Monday, September 1, 2014

Carmen Basilio vs Tony DeMarco

                               Tony DeMarco vs. Carmen Basilio 

By kiki

On a Friday night during the summer of 1955, Connie and I dropped payments at Kurley's and Birks, ate a burger at Pop's 'Monke-Uddle' on Kern Ave in East Lost Angeles, and then took a stroll down Whittier Blvd. to do some window shopping. 

We came upon a small crowd of people that were screaming and hollering in front of an appliance store; we walked up to the crowd to see what it was all about, well, the crowd was screaming and hollering because they were witnessing on a black and white TV through the window of the appliance store one of the greatest action fights of the 20th Century. Basilio won by a 12th round KO.

                                Tony DeMarco vs. Carmen Basilio 

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