Carmen Basilio biography
Carmen Basilio, byname the Canastota Clouter, (born April 2, 1927, Canastota, New York, U.S.—died November 7, 2012, Rochester, New York), American skilled boxer, world welterweight and middleweight champion.
After serving within the Marine Corps, Basilio turned knowledgeable boxer in 1948. Only within the sixth yr of his skilled profession did he lastly obtain a possibility to battle for a world championship. He misplaced that welterweight title match on September 18, 1953, to Kid Galivan by a 15-round determination, however he acquired a second title alternative on June 10, 1955, through which he knocked out Tony DeMarco within the Twelfth spherical to win the welterweight championship. He engaged in a November 30, 1955, rematch with DeMarco and once more gained on a Twelfth-round knockout.
In 1956 Basilio boxed two championship matches in opposition to Johnny Saxton, shedding his title on a 15-round determination on March 14 and regaining it on a Ninth-round knockout on September 12. The two fought once more on February 22, 1957, with Basilio profitable on a 2nd-round knockout. Basilio moved as much as the middleweight class and gained the championship on September 23, 1957, by defeating Sugar Ray Robinson by a 15-round determination. In 1959 and 1960 Basilio was pitted in opposition to Gene Fullmer for the National Boxing Association model of the middleweight title and was knocked out each occasions. He fought for the world middleweight title on April 22, 1961, and misplaced a 15-round determination to Paul Pender. Three days later Basilio introduced his retirement. His profession report was 56 wins (27 by knockout) and 16 losses. Basilio was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990.