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Carmen Basilio vs Eddie Thomas — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

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Eddie Thomas

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Eddie Thomas (40-6-2) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Basilio

56

Wins27 KO · 48%

16

Losses

7

Draws79 tracked bouts

Thomas

40

Wins13 KO · 33%

6

Losses

2

Draws2 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Basilio leads 1–0

Carmen Basilio and Eddie Thomas have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Eddie Thomas have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.
Met1948Dec 8Series
Carmen BasilioFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Eddie ThomasFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 4 · Thomas 3 of 7 measurable rows
BasilioThomas
Record
56-16-740-6-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
75.3%
85.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
13
KO rate0–100%
48.21% (edge)
32.5%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
48% (edge)
0%
Times stopped†max 2
2
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year‡not comparable
6.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
2

† Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · ‡ Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Carmen Basilio: 5′7″
Eddie Thomas: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Carmen Basilio: Died aged 85
Eddie Thomas: Died aged 70
Stance
Carmen Basilio: Orthodox
Eddie Thomas: Not recorded

Carmen Basilio left, Eddie Thomas right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Carmen Basilio56 wins · from 79 tracked bouts

Carmen Basilio: 56 tracked wins — 27 by KO/TKO (48%) and 29 on the cards (52%). Counted from 79 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

27 by KO/TKO 48%29 on the cards 52%

Eddie Thomas1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Eddie Thomas: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmen Basilio 79, Eddie Thomas 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Thomas better on 1

Basilio

Opponent

Thomas

  • Carmen Basilio

    1–1–1 against

    Draw, SD

    1953

    Win, UD

    1953

    Loss, UD

    1952

    GrahamThomas better

    Eddie Thomas

    Win, PTS

    1949

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Carmen Basilio had won two in a row before losing a decision to Paul Pender. Basilio last boxed on Apr 22, 1961.LLWWL

Fullmer Aug 1959Fullmer Jun 1960Ortega Jan 1961Jordan Mar 1961Pender Apr 19616.4 tracked bouts per year

Eddie Thomas has won once since losing by stoppage to Carmen Basilio. Thomas last boxed on Feb 7, 1949.LW

Basilio Dec 1948Graham Feb 1949

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Eddie Thomas ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Eddie Thomas met once on December 8, 1948, and Carmen Basilio won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WDec 8, 1948 · Basilio · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or Thomas?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Eddie Thomas is 40-6-2. Eddie Thomas has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Basilio56–16–775.3%

Thomas40–6–285.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Basilio or Thomas?
Carmen Basilio has 27 knockout wins and Eddie Thomas has 13. Carmen Basilio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Basilio2748.2%

Thomas1332.5%

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and Thomas have any common opponents?
Carmen Basilio and Eddie Thomas share 1 common opponent: Billy Graham. Eddie Thomas fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Billy Graham1–1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basilio and Thomas?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Carmen Basilio and 2 bouts tracked for Eddie Thomas. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basilio79bouts

Thomas2bouts

How They Win ↓

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