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Carmen Basilio
1927–2012Canastota, NYItalian American descendantHistoric
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Why Included
Welterweight and middleweight champion
Biography
Welterweight and middleweight champion; upset Sugar Ray Robinson for the title in 1957. International Boxing Hall of Fame; upset Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight crown (1957)
Notable For
- Welterweight and middleweight champion
- upset Sugar Ray Robinson for the title in 1957
Honors & Recognition
- International Boxing Hall of Fame
- upset Sugar Ray Robinson for middleweight crown (1957)
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Quick Facts
- Field
- Sports
- Specialty
- Boxing
- Years
- 1927–2012
- Birth Place
- Canastota, NY
- Origin
- Italian American descendant
- Regional Ancestry
- Italian
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