| Carmen Basilio | |
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| Statistics | |
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| Real name | Carmen Basilio |
| Nickname(s) | The Upstate Onion Farmer |
| Rated at | Welterweight |
| Nationality |  American |
| Birth date | April 2, 1927 |
| Birth place | Canastota, New York |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 79 |
| Wins | 56 |
| Wins by KO | 27 |
| Losses | 16 |
| Draws | 7 |
| No contests | 0 |
Carmine Basilio, born April 2, 1927 in Canastota, New York, better known in the boxing world as Carmen Basilio, is a former boxer of Italian-American origin. Welterweight is a Weight class division in combat sports Originally the term "welterweight" was used only in Boxing, but other combat sports like Kickboxing The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Canastota is a Village located inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County New York, United States. An Orthodox stance in combat sports such as boxing and karate refers to someone who boxes right-handed as opposed to a left-handed fighter who is referred to as a Southpaw. Events 68 - Galba, Governor of Hispania, names himself legatus senatus populique Romani, breaking the line of Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Canastota is a Village located inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County New York, United States. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, "The world " is a proper noun for the planet Earth envisioned from an Anthropocentric or Human Worldview, as a place Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Some reports have suggested that Basilio changed his name from Carmine to Carmen before he began boxing, to sound more masculine. However, the reason why he changed his name to Carmen is really not known.
Biography
Basilio began his professional boxing career by meeting Jimmy Evans on November 24 of 1948 in Binghamton, New York. Jimmy Evans is a pastor Bible teacher and best-selling Author. Events 380 - Theodosius I makes his adventus, or formal Binghamton, known as The Parlor City is a City located in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. He knocked Evans out in the third round, and five days later, he beat Bruce Walters in only one round. Bruce Walters (born November 29, 1954 in Davenport Iowa) is an artist who has exhibitioned Digital artworks graphite drawings and paintings Although he started to box late in '48, he completed four bouts before the year was over.
He started 1949 with two draws, against Johnny Cunningham on January 5, and against Jay Perlin 20 days later. Johnny Cunningham was a Scottish folk musician, composer and producer Events 1477 - Battle of Nancy: Charles the Bold is killed and Burgundy becomes part of France. Basilio campaigned exclusively inside the state of New York during his first 24 bouts, going 19-3-2 during that span. New York ( is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions of the United States and is the nation's third most populous His first loss was at the hands of Connie Thies, who beat him by a decision in 6 on May 2 of '49. Events 1194 - King Richard I of England gives Portsmouth its first Royal Charter. He and Cunningham had three more fights during that period, with Basilio winning by knockout in two on their second meeting, Cunningham by a decision in eight in their third, and Basilio by decision in eight in their fourth.
In the middle of that 24 bout span, 1950 rolled over, and Basilio met former world champion Lew Jenkins, winning by a 10 round decision. Lew Jenkins ( December 4, 1916 - October 30, 1981) was an American boxer and Lightweight Champion of the World
For fight number 25, it was decided that it was time to campaign out West. This article refers to the cardinal direction for other uses see West (disambiguation. so Basilio went to New Orleans, where he boxed his next six fights. New Orleans (nʲuːˈɔrliənz nʲuːˈɔrlənz French: La Nouvelle-Orléans) is a major United States port city and the largest city in Louisiana In his first bout there, he met Gaby Farland, who held him to a draw. He and Farland had a rematch, Basilio winning by a knockout in the first round. He also boxed Guillermo Giminez there twice, first beating him by knockout in eight, and then by knockout in nine. In his last fight before returning home, he lost by a decision in 10 to Eddie Giosa.
For his next seven bouts, Basilio only went 3-3-1, but he was able to avenge his loss to Giosa by winning a ten round decision over him in Syracuse. Syracuse (locally ˈsɛrəkjuːs sometimes ˈsɪrəkjuːs or /ˈsɪərəkjuːs/ by non-natives is a city in Central New York, USA.
In 1952, Basilio went 6-2-1. He beat Jimmy Cousins among others that year, but he lost to Chuck Davey and Billy Graham. Drive is a short-lived Emmy Award -nominated Television series created by Tim Minear and Ben Queen and produced by Minear Queen Charles Pierce Davey better known as Chuck Davey (3 May 1925&ndash4 December 2002 was an American-born Welterweight boxer and boxing commissioner for the William Franklin Graham Jr KBE (born November 7 1918 better known as Billy Graham, is an evangelist and an Evangelical Christian The draw he registered that year was against Davey in the first of the two meetings they held that year.
But things started to change in 1953. Basilio started winning big fights and soon found his name climbing up the Welterweight division's rankings. Soon, he found himself in his first world title fight, against Cuba's Kid Gavilan for Gavilan's world welterweight championship. The Republic of Cuba (ˈkjuːbə or) consists of the island of Cuba (the largest and second-most populous island of the Greater Antilles) Isla de la Gerardo González ( January 6, 1926 - February 13, 2003) better known in the Boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former Before fighting against Gavilan, he beat former world light-weight champion Ike Williams, and had two more fights with Graham, avenging his earlier loss to Graham in the second bout between them with a 12 round decision win, and drawing in the third. Ike Williams may refer to Ike Williams (boxer Ike Williams (basketballer Basilio lost a 15 round decision to Gavilan and went for a fourth meeting with Cunningham, this time winning by a knockout in four. Then, he and Pierre Langois began another rivalry, with a 10 round draw in the first bout between the two. The Black Dahlia Murder (TBDM is a Melodic death metal / Metalcore band from Waterford, Michigan.
In 1954, Basilio went undefeated in eight bouts, going 7-0-1 with 2 knockouts, and defeating Langois in their rematch by decision.
1955 arrived and Basilio began by beating Peter Müller by decision. Peter Müller or Peter Mueller is the name of Peter Mueller (student pilot (1990-2005 of Tampa Florida died in airplane crash at Culver Academies After that, Basilio was once again the number one challenger, and on June 10 of that year, he received his second world title try, against world Welterweight champion Tony DeMarco. Events 1190 - Third Crusade: Frederick I Barbarossa drowns in the Sally River while leading an army to Jerusalem Tony DeMarco born (b January 14, 1932) in Boston and grew up in the North End In what has become a favorite fight of classic sports channels such as ESPN, Basilio became world champion by knocking out DeMarco in the 12th round. ESPN, originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American Cable television network dedicated to Basilio had two non title bouts, including a ten round decision win over Gil Turner, before he and DeMarco met again, this time with Basilio as the defending world champion. Their second fight had exactly the same result as their first bout: Basilio won by a knockout in 12.
For his next fight, in 1956, Basilio lost the title in Chicago to Johnny Saxton by a decision in 15. Chicago (ʃɪˈkɑːgoʊ is the largest City by population in the state of Illinois and the American Midwest of the United States. Johnny Saxton (born July 4, 1930, in Newark NJ) was a professional boxer in the Welterweight (147 lb) division It has always been commented that the reason that Saxton got the nod was because he supposedly had ties with Chicago's underworld, which, according to the suggestion, might have paid off the fight's judges to give Saxton the fight. This has been an unverified rumor which many magazines, Ring Magazine included, have talked about in the past. The Ring (often called Ring Magazine) is an American Boxing Magazine that was first published in 1922 as a boxing In an immediate rematch, which was boxed in Syracuse, Basilio regained the crown with a nine round knockout, and then, in a rubber match, Basilio kept the belt, by a knockout in two.
After that, he went up in weight, and challenged, aging 37 year old, world Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson, in what perhaps may have been his most famous fight. Sugar Ray Robinson' (born Walker Smith Jr, May 3 1921 – April 12 1989 was a professional boxer He defeated the Middleweight championship of the world by beating Robinson in a controversial decision in 15 rounds, September 23, 1957. The day after, he had to abandon the Welterweight belt, according to boxing laws. In 1957 Basilio won the Hickok Belt as top professional athlete of the year. The S Rae Hickok Belt was a trophy awarded to the top professional athlete of the year
In 1958, he and Robinson met in a rematch on March 25 and Robinson easily regained the title with a 15 round decision. Events 1199 - Richard I is wounded by a crossbow bolt while fighting France which leads to his death on April 6.
From that moment, and until his retirement in 1961, he fought only sporadically, but 3 of his last fights were attempts to recover the world's Middleweight title, losing twice to Gene Fullmer; by a knockout in 14 at San Francisco; and by a knockout in 12, in Fullmer's home state of Utah (in Salt Lake City), and then also later, when he lost a 10 round decision to defending world champion Paul Pender. Gene Fullmer (born July 21, 1931) is a former American Middleweight boxer. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The State of Utah (ˈjuːtɔː or) is a western state of the United States. Salt Lake City is the Capital and the most populous city of the U Paul Pender ( June 20, 1930 &ndash January 12, 2003) was an American Middleweight boxer.
In between those fights, he was able to beat Art Aragon, by knockout in eight, and former world Welterweight championDon Jordan, by decision in ten. Art Aragon ( November 13 1927 &ndash March 25 2008) nicknamed "Golden Boy" was a Lightweight professional boxer Career Born 22 June, 1934 in Los Angeles, Jordan’s brief spell as an amateur shows that he began boxing as a Middleweight and – unusually His fight with Pender for the title, was also his last fight as a professionl boxer.
Basilio, who was also a member of the United States Marine Corps at one point of his life, was able to enjoy his retirement. During the 1970s, his nephew Billy Backus became world's welterweight champion after having a shaky start to his own boxing career, and Basilio declared on the day that Backus became champion, that to him, Billy winning the title was better than when he won it himself. Billy Backus, born March 5, 1943 in Canastota New York, is a former world Boxing champion
In 1990, Ed Brophy decided to build the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, to honor the two world champions who were born there: Basilio and his nephew. The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall Although Backus isn't a member of the Hall Of Fame, Basilio is, along with many of the fighters he met inside the ring.
In the late 1990s, Basilio became seriously ill, and he required triple bypass heart surgery. Doctors were able to repair his heart, and nowadays, he continues working at the Hall Of Fame as a volunteer every day.
Basilio had a ring record of 56 wins, 16 losses and 7 draws, with 27 wins by knockout.
Following his esteemed career as a fighter, Basilio worked for a time at the Genesee Brewery in Rochester, NY.
Basilio was interviewed for an HBO documentary on Sugar Ray Robinson called "The Dark Side Of A Champion". He mentioned that although he respected Robinson's talents in the ring, he did not like him at all as a person. He called him a "son of a bitch" and said he was the most arrogant, unpleasant person that you would ever want to meet.
In 2002, Carmen was ranked 40th on Ring Magazine's list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years. In 2002, Ring Magazine published a list of the 80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years in Boxing, as voted by the magazine's writers
| Preceded by Tony DeMarco |
World Welterweight Champion 10 Jun 1955– 14 Mar 1956 |
Succeeded by Johnny Saxton |
| Preceded by Johnny Saxton |
World Welterweight Champion 12 Sep 1956– 23 Sep 1957 Vacates |
Succeeded by Virgil Akins |
| Preceded by Sugar Ray Robinson |
World Middleweight Champion 23 Sep 1957– 25 Mar 1958 |
Succeeded by Sugar Ray Robinson |
External links
Tony DeMarco born (b January 14, 1932) in Boston and grew up in the North End This is a chronological List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations The World Boxing Association Johnny Saxton (born July 4, 1930, in Newark NJ) was a professional boxer in the Welterweight (147 lb) division Johnny Saxton (born July 4, 1930, in Newark NJ) was a professional boxer in the Welterweight (147 lb) division This is a chronological List of World Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations The World Boxing Association Career At 5 feet 9 inches Akins was considered lanky but proved nevertheless to be a powerful hitter with either hand Sugar Ray Robinson' (born Walker Smith Jr, May 3 1921 – April 12 1989 was a professional boxer This is a chronological List of World Middleweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations The World Boxing Association Sugar Ray Robinson' (born Walker Smith Jr, May 3 1921 – April 12 1989 was a professional boxer BoxReccom is a website dedicated to keep updated records of professional boxers, both male and female.Dapyx Software network: MP3 Explorer | Ebook Manager | Zenithic