have met 1 time; Giardello leads 1–0.
Met1951Feb 22Series
Harold SampsonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joey GiardelloFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Sampson 1 · Giardello 4 of 5 measurable rows
SampsonGiardello
Record†
0-297-26-8 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
77.1% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 31
0
31 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—31.96%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—32%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 3
0
3 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—6.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 132
2
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
Harold Sampson: No height on file
Joey Giardello: 5′10″
Reachnot held
Harold Sampson: No reach on file
Joey Giardello: 70″
Agenot held
Harold Sampson: No date of birth
Joey Giardello: Died aged 78
Stance
Harold Sampson: Not recorded
Joey Giardello: Orthodox

Harold Sampson 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
Harold Sampson0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Harold Sampson: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Sampson yet.

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 — Harold Sampson 2, 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

Harold Sampson last boxed on Feb 22, 1951 — 27,635 days ago. Sampson had lost two straight.LL

Pender Nov 1950Giardello Feb 1951

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 Harold Sampson and Joey Giardello ever fought each other?
Yes. Harold Sampson and Joey Giardello met once on February 22, 1951, and Joey Giardello won by SD.
The meeting

LFeb 22, 1951 · Giardello · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Sampson or Giardello?
Harold Sampson is 0-2 across the 2 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 %

Sampson0–20%

Giardello97–26–877.1%

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

Sampson0

Giardello3132%

The Numbers ↓
Do Sampson and Giardello have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Harold Sampson and Joey Giardello have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Sampson and Giardello?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Harold Sampson and 132 bouts tracked for Joey Giardello. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Sampson2bouts

Giardello132bouts

How They Win ↓

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