Carmen Basilio, right, hits Tony DeMarco with a body shot during their world welterweight title fight on June 10, 1955, at the War Memorial in Syracuse. Basilio knocked out DeMarco in the 12th round ...

When Carmen Basilio’s teacher asked the students in her class what they wanted to be when they grew up, Basilio knew right away. “I always said I was going to be the champion of the world,” Basilio ...

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 ...

Since The Ring magazine starting handing out Fight of the Year awards in 1945, it is fittingly the sport’s most famous participant, Muhammad Ali, who has won it the most times. Following closely ...

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 ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Carmen Basilio, ...

ROCHESTER -- 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, ...

Local boxing legend 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 ...

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 ...