Carmen Basilio is a swaggering young (26) ex-marine with the biceps of a riveter and the combative instincts of a Brahma bull. As a prizefighter, he has won 36 out of 51 professional fights, and out ...

MIAMI, Feb. 14 -- Former welterweight champion Kid Gavilan, one of the first members of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, has died. He was 77. Gavilan died Thursday of a heart attack at a Miami ...

Charles Pierce (“Chuck”) Davey is well educated (an M.A. in education from Michigan State), well built (147 Ibs., 5 ft. 8½ in.), and he was well ballyhooed as an up & coming boxer. Turning pro in 1949 ...