What are the best champs in the middleweight divison that Basilio beats

[rightsideup]

He beat a late 30's sugar Ray Robinson lost to him in a split verdict thereafter and then lost a shot at the title to fulmer. Who is the biggest name you can see him beating at middleweight?

[JimEarl]

I don't quite think I can see him beating Monzon, Hearns, Haggler, Hopkins or Leonard.

Cotto / Basilio would have been interesting as would have Mart�nez / Basilio.

Tiger, Benvenuti, Griffith, Jackson & Giardello I might have picked him against. I think his best weight would have been at 147 actually.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Jermaine taylor

[The Old LefHook]

He beat a late 30's sugar Ray Robinson lost to him in a split verdict thereafter and then lost a shot at the title to fulmer. Who is the biggest name you can see him beating at middleweight?

Who he can for sure or probably take is Cotto, Taylor, Martinez, Benvenuti, Pavlik, Giardello, Pender, Downes, Corro, Keith Holmes, Minter, Trinidad, Joppy, Sturm, Castillejo, Geale, Jacobs, Abraham, Sylvester, Barker, Soliman, Andy Lee, and probably a whole host of the names I can barely recall.

Carmen was a monster. He had special motivation for Robinson. The middleweight Basilio vs the middleweight Duran would have been a great fight.

[rightsideup]

Who he can for sure or probably take is Cotto, Taylor, Martinez, Benvenuti, Pavlik, Giardello, Pender, Downes, Corro, Keith Holmes, Minter, Trinidad, Joppy, Sturm, Castillejo, Geale, Jacobs, Abraham, Sylvester, Barker, Soliman, Andy Lee, and probably a whole host of the names I can barely recall.

Carmen was a monster. He had special motivation for Robinson. The middleweight Basilio vs the middleweight Duran would have been a great fight.

the robinson fights were huge should have been a rubber match.

[JimEarl]

the robinson fights were huge should have been a rubber match.

Certainly should have. Both the 1st two were FOTYs. There was some talk of the mob wanting to get involved but Carmen always claimed that Robinson just didn't want to come out and play anymore.

[The Old LefHook]

the robinson fights were huge should have been a rubber match.

It was hard to get rubber matches, since Robinson kept losing the crown every time he tried to defend it. He was good at taking the crown back, not so good at defending it.