Carmen Basilio
56–16 · 68 recorded bouts · 1948–1961
Carmen Basilio finished 48% of 56 wins inside the distance — the 28th percentile for middleweight boxing, where the median is 60%. No reach is on record, so this page compares record rather than measurements.
What is on record
| Reach | not recorded | |
|---|---|---|
| Height | 66″ (167.6 cm) | |
| Stance | Orthodox | |
| Division | Middleweight Boxing competed at 2: welterweight, middleweight — compared here against the last | |
| Peak era | 1950s | |
| Country | United States |
Wikipedia carries no reach figure for Carmen Basilio, so the reach-advantage comparison this site is built on cannot be computed. Everything below comes from the record instead.
Record
Boxing record
56–16
79 bouts on record
Finish rate
48%
of wins ended inside the distance — middleweight boxing median 60%, 28th percentile
The career, bout by bout
68 recorded bouts from 1948 to 1961. Every incumbent shows this as a table you have to read; here it is as a shape you can see.
Career span
14y
1948–1961
Longest unbeaten run
18
without a loss — draws do not break it
Busiest year
1949
12 bouts
Recorded bouts
68
68 with a date
Fights
| Year | Result | Opponent | Method | Rd |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | L | Paul Pender | Decision | 15 |
| 1961 | W | Don Jordan | Decision | 10 |
| 1961 | W | Gaspar Ortega | Decision | 10 |
| 1960 | L | Gene Fullmer | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1959 | L | Gene Fullmer | KO/TKO | 14 |
| 1959 | W | Arley Seifer | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1958 | W | Art Aragon | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1958 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | Decision | 15 |
| 1957 | W | Sugar Ray Robinson | Decision | 15 |
| 1957 | W | Harold Jones | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1957 | W | Johnny Saxton | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1956 | W | Johnny Saxton | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1955 | W | Tony DeMarco | KO/TKO | 12 |
| 1955 | W | Gil Turner | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | W | Italo Scortichini | Decision | 10 |
| 1955 | W | Peter Müller | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | W | Ronnie Harper | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1954 | W | Allie Gronik | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | W | Carmine Fiore | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | W | Al Andrews | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | W | Italo Scortichini | Decision | 10 |
| 1954 | W | Pierre Langlois | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | D | Pierre Langlois | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | W | Johnny Cunningham | KO/TKO | 4 |
| 1953 | L | Kid Gavilan | Decision | 15 |
| 1953 | D | Billy Graham | Decision | 12 |
| 1953 | W | Carmine Fiore | KO/TKO | 9 |
| 1953 | W | Vic Cardell | Decision | 10 |
| 1953 | W | Ike Williams | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Chuck Foster | KO/TKO | 5 |
| 1952 | W | Sammy Giuliani | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1952 | W | Baby Williams | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | L | Billy Graham | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | L | Chuck Davey | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Jackie O'Brien | Decision | 10 |
| 1952 | W | Jimmy Cousins | Decision | 8 |
| 1952 | W | Emmett Norris | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | L | Ross Virgo | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | W | Shamus McCray | Decision | 8 |
| 1951 | L | Johnny Cesario | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | L | Lester Felton | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | W | Eddie Giosa | Decision | 10 |
| 1951 | W | Floro Hita | Decision | 8 |
| 1950 | L | Vic Cardell | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | L | Eddie Giosa | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Guillermo Gimenez | KO/TKO | 8 |
| 1950 | W | Gaby Ferland | KO/TKO | 1 |
| 1950 | L | Mike Koballa | Decision | 8 |
| 1950 | W | Lew Jenkins | Decision | 10 |
| 1950 | W | Adrien Mourguiart | KO/TKO | 7 |
| 1950 | W | Cassell Tate | Decision | 8 |
| 1950 | W | Sonny Jim Hampton | Decision | 8 |
| 1949 | W | Johnny Parker | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1949 | W | Tony DiPelino | Decision | 8 |
| 1949 | W | Johnny Cunningham | Decision | 8 |
| 1949 | W | Sammy Daniels | Decision | 8 |
| 1949 | W | Jesse Bradshaw | KO/TKO | 2 |
| 1949 | W | Johnny Clemons | KO/TKO | 3 |
| 1949 | L | Connie Thies | Decision | 6 |
| 1949 | W | Elliot Throop | KO/TKO | 1 |
Showing the 60 most recent of 68 recorded bouts.
16 of these opponents have their own page here.
How this is worked out
- Measurements and records are read from the fighter's English Wikipedia infobox; the fight list is parsed from the article's own results table.
- Reach advantage is (reach − height) ÷ height as a percentage, so fighters of different sizes compare directly.
- Percentiles rank this fighter among the 256 middleweight boxing fighters in the dataset — chosen because it is the most specific group of at least 30 that this fighter belongs to.
Reach advantage = (reach − height) ÷ height × 100
Source: Carmen Basilio on English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0), as of 2026-07-07. Percentiles and derived figures computed here.