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Carmen Basilio vs Gil Turner — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

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Gil Turner

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Gil Turner (6-8 across 14 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 4 common opponents.

Basilio

56

Wins27 KO · 48%

16

Losses

7

Draws79 tracked bouts

Turner

Tracked record

6–8

counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

Basilio leads 1–0

Carmen Basilio and Gil Turner have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Gil Turner have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.
Met1955Sep 7Series
Carmen BasilioFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Gil TurnerFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 6 · Turner 0 of 6 measurable rows
BasilioTurner
Record†
56-16-7 (edge)6-8
Win %0–100%
75.3% (edge)
42.9%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
2
KO ratenot comparable
48.21%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
48% (edge)
33%
Times stopped‡levelmax 2
2
2
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.4
6.4 (edge)
1.9
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
14

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ 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″
Gil Turner: No height on file
Agenot comparable
Carmen Basilio: Died aged 85
Gil Turner: Died aged 65
Stance
Carmen Basilio: Orthodox
Gil Turner: Not recorded

Carmen Basilio left, Gil Turner 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%

Gil Turner6 wins · from 14 tracked bouts

Gil Turner: 6 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (33%) and 4 on the cards (67%). Counted from 14 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 33%4 on the cards 67%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmen Basilio 79, Gil Turner 14 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

4 shared

4 shared · Basilio better on 1 · Turner better on 1 · even on 2

Basilio

Opponent

Turner

  • Carmen Basilio

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 12

    1960

    Loss, TKO 14

    1959

    FullmerTurner better

    Gil Turner

    1–2 against

    Loss, SD

    1956

    Loss, PTS

    1955

    Win, UD

    1955

  • Carmen Basilio

    2–1 against

    Win, TKO 2

    1957

    Win, TKO 9

    1956

    Loss, UD

    1956

    SaxtonBasilio better

    Gil Turner

    1–1 against

    Loss, TKO

    1956

    Win, SD

    1953

  • Carmen Basilio

    Loss, SD

    1953

    GavilánEven

    Gil Turner

    Loss, TKO 11

    1952

  • Carmen Basilio

    Win, UD

    1953

    WilliamsEven

    Gil Turner

    Win, TKO

    1951

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

Gil Turner had won one in a row before losing a decision to Ralph Dupas. Turner last boxed on Oct 15, 1958.LLLWL

Basilio Sep 1955Fullmer Feb 1956Saxton May 1956Akins Sep 1957Dupas Oct 19581.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Gil Turner ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Gil Turner met once on September 7, 1955, and Carmen Basilio won by MD.
The meeting

WSep 7, 1955 · Basilio · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or Turner?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Gil Turner is 6-8 across the 14 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Carmen Basilio has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Basilio56–16–775.3%

Turner6–842.9%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Basilio or Turner?
Carmen Basilio has 27 knockout wins and Gil Turner has 2. Carmen Basilio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Basilio2748.2%

Turner2

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and Turner have any common opponents?
Carmen Basilio and Gil Turner share 4 common opponents: Gene Fullmer, Johnny Saxton and Kid Gavilán (and 1 other). Neither fighter fared better across the shared opponents overall.
4 shared opponents

Gene FullmerL1–2

Johnny Saxton2–11–1

Kid GavilánLL

Ike WilliamsWW

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basilio and Turner?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Carmen Basilio and 14 bouts tracked for Gil Turner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basilio79bouts

Turner14bouts

How They Win ↓

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