Joey Joynt

Name: Joey Joynt
Alias: Young Tendler
Birth Name: Joseph Edward Joynt
Hometown: Buffalo, New York, USA
Birthplace: Scranton, Pennsylvania, USA
Died: 1979-02-02 (Age:75)
Pro Boxer: Record


Joseph Edward Joynt was born July 25, 1904 (1903 on his Social Security records), in Scranton, PA, USA. He died Feb. 1979 (SSI) in Lackawanna, NY. He fought an exhibition bout with Jack Dempsey in 1920s. On May 1, 1922 in Rochester, New York, Joynt fought Buffalo native Jimmy Slattery, a two-time light heavyweight boxing champion.

Joynt had operated a restaurant with brother John Joseph (Jack), Joynt's Restaurant & Tavern, at 2715 South Park Avenue, Lackawanna, NY, from 1919 (approximately) through 1981. His son, Michael, operated an establishment named JJ Muggs at same location from 1987-1996.

• Birth/death dates from social security records.
• Married June 10, 1928, in Hamburg, NY: Ethel Errington
• Married Oct. 25, 1932: Elizabeth Walsh Purcell (2 children: Joseph and Elaine Georgevich)
• Married Elizabeth I. Duffy (5 children: Margaret Alessi, James, John (Jackie), Michael and Vicky Biesiada)
• 16 grandchildren