Re “Carmen Basilio: Middleweight boxing champion beat Robinson,” Obituary, Nov. 9 So sorry to learn of Carmen Basilio’s passing. He was a true sportsman and gentleman. Thanks for publishing a real ...

Thanks for the warm and wonderful story by Mike Waters about Carmen Basilio in the 1950s, when he was a new boxing hero in Syracuse and Central New York (”Carmen Basilio became ‘talk of the town’ ...

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 ...

Syracuse, N.Y. – Friends, family, officials and well-wishers all crammed into the locker room. In a corner sat Carmen Basilio, who had just stopped Tony DeMarco in the 12th round to claim the world ...

Carmen Basilio, the welterweight and middleweight boxing champion of the 1950s who fought two brutal bouts with Sugar Ray Robinson, winning his middleweight title and then losing it to him, died ...