Carmen Basilio will be in Watertown Jan 26th Posted Friday, January 09, 2009 at 11:05:37 AM     Alexandria Bay, NY 1000 Islands  Comments  Unique Views 1849/Total Views 1860

Former Boxer Carmen Basilio will be special guest at the Watertown Italian American Club on January 26th, 2009 This is a fundraiser dinner to benefit the Watertown Area Boxing Club. It is $25.00 per person. You can call 315-783-4980 for more details on that.



Carmen was a two time Welterweight champion and he also won the Boxing Middleweight championship of the world by beating Sugar Ray Robinson in one of the most exciting 15 round decisions in middleweight boxing history.

The link below is the Wikipedia Entry on Carmen..
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmen_Basilio

Now, as some of you may know there was a time when Carmen trained and lived in Alexandria Bay. My dad "Bobby Williams" and his brothers used to play various sports and fool around with Carmen on a regular basis. Carmen also owned some cottages in town.

Anyway, I know plenty of people have some great stories about Carmen so let's hear them.

Follow the link below to participate in the Discussion..
http://www.abaynews.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=703

Sugar Ray Robinson loses title Carmen Basilio


2007 Carmen Basilio Interview


Carmen Basilio story


A guy describes the Sugar Ray Robinson fight

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