Quote Originally Posted by The Game
but who is Jose Napoles and Carmen Basillo? Today's WW division is awesome and remember Cotto is joining at the end of the year.
Naoples was a great Cuban born Mexican Welterweight champ of the late 60's and 70's. The champion from 69 to 75, minus a meaningless cut eye defeat (before the no-contest rule, for cuts caused by headbutts), to Billy Backus; a defeat he quickly avenged.

He beat the best the division had to offer including Curtis Cokes (twice), Emile Griffith and Hedgemon Lewis.

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Carman Bassilo is probably best remembered for the series of fights he had at Middleweight against Ray Robinson. But he was probably at his best as a 147lber. Winning the World Title in 1955 against Tony DeMarco, his reign as Welterweight king was presonified in the excellent trilogy he had with Johnny Saxton, which he won 2/1.


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