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Carmen Basilio vs Jackie O'Brien — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

Jackie O'Brien

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Jackie O'Brien (0-3 across 3 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 2 common opponents.

Basilio

56

Wins27 KO · 48%

16

Losses

7

Draws79 tracked bouts

O'Brien

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 Jackie O'Brien have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Jackie O'Brien have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.
Met1952Mar 31Series
Carmen BasilioFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jackie O'BrienFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultMD1Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 5 · O'Brien 1 of 6 measurable rows
BasilioO'Brien
Record†
56-16-7 (edge)0-3
Win %0–100%
75.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48.21%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
48%—
Times stopped‡max 2
2
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.4
6.4 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
3

† 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″
Jackie O'Brien: No height on file
Agenot held
Carmen Basilio: Died aged 85
Jackie O'Brien: No date of birth
Stance
Carmen Basilio: Orthodox
Jackie O'Brien: Not recorded

Carmen Basilio left, Jackie O'Brien 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%

Jackie O'Brien0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Jackie O'Brien: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for O'Brien yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmen Basilio 79, Jackie O'Brien 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Basilio better on 2

Basilio

Opponent

O'Brien

  • Carmen Basilio

    2–1 against

    Win, TKO 2

    1957

    Win, TKO 9

    1956

    Loss, UD

    1956

    SaxtonBasilio better

    Jackie O'Brien

    Loss, UD

    1955

  • Carmen Basilio

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 12

    1955

    Win, TKO 12

    1955

    DeMarcoBasilio better

    Jackie O'Brien

    Loss, SD

    1952

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

Jackie O'Brien last boxed on Oct 25, 1955 — 25,928 days ago. O'Brien had lost three straight.LLL

DeMarco Mar 1952Basilio Mar 1952Saxton Oct 19550.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Jackie O'Brien ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Jackie O'Brien met once on March 31, 1952, and Carmen Basilio won by MD.
The meeting

WMar 31, 1952 · Basilio · MD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or O'Brien?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Jackie O'Brien is 0-3 across the 3 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%

O'Brien0–30%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Basilio or O'Brien?
Carmen Basilio has 27 knockout wins and Jackie O'Brien has 0. Carmen Basilio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Basilio2748.2%

O'Brien0

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and O'Brien have any common opponents?
Carmen Basilio and Jackie O'Brien share 2 common opponents: Johnny Saxton and Tony DeMarco. Carmen Basilio fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Johnny Saxton2–1L

Tony DeMarcoWL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basilio and O'Brien?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Carmen Basilio and 3 bouts tracked for Jackie O'Brien. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basilio79bouts

O'Brien3bouts

How They Win ↓

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