Basilio, Carmen

Alias: Upstate Onion Farmer
Pro Debut: November 24, 1948
Career Record: (56-16-7)(27 KOs)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 5’6 1/2″
Birth Date: April 2, 1927
Weight Classes: Welterweight, Middleweight
OTR Episode: 68

“Sugar Ray Robinson didn’t want any part of me. He wouldn’t fight me a third time. The third fight would have been the biggest one of all of them.” - Carmen Basilio, On the Ropes Boxing Radio 68

Hall of Fame
Inducted in 1990

World Titles
World Welterweight (147 lbs.) Championship (1 Title Defense, 1955-1956)
World Welterweight (147 lbs) Championship (1 Title Defense, 1957)
World Middleweight (160 lbs) Championship (1957-1958)


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