Joey Giardello vs. Bobby Jones

Joey Giardello 159 lbs beat Bobby Jones 157 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1954-06-11
• Location: Madison Square Garden, New York, New York, USA
• Referee: Al Berl 5-4
• Judge: Frank Forbes 5-4
• Judge: Artie Aidala 5-4

"Middleweight contender Joey Giardello was negotiating today for an October title fight because of his unpopular victory over Bobby Jones of Oakland, Calif. Jones protested vigorously but unofficially against the unanimous 10 round decision awarded Giardello in MSG last night. Most of the 3,093 fans protested also, with a booing that lasted more than five minutes after the nationally televised and broadcast fight was finished. Giardello received the verdict of the three ring officials, who voted for him in unison on a round-by-round basis." -United Press

• Unofficial UP scorecard - 4-4-2 Draw
• A poll of 10 sportswriters at ringside showed 5 scoring it for Giardello, 3 for Jones and 2 scoring it even.
• Jones claimed he turned down a $15,000 bribe to throw the fight.
• Six detectives were ringside, assigned to looking out for Jones, who began receiving telephoned threats in his hotel room.

Post fight comments

• "We're negotiating for a possible title fight at the Garden on October 22nd. Of course that would depend on Bobo Olson keeping his title against Rocky Castellani at San Francisco in August." -Joey Giardello

• "I don't see how they can regard Giardello as a challenger until he has a return bout with me. I know I won that fight last night; but I guess the syndicate's too strong." -Bobby Jones