Carmen Basilio
Overview
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
world
World
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as Carmen Basilio, is an American former professional boxer who was a two weight world boxing champion. Some reports have suggested that Basilio changed his name from Carmine to Carmen before he began boxing, to sound more masculine.
Basilio began his professional boxing
Professional Boxing
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, emerged in the early twentieth century as boxing gradually attained legitimacy and became a regulated, sanctioned sport. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse which is divided among the fighters and promoters as determined by contract...
career by meeting Jimmy Evans
Jimmy Evans
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on November 24 of 1948 in Binghamton, New York
Binghamton, New York
Binghamton is a city in the Southern Tier of New York in the United States. It is near the Pennsylvania border, in a bowl-shaped valley at the confluence of the Susquehanna and Chenango Rivers...
. He knocked Evans out in the third round, and five days later, he beat Bruce Walters
Bruce Walters
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in only one round and by the end of 1948 had completed four bouts.
He started 1949 with two draws, against Johnny Cunningham
Johnny Cunningham
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on January 5, and against Jay Perlin 20 days later.
