Carmen Basilio


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Name: Carmen Basilio
Alias: The Upstate Onion Farmer
Birth Name: Carmine Basilio
Hometown: Canastota, New York, USA
Birthplace: Canastota, New York, USA
Died: 2012-11-07 (Age:85)
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 169cm
Referee: Record
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

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Named The Ring Fighter of the Year for 1957.
Involved in The Ring Fight of the Year five straight years. The Fights were:
After his boxing career, Basilio spent twenty years working as the physical education instructor at LeMoyne College in Syracuse, New York. He also worked in public relations for the Genesee Brewery Company in Rochester, New York.
His brother, Paul Basilio, started a successful sausage company in 1954 named the Basilio Sausage Company.
His nephew, Billy Backus, was World Welterweight Champion in 1970 and 1971.
1969 inductee into The Ring Boxing Hall of Fame.
1990 inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, which is in Basilio's hometown of Canastota, New York.
2002 inductee into the United States Marine Corps Sports Hall of Fame.
In 1999, The Associated Press named Basilio the sixth best welterweight of the twentieth century.
Book: The Onion Picker: Carmen Basilio and Boxing in the 1950s

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Preceded by: Tony DeMarco	World Welterweight Champion 1955 Jun 10 – 1956 Mar 14	Succeeded by: Johnny Saxton
Preceded by: Johnny Saxton	World Welterweight Champion 1956 Sep 12 – 1957 Sep 23 Vacated	Succeeded by: Virgil Akins
Preceded by: Sugar Ray Robinson	World Middleweight Champion 1957 Sep 23 – 1958 Mar 25	Succeeded by: Sugar Ray Robinson

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