One of Angel Vargas Jr's. first impressions of Carmen Basilio was quite literal. "He punched me in the jaw," Vargas said with a chuckle as he closed his barber shop in the village of Canastota on ...

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, died on ...

Several hundred people packed a New York church on Monday to say final goodbyes to Carmen Basilio. The former world middleweight champion, who was 85 when he died last week, was buried after a church ...

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 late ...

Carmen Basilio was a ferocious fighter whose grueling matches riveted the nation during the golden age of boxing in the mid-20th century. The popular welterweight and middleweight champion was born on ...

Canastota >> World boxing champion Carmen Basilio was worshiped as a sports hero in Canastota and across the world for decades, so it was only fitting that his final farewell was in a house of worship ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Gary Youmans began working on his biography of Carmen Basilio, which would be titled "The Onion Picker,'' nearly 20 years ago. The book was published in 2007. A few years later, ...

Carmen Basilio, the welterweight and middleweight boxing champion of the 1950s who fought two brutal bouts with Sugar Ray Robinson, winning his middleweight title and then losing it to him, died ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A local production company will film a movie about boxing legend Carmen Basilio this summer in Central New York. Media 64 Entertainment Group will begin work on "BASILIO'' this ...

Back in 2003, I attended the induction ceremonies at the International Boxing Hall Of Fame in Canastota, New York. The highlight of this weekend event is meeting the fighters, particularly the old ...

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’s ...