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Joey Giardello vs Rory Calhoun — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joey Giardello

Rory Calhoun

Joey Giardello (97-26-8) and Rory Calhoun (3-5-1 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 3 common opponents.

Giardello

97

Wins31 KO · 32%

26

Losses

8

Draws132 tracked bouts

Calhoun

Tracked record

3–5–1

counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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 2–0

Joey Giardello and Rory Calhoun have met 2 times; Giardello leads 2–0.

Joey Giardello and Rory Calhoun have met 2 times; Giardello leads 2–0.
Met1957May 171958May 5Series
Joey GiardelloFighter AWWonWWon2–0W–L
Rory CalhounFighter BLLostLLost0–2W–L
ResultSDUD2Meetings

The Numbers

Giardello 6 · Calhoun 1 of 7 measurable rows
GiardelloCalhoun
Record†
97-26-8 (edge)3-5-1
Win %0–100%
77.1% (edge)
38.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 31
31 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
31.96%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
32% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.9
6.9 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 132
132
9

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

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

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Rory Calhoun3 wins · from 9 tracked bouts

Rory Calhoun: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joey Giardello 132, Rory Calhoun 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Giardello better on 1 · Calhoun better on 2

Giardello

Opponent

Calhoun

  • Joey Giardello

    2–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1965

    Win, PTS

    1963

    Win, UD

    1959

    Loss, UD

    1959

    TigerCalhoun better

    Rory Calhoun

    1–0–1 against

    Win, SD

    1959

    Draw, PTS

    1959

  • Joey Giardello

    2–1 against

    Loss, SD

    1959

    Win, UD

    1957

    Win, UD

    1954

    JonesGiardello better

    Rory Calhoun

    1–1 against

    Win, UD

    1958

    Loss, UD

    1958

  • Joey Giardello

    Loss, MD

    1951

    CastellaniCalhoun better

    Rory Calhoun

    Win, UD

    1957

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

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

Rory Calhoun last boxed on Jan 11, 1962 — 23,659 days ago. Calhoun had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Jimmy Ellis.WLDWL

Jones Dec 1958Olson Mar 1959Tiger Jun 1959Tiger Jul 1959Ellis Jan 19621.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joey Giardello and Rory Calhoun ever fought each other?
Yes. Joey Giardello and Rory Calhoun have met 2 times and Joey Giardello leads the series 2-0.
The 2 meetings

WMay 5, 1958 · Giardello · UD

WMay 17, 1957 · Giardello · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Giardello or Calhoun?
Joey Giardello is 97-26-8 and Rory Calhoun is 3-5-1 across the 9 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Joey Giardello has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Giardello97–26–877.1%

Calhoun3–5–138.9%

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

Giardello3132%

Calhoun0

The Numbers ↓
Do Giardello and Calhoun have any common opponents?
Joey Giardello and Rory Calhoun share 3 common opponents: Dick Tiger, Tiger Jones and Rocky Castellani. Rory Calhoun fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Dick Tiger2–21–0–1

Tiger Jones2–11–1

Rocky CastellaniLW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Giardello and Calhoun?
This comparison is drawn from 132 bouts tracked for Joey Giardello and 9 bouts tracked for Rory Calhoun. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Giardello132bouts

Calhoun9bouts

How They Win ↓

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