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GIARDELLO STATUE TO BE UNVEILED MAY 21 AT 1:00 PM The long-awaited larger-than-life-sized bronze statue of Joey Giardello will be unveiled and dedicated at a public ceremony on Saturday, May 21, 2011 at 1:00 PM. The event will take place at the statue's permanent location of South 13th Street, Mifflin Street & Passyunk Avenue. The unveiling is free and open to the public. The work of art was sculpted by artist Carl LeVotch for the Joey Giardello Statue Project - a partnership of boxing organizations that consists of the Veteran Boxers Association (Ring One), PhillyBoxingHistory.com, and the Harrowgate Boxing Club. The group worked on the non-profit project over the past two and one half years. In addition to honoring the great Giardello, the realistic artwork is also a tribute to the history of boxing in South Philadelphia. A total of seventy boxers are included in the tribute as well as landmark South Philadelphia gyms and fight venues. Joey Giardello won the world middleweight championship in 1963 by defeating Dick Tiger and held the title for two years. He compiled a professional ring record of 101-25-7 with 33 KOs, and entered the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1993. Giardello died September 4, 2008. The bronze statue will be the first such monument of a real-life boxer in Philadelphia, one of the world's greatest fight towns. The dedication event is free to the public and will be a celebration of Giardello, the statue and (South) Philly boxing history. Please come out to support this day of celebration. ------------------------------- LANDMARK SOUTH PHILLY BOXING VENUES
LANDMARK SOUTH PHILLY BOXING GYMS
TWENTY SOUTH PHILLY BOXING LEGENDS
TOP 50 SOUTH PHILLY BOXERS OF ITALIAN
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