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Carmen Basilio vs Sonny Jim Hampton — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Carmen Basilio

Sonny Jim Hampton

Carmen Basilio (56-16-7) and Sonny Jim Hampton (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 1 common opponent.

Basilio

56

Wins27 KO · 48%

16

Losses

7

Draws79 tracked bouts

Hampton

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 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 Sonny Jim Hampton have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.

Carmen Basilio and Sonny Jim Hampton have met 1 time; Basilio leads 1–0.
Met1950Jan 10Series
Carmen BasilioFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sonny Jim HamptonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Basilio 4 · Hampton 1 of 5 measurable rows
BasilioHampton
Record†
56-16-7 (edge)0-2
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§not comparable
6.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 79
79
2

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

Carmen Basilio left, Sonny Jim Hampton 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%

Sonny Jim Hampton0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Sonny Jim Hampton: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Hampton yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Carmen Basilio 79, Sonny Jim Hampton 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Basilio better on 1

Basilio

Opponent

Hampton

  • Carmen Basilio

    1–1–1 against

    Draw, SD

    1953

    Win, UD

    1953

    Loss, UD

    1952

    GrahamBasilio better

    Sonny Jim Hampton

    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

Sonny Jim Hampton last boxed on Jan 10, 1950 — 28,045 days ago. Hampton had lost two straight.LL

Graham Jun 1949Basilio Jan 1950

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Carmen Basilio and Sonny Jim Hampton ever fought each other?
Yes. Carmen Basilio and Sonny Jim Hampton met once on January 10, 1950, and Carmen Basilio won by UD.
The meeting

WJan 10, 1950 · Basilio · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Basilio or Hampton?
Carmen Basilio is 56-16-7 and Sonny Jim Hampton is 0-2 across the 2 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%

Hampton0–20%

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

Basilio2748.2%

Hampton0

The Numbers ↓
Do Basilio and Hampton have any common opponents?
Carmen Basilio and Sonny Jim Hampton share 1 common opponent: Billy Graham. Carmen Basilio fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Billy Graham1–1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Basilio and Hampton?
This comparison is drawn from 79 bouts tracked for Carmen Basilio and 2 bouts tracked for Sonny Jim Hampton. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Basilio79bouts

Hampton2bouts

How They Win ↓

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