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 ...

The Watertown Area Boxing Club earned a spot in the International Boxing Hall of Fame Parade in Canastota earlier this month.

Carmen Basilio never pulled any punches. Neither does his widow. "I hope they croak with them," Josie Basilio said Monday when asked how she feels about the thief or thieves who stole four of her late ...

Canastota -- It won't be golden gloves or a championship belt, but one of boxing's greats will add another achievement to his collection next month. Carmen Basilio, the Canastota native who won the ...

Canastota >> World boxing champion Carmen Basilio was worshiped as a sports hero in Canastota and across the world for decades, so it was only fitting that his final farewell was in a house of worship ...

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. Boxing legend Carmen Basilio is being honored with his own street. Boxwood Drive in Irondequoit has been temporarily renamed Carmen Basilio Way. The move is part of this weekend’s ...

Carmen Basilio was a ferocious fighter whose grueling matches riveted the nation during the golden age of boxing in the mid-20th century. The popular welterweight and middleweight champion was born on ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- Gary Youmans began working on his biography of Carmen Basilio, which would be titled "The Onion Picker,'' nearly 20 years ago. The book was published in 2007. A few years later, ...

One of Angel Vargas Jr's. first impressions of Carmen Basilio was quite literal. "He punched me in the jaw," Vargas said with a chuckle as he closed his barber shop in the village of Canastota on ...