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Carmen Basilio (born Carmine Basilio, April 2, 1927 – November 7, 2012) was an American professional boxer who was the world champion in both the welterweight and middleweight divisions, beating Sugar Ray Robinson for the latter title. An iron-chinned pressure fighter, Basilio was a combination puncher who had great stamina and eventually wore many of his opponents down with vicious attacks ...
"The 30-year old New Yorker, a masterful boxer, had no trouble in outscoring the willing but outclassed Basilio from start to finish. Graham, a dancing speedster, pumped tantalizing left jabs into Basilio's face until old cuts in Carmen's eyebrows oozed blood. Basilio's face was crimson from Graham's rasping right hand punches and straight lefts."
Nov 7, 2012 · Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later, died ...
1957 Carmen Basilio vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (1st meeting) 1958 Carmen Basilio vs. Sugar Ray Robinson (2nd meeting) 1959 Carmen Basilio vs. Gene Fullmer (1st meeting) After his boxing career, Basilio spent twenty years working as the physical education instructor at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York.
Carmen Basilio, who passed away on Nov. 7, is comforted by his cornermen after losing the middleweight title to Sugar Ray Robinson in their 1958 rematch. Basilio fought most of the fight-of-the-year bout with a closed left eye but still held Robinson to a split decision. Angelo Dundee, who pased away earlier this year, stands to the right.
Carmen Basilio was an American professional boxer, world welterweight and middleweight champion. (Read Gene Tunney’s 1929 Britannica essay on boxing.) After serving in the Marine Corps, Basilio became a professional boxer in 1948. Only in the sixth year of his professional career did he finally
Nov 7, 2012 · Carmen Basilio was born on April 2, 1927, in Canastota, about 25 miles east of Syracuse, and was one of 10 children. His father was “a fight nut,” he recalled, who bought his sons boxing gloves.
Nov 7, 2012 · ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six ...
Former welterweight and middleweight champ Carmen Basilio passed away this morning at Rochester General Hospital in Rochester, N.Y., at the age of 85, the International Boxing Hall of Fame announced on Wednesday morning. Basilio, nicknamed “The Upstate Onion Farmer,” was born in Canastota, N.Y., on April 2, 1927.
In 1970, Basilio's nephew, Billy Backus, became the second Canastota native to win a world title, when he wrested the welterweight belt from the legendary Jose Napoles. In retirement Basilio worked as physical education instructor at LeMoyne College and as a Genesee Brewery representative. The gregarious Carmen is a frequent visitor to the Hall.
