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Entries tagged with "Carmen+Basilio":

• Greatest KOs in Boxing History – June 18th, 2011

  Everone loves a knockout. And what's not to love? When one man's fists connect with another man's head and he goes crashing to the canvas, everyone's pulse races a little faster. The knockout can not only change the direction of a fight. It can change the direction of a career, the direction of a life...
  
  

• Bronson, Haye, and Tyson Fury – June 23rd, 2011

  We shall see if Haye is a little big man. Does he have The Great Spirit? Will he attack or slowly be worn down?
  
  

• The Stallone Act – July 6th, 2011

  There was no Chuck Zitoesque middleman doing the "hand me the boxing glove, I give it to MISTER Stallone, I hand it back" routine…
  
  

• Emile Griffith—“Ring of Fire” – September 23rd, 2011

  Emile Griffith was born on Feb. 3, 1938 and was the first fighter from the U.S. Virgin Islands ever to become a world champion. He turned pro in 1958 and was a favorite in New York City. Griffith won the welterweight title from Benny "The Kid" Paret on April 1, 1961. Six months later Griffith lost the title back to Paret in a narrow split-decision. Griffith regained the title from Paret on March 24, 1962, in a fight that Paret did not survive. Griffith had memorable bouts with Luis Rodriguez, Rubin “Hurricane” Carter, Dick Tiger, Nino Benvenuti, Carlos Monzón, and José Nápoles, before retiring with a 85-24-2 record.
  
  

• Nonito Donaire: Old School Young Man – October 17th, 2011

  Nonito Donaire had never visited New York before Sept. 19, and he was as blown away as any tourist visiting the Big City for the first time…
  
  

• New York Boxing Hall of Fame – October 25th, 2011

  
  
  

• Book Review of NARDO – November 10th, 2011

  Someone once said that boxing is a tight fraternity, and unless you have been in the ring, you can never cross the line that separates boxer from fan...
  
  

• Ten-Count for Tommy DeJohn – November 30th, 2011

  
  
  

• Tony DeMarco: I’m a Puncher – December 24th, 2011

  “I met Carbo,” DeMarco said of Frankie Carbo, aka Mr. Gray. “Those guys were wiseguys and they loved to own a fighter. It was like owning a racehorse…”
  
  

• Chico Vejar: Quintessential 1950s – December 26th, 2011

  There is more to Chico Vejar than toughness; there always was nobility and great sense of dignity…
  
  

• When a Boxing Historian Struggled to Maintain His Interest – January 7th, 2012

  That kind of special "leave it all in the ring" style is now the exception and certainly not the rule...
  
  

• Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Carmen Basilio I & II – January 20th, 2012

  Sugar Ray Robinson and Carmen Basilio were two of the all-time-greats. They fought twice, the first time on Sept. 23, 1957, at Yankee Stadium in New York, and the second time on March 25, 1958 at Chicago Stadium. Going into the first fight, Robinson, a former welterweight titleholder, was defending the middleweight title he won from Jake LaMotta in 1951. Sugar Ray was 140-5-2 (that's no typo) going in. Basilio, welterweight champion at the time, was 51-12-7 and had been chomping at the bit to get to Robinson for years. Their first fight was nothing less than amazing. Their second fight no less so. It's a cliché to say they don't make 'em like they used to, but they don't make 'em like they used to...
  
  

• Brawls and Bruises: Gene Fullmer – January 31st, 2012

  Prizefighters constitute a very special group of men. They cannot be number crunched, packaged and neatly filed...
  
  

• Ten-Count for Angelo Dundee – February 1st, 2012

  
  
  

• Maybe the Best Do Fight the Best – February 26th, 2012

  The "sweet science of bruising" has often been criticized because the best don’t always fight the best…
  
  

• When Harry Met Ali (Documentary) – March 9th, 2012

  There are no shortage of documentaries on Muhammad Ali. Some are good, some are not so good, and some are better than most. The documentary "When Harry Met Ali" is better than most and is narrated by British boxing writer Harry Carpenter, who followed Ali from his earliest days to the end of his remarkable career. This film is beautifully done, a comprehensive montage featuring terrific fight footage and interviews, with commentary by some of The Greatest's opponents and pugilistic heirs...
  
  

• Kid Gavilan vs. Carmen Basilio – March 16th, 2012

  They were two of the greatest fighters who ever lived, despite the fact that each had several losses on his record. Kid Gavilan, aka The Cuban Hawk, met Carmen Basilio on Sept. 18, 1953, at the War Memorial Auditorium in Syracuse, New York, for Gavilan's welterweight crown. There were no split titles in those days. Nor were there a million weight classes. To be the champ meant being THE CHAMP. Gavilan was 94-13-4 going in. Basilio was 35-10-5. But numbers don't tell the whole story, and the tough-as-nails Basilio gave the flashy Gavilan a run for his money. Both these men have pride of place in the International Boxing Hall of Fame. Watch this fight and you'll understand why...
  
  

• The Big Bombers: Shavers & Co. – April 2nd, 2012

  Like a big shark casting its shadow, you simply never knew what Shavers was going to do next. Would he simply bump you or take a big bite?
  
  

• In Praise of a Prizefighting Leatherneck – April 15th, 2012

  There are many famous boxers who were also Marines. Gene Tunney, Ken Norton, and Carmen Basilio come immediately to mind…
  
  

• Old School – May 14th, 2012

  Old school was a behavior influenced by the mores and values of another era. If someone calls me a throwback, I kind of like it…