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Boxing’s top 10 hard men: number four

Our list of the toughest men in the history of the sport

John Dennen

2nd August, 2015

4. Carmen Basilio

Short, stocky and seriously tough, former two weight world champ Basilio had 79 fights and only Fullmer (at number seven) stopped him – twice, and late on in middleweight title fights. Basilio also boxed Robinson, Gavilan, DeMarco, Saxton, Pender…

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