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"Middleweight Champion" Carmen Basilio Hand Signed Index Card Todd Mueller COA
$ 18.47
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Description
Up for auction is a hand signed Index Card by
Carmen Basilio
.
This piece come
authenticated
by Todd Mueller, and comes with their COA.
ES - 8152
Carmen Basilio
(Born Carmine Basilio, April 2, 1927 in Canastota, NY – November 7, 2012) was an American professional boxer who was the world champion in both the
welterweight
and
middleweight
divisions. He is also famous for defeating
Sugar Ray Robinson
to win the middleweight title. An iron-chinned pressure fighter, Basilio was a combination puncher who had great stamina, and eventually wore many of his opponents down with vicious attacks to the head and body. Basilio was inducted into the
International Boxing Hall of Fame
in 1990.
The Ring
magazine
named him
Fighter of the Year
in 1957, while the
Boxing Writers Association of America
(BWAA) named him
Fighter of the Year
in 1955 and 1957. In 2002, Basilio was voted by
The Ring
magazine as the 40th greatest fighter of the last 80 years.