On June 10, 1955, Tony DeMarco (46-5-1, 29 KOs), the welterweight The Ring champion, defends his title against fellow American challenger, Carmen Basilio (44-11-7, 20 KOs).
Tony DeMarco is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate; his last fight was a 14th round TKO victory over Johnny Saxton, 2 months and 9 days ago. Carmen Basilio is on a 8-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Peter Müller, 4 months and 20 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.6-2.4 in favor of Carmen Basilio. Tony DeMarco won't be able to do much against Basilio.
Carmen Basilio stopped the champion via TKO in the 12th round of the 15-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new The Ring welterweight champion. Basilio improves his record to 45-11-7 (21 KOs), while DeMarco adds a loss to his record at 46-6-1.