Carmen Basilio, who has died aged 85, was an American boxing legend and two-times world champion, at welter and middleweight. He defeated Sugar Ray Robinson over 15 torrid rounds in 1957 in what it is still regarded as one of the greatest boxing battles ever. He was also admired as someone who bravely refused to cut the gangsters who ruled American boxing in the 1940s and 50s into his earnings.
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Carmen Basilio
Boxer;
Born: April 2, 1927; Died November 7, 2012.
Carmen Basilio, who has died aged 85, was an American boxing legend and two-times world champion, at welter and middleweight. He defeated Sugar Ray Robinson over 15 torrid rounds in 1957 in what it is still regarded as one of the greatest boxing battles ever. He was also admired as someone who bravely refused to cut the gangsters who ruled American boxing in the 1940s and 50s into his earnings.
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