Kid Gavilan
vs.
Carmen Basilio
9/18/53

 

 

 

 

 

Here is the on-site program to the Kid Gavilan-Carmen Basilio world's welterweight championship fight... The fight took place on Sept. 18, 1953 at the War Memorial-Syracuse, New York... The program has multiple signatures including: Joe Louis, Rocky Graziano, Nat Fleischer, Norman Rothschild (promoter), Carmen Basilio and Kid Gavilan (simply signed "the Kid")... All signatures are in a blue ballpoint ink vintage to the date of the fight
measures: 8.5 x 11"
condition: vertical crease and top right corner crease front and
 back of program, pinhole top left corner, some minor staining on reverse
overall rates good

sold


 

  
 
 
 
 

CUBAN KEEPS TITLE ON SPLIT DECISION
Gavilan Rallies After Being Floored in Second Round and Outpoints Basilio
Kid Gavilan encountered the most stubborn and unlooked-for opposition in the defense of his welterweight championship of the world against Carmen Basilio of near-by Canastota tonight. The Cuban from Camaguey gained the decision all right, after fifteen rounds of torrid battling, but the award was a split one and was unpopular with the bitterly partisan crowd. The onlookers, some 7,500 in number, were virtually unanimous in belief  that their favorite had won, and for a time the referee, George Walsh, appeared in danger of an attack. Some of the more irate Basilio sympathizers in the Syracuse War Memorial Auditorium tried to "get" Walsh as he left the ring but he received excellent protection and was untouched.
The New York Times-Sept. 19, 1953

  
 
 
 

 

 

fighttoys.com
home page