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Carmen Basilio vs Paul Pender — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

Carmen Basilio

Paul Pender

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Paul Pender

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Paul Pender (40-6-2) 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

Pender

40

Wins20 KO · 50%

6

Losses

2

Draws48 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Pender leads 1–0

Carmen Basilio and Paul Pender have met 1 time; Pender leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Paul Pender have met 1 time; Pender leads 1–0.
Met1961Apr 22Series
Carmen BasilioFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Paul PenderFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 4 · Pender 4 of 8 measurable rows
BasilioPender
Record
56-16-740-6-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
75.3%
85.4% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 27
27 (edge)
20
KO rate0–100%
48.21%
50% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
48%
50% (edge)
Times stopped†max 3
2 (edge)
3
Title reignsmax 6
6 (edge)
2
Bouts per year‡max 6.4
6.4 (edge)
3.6
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
48

† 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

Height+3″
Carmen Basilio: 5′7″
Paul Pender: 5′10″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Carmen Basilio: No reach on file
Paul Pender: 72″
Agenot comparable
Carmen Basilio: Died aged 85
Paul Pender: Died aged 72
Stance
Carmen Basilio: Orthodox
Paul Pender: Orthodox

Carmen Basilio left, Paul Pender 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%

Paul Pender40 wins · from 48 tracked bouts

Paul Pender: 40 tracked wins — 20 by KO/TKO (50%), 19 on the cards (48%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 48 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

20 by KO/TKO 50%19 on the cards 48%1 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmen Basilio 79, Paul Pender 48 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Pender better on 2

Basilio

Opponent

Pender

  • Carmen Basilio

    0–2 against

    Loss, TKO 12

    1960

    Loss, TKO 14

    1959

    FullmerPender better

    Paul Pender

    Loss, UD

    1955

  • Carmen Basilio

    1–1 against

    Loss, SD

    1958

    Win, SD

    1957

    RobinsonPender better

    Paul Pender

    2–0 against

    Win, SD

    1960

    Win, SD

    1960

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

Paul Pender has won once since losing by stoppage to Terry Downes. Pender last boxed on Apr 7, 1962.WWWLW

Robinson Jun 1960Downes Jan 1961Basilio Apr 1961Downes Jul 1961Downes Apr 19623.6 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Paul Pender ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Paul Pender met once on April 22, 1961, and Paul Pender won by UD.
The meeting

LApr 22, 1961 · Pender · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or Pender?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Paul Pender is 40-6-2. Paul Pender has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Basilio56–16–775.3%

Pender40–6–285.4%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Basilio or Pender?
Carmen Basilio has 27 knockout wins and Paul Pender has 20. Carmen Basilio has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Basilio2748.2%

Pender2050%

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and Pender have any common opponents?
Carmen Basilio and Paul Pender share 2 common opponents: Gene Fullmer and Sugar Ray Robinson. Paul Pender fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Gene FullmerLL

Sugar Ray Robinson1–1W

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Basilio or Pender?
Paul Pender is the taller fighter at 178 cm, 9 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Basilio169 cm

Pender178 cm183 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basilio and Pender?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Carmen Basilio and 48 bouts tracked for Paul Pender. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basilio79bouts

Pender48bouts

How They Win ↓

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