Boxing in a Harlem gym ... Robinson resumed the pattern later that year, this time with 5-foot-6 Carmen Basilio, who was five inches shorter than Robinson. Sugar Ray cut open Basilio's eye ...
Former boxing champion Carmen Basilio, who lived for years in Irondequoit, fought at Red Wing Stadium in 1949. Baseball historian Priscilla Astifan of Webster said she "fell in love with baseball ...