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==Lawsuit== Former [[middleweight]] World Champion [[Joey Giardello]] sued the film's producers for [[defamation|libel]] over the depiction of his fight with Carter as a "racist fix." Giardello stated: "Virtually every boxing expert then and now will tell you I won the fight." Referee Robert Polis who scored the fight 72–66 in Giardello's favor stated: "They portrayed Joey Giardello as an incompetent fighter. I thought it was ludicrous."<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/646235.stm | work=BBC News | title=Boxer sues Hurricane's makers | date=February 19, 2000 | access-date=May 25, 2010 | archive-date=July 26, 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170726040814/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/646235.stm | url-status=live }}</ref>. Even Carter himself agreed that Giardello was the rightful victor of the fight. Eventually, the case was settled out of court, with the producers paying the retired champion damages and with Jewison agreeing to make a statement on the DVD version that "Giardello no doubt was a great fighter."<ref>Stephen Brunt. ''The Italian Stallions: Heroes Of Boxing's Glory Days'' Sport Classic Books. 2003 p213 {{ISBN|1-894963-03-2}}</ref>
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