In a corner sat Carmen Basilio, who had just stopped Tony DeMarco in the 12th round to claim the world welterweight title, with his father next to him. Don Hamilton, then just 16 years old ...

Carmen Basilio defeated Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 for the middleweight title, then lost it backsix months later Basilio defeated Tony DeMarco in 1955 for the welterweight title. A fighter who ...

On Sept. 23, 1957, Carmen Basilio, of Canastota, and the great Sugar Ray Robinson, often regarded as the greatest pound-for-pound fighter in boxing history, fought a thrilling 15-round match for ...

Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer’s son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later ...

Carmen Basilio never pulled any punches. Neither does his widow. "I hope they croak with them," Josie Basilio said Monday when asked how she feels about the thief or thieves who stole four of her ...

All-time great former welterweight and middleweight world champion Carmen Basilio, one of boxing's most revered action fighters, died of complications from pneumonia on Wednesday morning.

Several people alleged to have been involved in thefts, including Carmen Basilio's four championship belts in 2015, were indicted Thursday in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Nicholas Dombek, Damien Boland ...

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 ...

Aging (30) Middleweight Champion Carmen Basilio and aged (37) ex-Champion Sugar Ray Robinson were so eager to clobber each other that they both kept swinging after the first round ended.

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. Boxing legend Carmen Basilio is being honored with his own street. Boxwood Drive in Irondequoit has been temporarily renamed Carmen Basilio Way. The move is part of this weekend ...

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 ...