What is Carmen Basilio?
[[File:Carmen Basilio 1955.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Basilio after he defended his title in 1955]] '''Carmen Basilio''' (born April 2, 1927 &ndash; November 7, 2012) was an [[Americans|American]] [[Boxing|boxer]] who held the [[welterweight]] and [[middleweight]] world championship. He won the welterweight title from [[Tony DeMarco]] in 1955. He then fought [[Sugar Ray Robinson]] for the middleweight title. He won the belt from Robinson in 1957, but lost it when they fought again. He is the uncle of former welterweight boxing champion [[Billy Backus]]. ==Other websites== * [http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=008997 Boxing record]{{Dead link|date=September 2021 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{start box}} {{Succession box| before=[[Tony DeMarco]]| title=[[World Welterweight Champion]]| after=[[Johnny Saxton]]| years=10 Jun 1955– 14 Mar 1956 }} {{Succession box| before=[[Johnny Saxton]]| title=[[World Welterweight Champion]]| after=[[Virgil Akins]]| years=12 Sep 1956– 23 Sep 1957<br>Vacates }} {{Succession box| before=[[Sugar Ray Robinson]]| title=[[World Middleweight Champion]]| after=[[Sugar Ray Robinson]]| years=23 Sep 1957– 25 Mar 1958 }} {{end box}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Basilio, Carmen}} [[Category:American boxers]] [[Category:Sportspeople from New York (state)]] [[Category:1927 births]] [[Category:2012 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from pneumonia]]