Boxer Carmen Basilio (1927-2012), who defeated Sugar Ray Robinson to win the middleweight title in 1957, was born a Carmine. Today’s most famous male Carmen is fictional “Carmy” Berzatto ...

1958 — Sugar Ray Robinson regains the middleweight title for a record fifth time with a 15-round decision over Carmen Basilio. 1961 — Cincinnati ends Ohio State’s 32-game winning streak with ...

A funny thing happened” to Frank Malfitano on the way to the hospital. The Syracuse Jazz Fest founder had a painful kidney stone that wouldn’t pass, so he went to his doctor’s office in October. It ...

Seems like Gene Fullmer, Bobo Olson, and Carmen Basilio boxed twice weekly in Madison Square Garden. When we started watching “WTVY Wrestling” on Saturday afternoons, like other Wiregrass Area ...

Carmen Basilio. At the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen, New York, he took 14 trophies. But as it turned out, Trotta's biggest job didn't involve sports at all; it was set in his backyard ...

He never did hit the Hall of Fame museum in Cooperstown, but 70 miles away, at the Boxing Hall of Fame, he lifted the belts of champ Carmen Basilio. At the Harness Racing Museum in Goshen ...

Following Robinson’s welterweight departure, the championship was passed between future Hall of Famers Kid Gavilan, Tony De Marco, and Carmen Basilio. Shortly after losing and then winning the ...

She worked with legends Gorgeous George, Muhammad Ali, Ray Robinson, Floyd Patterson, Danny Lopez, Carmen Basilio, and George Foreman. Tough as nails, she was the driving force behind the success ...

whose uncle is the famous boxer Carmen Basilio, won the world welterweight championship in 1970. Marcotte was a five-time Canadian welterweight champion who held the NABF welterweight title, then ...

Four belts belonged to Canastota native Carmen Basilio, 1957 Fighter of the Year, a hometown hero and an inspiration behind the creation of the hall of fame. The other two were given to Tony ...