On November 30, 1955, Carmen Basilio (47-11-7, 21 KOs), the welterweight The Ring champion, defends his title against former world champion Tony DeMarco (47-6-1, 30 KOs).
Carmen Basilio is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Gil Turner, 2 months and 23 days ago. Tony DeMarco is on a 1-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Chico Vejar, 2 months and 16 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Carmen Basilio at 99-1 winning odds. Tony DeMarco really doesn't have much to present against Basilio.
In the rematch, Carmen Basilio stopped Tony DeMarco via TKO in the 12th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his The Ring welterweight title. Basilio improves his record to 48-11-7 (22 KOs), while DeMarco adds a loss to his record at 47-7-1.