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Carmen Basilio vs Mike Koballa — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

Mike Koballa

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Mike Koballa (1-5 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 3 common opponents.

Basilio

56

Wins27 KO · 48%

16

Losses

7

Draws79 tracked bouts

Koballa

Tracked record

1–5

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

Koballa leads 1–0

Carmen Basilio and Mike Koballa have met 1 time; Koballa leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Mike Koballa have met 1 time; Koballa leads 1–0.
Met1950Mar 27Series
Carmen BasilioFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Mike KoballaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 6 · Koballa 1 of 7 measurable rows
BasilioKoballa
Record†
56-16-7 (edge)1-5
Win %0–100%
75.3% (edge)
16.7%
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
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 6.4
6.4 (edge)
1.7
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″
Mike Koballa: No height on file
Agenot held
Carmen Basilio: Died aged 85
Mike Koballa: No date of birth
Stance
Carmen Basilio: Orthodox
Mike Koballa: Not recorded

Carmen Basilio left, Mike Koballa 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%

Mike Koballa1 win · from 6 tracked bouts

Mike Koballa: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 6 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, Mike Koballa 6 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Basilio better on 2 · even on 1

Basilio

Opponent

Koballa

  • Carmen Basilio

    2–1 against

    Win, TKO 2

    1957

    Win, TKO 9

    1956

    Loss, UD

    1956

    SaxtonBasilio better

    Mike Koballa

    Loss, PTS

    1950

  • Carmen Basilio

    Loss, SD

    1953

    GavilánEven

    Mike Koballa

    Loss, UD

    1950

  • Carmen Basilio

    1–1–1 against

    Draw, PTS

    1953

    Win, UD

    1953

    Loss, UD

    1952

    GrahamBasilio better

    Mike Koballa

    Loss, UD

    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

Mike Koballa last boxed on Oct 30, 1952 — 27,018 days ago. Koballa had lost four straight, after one straight win.WLLLL

Basilio Mar 1950Gavilán Jun 1950Saxton Jun 1950Jones Apr 1952Jones Oct 19521.7 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Mike Koballa ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Mike Koballa met once on March 27, 1950, and Mike Koballa won by UD.
The meeting

LMar 27, 1950 · Koballa · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or Koballa?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Mike Koballa is 1-5 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%

Koballa1–516.7%

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

Basilio2748.2%

Koballa0

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and Koballa have any common opponents?
Carmen Basilio and Mike Koballa share 3 common opponents: Johnny Saxton, Kid Gavilán and Billy Graham. Carmen Basilio fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Johnny Saxton2–1L

Kid GavilánLL

Billy Graham1–1–1L

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

Basilio79bouts

Koballa6bouts

How They Win ↓

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