Vito Antuofermo vs Carmen Basilio at 160

Who wins this battle of bleeding short armed bruisers?

 

Racist!

 

Lol

 

Basilio was awesome, way better than Vito

 

Even at 160?

Yeah yeah I know he beat the immortal Ray Robinson, but Robinson was almost 40 at the time.

 

37 is the new 40!!

 

But still nowhere near as old as Louis when he fought Marciano.

 

I think even at 160, he's still good enough but he was definitely better as a Welterweight ... I don't think I'd pick Vito to beat that same Robinson... He'd rough him up and pressure him but I think he'd lose

 

I see this fight as a scrappy bruising bloody fight but with neither man seriously hurt. Gatti ward type deal without the knockdowns

 

:ant:

 

Basilio was definitively better than Antufuoermo, but I wonder if he's too small to win this one.

 

I don't know, Antuofermo was rugged but he wasn't a monstrous-sized guy himself... Fullmer was far stronger, IMO and obviously better than Vito and Basilio was probably on the downside when they fought and it was still a major struggle for Fullmer to stop him

No question Basilio was at his best as a welterweight, though

 

seriously... It's like seeing a Arguello/Chavez mythical match and saying "I see this as sort of a Jorge Paez/Troy Dorsey type of affair"

 

Sly does this all the time with the better white fighters.

He would see Marciano vs Quarry as a Brian Minto vs Vinny Maddalone type affair.

 

Yeah, arguello Chavez is a great analogy to those two bleeders

 

How many times was Basilio stopped on a cut?

 

Lol yup and with any fighter who is aggressive not named Mike Tyson