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Carmen Basilio vs Jerry Drain — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

Jerry Drain

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Jerry Drain (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Basilio

56

Wins27 KO · 48%

16

Losses

7

Draws79 tracked bouts

Drain

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Jerry Drain have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Jerry Drain have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.
Met1949Mar 18Series
Carmen BasilioFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jerry DrainFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR31Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 4 · Drain 1 of 5 measurable rows
BasilioDrain
Record†
56-16-7 (edge)0-1
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
6.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
1

† 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″
Jerry Drain: No height on file
Agenot held
Carmen Basilio: Died aged 85
Jerry Drain: No date of birth
Stance
Carmen Basilio: Orthodox
Jerry Drain: Not recorded

Carmen Basilio left, Jerry Drain 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%

Jerry Drain0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jerry Drain: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Drain yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmen Basilio 79, Jerry Drain 1 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

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

Jerry Drain last boxed on Mar 18, 1949 — 28,347 days ago. Drain had lost the most recent, to Carmen Basilio.L

Basilio Mar 1949

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Jerry Drain ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Jerry Drain met once on March 18, 1949, and Carmen Basilio won by TKO in round 3.
The meeting

WMar 18, 1949 · Basilio · TKO R3

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or Drain?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Jerry Drain is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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%

Drain0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Basilio or Drain?
Carmen Basilio has 27 knockout wins and Jerry Drain has 0. Carmen Basilio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Basilio2748.2%

Drain0

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and Drain have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Carmen Basilio and Jerry Drain have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basilio and Drain?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Carmen Basilio and 1 bout tracked for Jerry Drain. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basilio79bouts

Drain1bout

How They Win ↓

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