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. 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. 2 April is the 92nd day of the year (93rd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 273 days remaining. ... 1927 was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Canastota is a village located inside the Town of Lenox in Madison County, New York. ... // Boxing Wiki For further information refer to the mediawiki based Boxing Wiki 2004 Armed Forces Amateur Boxing Championships, held in 2003. ... The World in plate carrée projection The World In English, world is rooted in a compound of the obsolete words were, man, and eld, age; thus, its oldest meaning is Age of Man. ...

Basilio began his professional boxing career by meeting Jimmy Evans on November 24 of 1948 in Binghamton, New York. He knocked Evans out in the third round, and five days later, he beat Bruce Walters in only one round. Although he started to box late in '48, he completed four bouts before the year was over. November 24 is the 328th day (329th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1948 is a leap year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Binghamton is a city in upstate New York in the United States. ...

He started 1949 with two draws, against Johnny Cummingham on January 5, and against Jay Perlin 20 days later. Basilio campainged exclusively inside the state of New York during his first 24 bouts, going 19-3-2 during that span. His first loss was at the hands of Connie Thies, who beat him by a decision in 6 on May 2 of '49. He and Cunningham had three more fights during that period, with Basilio winning by knockout in two on their second meeting, Cummingham by a decision in eight in their third, and Basilio by decision in eight in their fourth. 1949 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... January 5 is the 5th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... May 2 - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins-1. ...

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. 1950 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 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. so Basilio went to New Orleans, where he boxed his next six fights. In his first bout there, he met Gaby Ferland, 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. A compass rose with West highlighted West is most commonly a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. ... New Orleans is the largest city in the state of Louisiana, United States of America. ... Knockout (K.O.), or simply knock, is a winning criterion of many ringsports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai and others. ...

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. Clinton Square in Downtown Syracuse Syracuse is an American city in Central New York. ...

In 1952, Basilio went 6-2-1. He beat Jimmy Cousins among others that year, but he lost to Chuck Davies and Billy Graham (boxer). The draw he registered that year was against Davies in the first of the two meetings they held that year. 1952 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

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. Before fighting against Gavilan, he beat former world 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. Basilio lost a 15 round decision to Gavilan and went for a fourth meeting with Cummingham, this time winning by a knockout in four. Then, he and Pierre Langois began another rivalty, with a 10 round draw on the first bout between the two. 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... Gerardo Gonzalez (January 6, 1926 - February 13, 2003), better known in the boxing world as Kid Gavilan, was a former boxer and world welterweight champion from Cuba. ... Ike Williams (b. ...

In 1954, Basilio went undefeated in eight bouts, going 7-0-1 with 2 knockouts, and defeating Langois in their rematch by decision. 1954 was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

1955 arrived and Basilio began by beating Peter Muller by decision. After that win, 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. In what has become a favorite fight of classic sports channels such as ESPN classic, Basilio became world champion by knocking DeMarco out in the 12th. round. 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. 1955 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ... Tony DeMarco (b. ... ESPN, an abbreviation of Entertainment and Sports Programming Network, is an American cable television network dedicated to broadcasting sports-related programming 24 hours a day. ...

For his next fight, in 1956, Basilio lost the title in Chicago to Johnny Saxton by a decision in 15. It has always been commented that the reason why Saxton got the nod that night was that 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 unveryfied rumor of which many magazines, Ring Magazine included, have talked about in the past. 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. 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Chicago (officially named the City of Chicago) is the third largest city in the United States (after New York City and Los Angeles), with an official population of 2,896,016, as of the 2000 census. ... Ring Magazine is a boxing magazine that was first published in 1922. ...

After that, he went up in weight, and challenged world Middleweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson, in what perhaps might have been his most famous fight. He conquered the Middleweight championship of the world by beating Robinson by a 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. Walker Smith Jr. ... 1957 was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The S. Ray 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 regained the title with a 15 round decision. 1958 was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... March 25 is the 84th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (85th in leap years). ...

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, at 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. 1961 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Gene Fullmer (b. ... This article is about the city in California. ... State nickname: Beehive State Other U.S. States Capital Salt Lake City Largest city Salt Lake City Governor Jon M. Huntsman, Jr. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is Salt Lake Citys top tourist draw. ...

In between those fights, he was able to beat former world champions Art Aragon, by knockout in eight, and Don Jordan, by decision in ten. 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. United States Marine Corps Emblem The United States Marine Corps (USMC) is a branch of the U.S. military. ... This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ... Billy Backus (born March 5, 1943) is a former world boxing champion whose coronation was considered by some to be as surprising as Team USAs ice hockey gold medal coronation at the 1980 Winter Olympic Games or James Buster Douglass knockout victory over Mike Tyson. ...

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. Although Backus isn't a member of the Hall Of Fame, Basilio is, along with many of the fighters he met inside the ring. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The modern International Boxing Hall of Fame is located in Canastota, New York, United States, within driving distance from the Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown and the International Soccer Hall Of Fame in Oneonta. ...

In the late 1990s, Basilio's heart became seriously ill, and he required triple bypass heart surgery, but doctors were able to repair his heart, and nowadays, he continues working at the Hall Of Fame as a volunteer every day. // Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...

Basilio had a ring record of 56 wins, 16 losses and 7 draws, with 27 wins by knockout. yep, it's all true.