Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later, died on ...

Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later, died ...

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, ...

ROCHESTER — Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six months later, ...

Syracuse, N.Y. -- A local production company will film a movie about boxing legend Carmen Basilio this summer in Central New York. Media 64 Entertainment Group will begin work on "BASILIO'' this ...

Carmen Basilio, the welterweight and middleweight boxing champion of the 1950s who fought two brutal bouts with Sugar Ray Robinson, winning his middleweight title and then losing it to him, died ...

Sep. 19—WATERTOWN — The 15th annual Carmen Basilio's Quest for Champions this Saturday will honor one boxer lost and celebrate another regained. The city boxing highlight — expected to showcase ...

ROCHESTER, N.Y. (AP) -- Carmen Basilio, a genial onion farmer's son who wrested the world middleweight boxing crown from Sugar Ray Robinson in 1957 and lost an equally epic, razor-edge rematch six ...

Several people alleged to have been involved in thefts, including Carmen Basilio's four championship belts in 2015, were indicted Thursday in Scranton, Pennsylvania. Nicholas Dombek, Damien Boland, ...

The summer vacationers had vanished, and the juke joints along the shore looked ready to be boarded up. In the little village of Greenwood Lake, N.Y., only the Long Pond Inn showed signs of life.