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Carmen Basilio vs Johnny Cesario — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

Johnny Cesario

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Johnny Cesario (3-3 across 6 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

Cesario

Tracked record

3–3

counted from 6 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

Cesario leads 1–0

Carmen Basilio and Johnny Cesario have met 1 time; Cesario leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Johnny Cesario have met 1 time; Cesario leads 1–0.
Met1951Jun 18Series
Carmen BasilioFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Johnny CesarioFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 6 · Cesario 1 of 7 measurable rows
BasilioCesario
Record†
56-16-7 (edge)3-3
Win %0–100%
75.3% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
48.21%—
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§max 6.4
6.4 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
6

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

Carmen Basilio left, Johnny Cesario 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%

Johnny Cesario3 wins · from 6 tracked bouts

Johnny Cesario: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmen Basilio 79, Johnny Cesario 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Basilio better on 2

Basilio

Opponent

Cesario

  • Carmen Basilio

    2–0 against

    Win, TKO 12

    1955

    Win, TKO 12

    1955

    DeMarcoBasilio better

    Johnny Cesario

    Loss, UD

    1954

  • Carmen Basilio

    1–1–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1953

    Win, UD

    1953

    Loss, UD

    1952

    GrahamBasilio better

    Johnny Cesario

    Loss, SD

    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

Johnny Cesario last boxed on May 22, 1954 — 26,449 days ago. Cesario had won one in a row before losing a decision to Tony DeMarco.LWLWL

Bratton Nov 1950Basilio Jun 1951Graham Nov 1951Pastrano May 1953DeMarco May 19540.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Johnny Cesario ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Johnny Cesario met once on June 18, 1951, and Johnny Cesario won by UD.
The meeting

LJun 18, 1951 · Cesario · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or Cesario?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Johnny Cesario is 3-3 across the 6 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%

Cesario3–350%

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

Basilio2748.2%

Cesario0

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and Cesario have any common opponents?
Carmen Basilio and Johnny Cesario share 2 common opponents: Tony DeMarco and Billy Graham. Carmen Basilio fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Tony DeMarcoWL

Billy Graham1–1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basilio and Cesario?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Carmen Basilio and 6 bouts tracked for Johnny Cesario. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basilio79bouts

Cesario6bouts

How They Win ↓

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