Word: canastota
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Auditorium, he moved in and traded punches with Challenger Carmen Basilio. By the time he backed off and tried to defend himself, he was so beaten up he had nothing left. In the ninth round Basilio pounded him senseless. While Saxton was being lugged to his corner, the onetime Canastota (N.Y.) onion farmer knelt in mid-ring to give a prayer of thanks for the title...
...champion's corner, only Basilio himself seemed unconcerned. The one-time onion farmer from Canastota, N.Y. had taken the title away from DeMarco with a twelfth-round technical knockout last June; he saw no reason why he could not do as well again...
...pier-six brawl in Syracuse, N.Y., Carmen Basilio. 28. sharp-featured son of a Canastota. N.Y.. onion farmer, spent twelve rounds trading punches with Welterweight Champion Tony De Marco before he battered the stubborn Bostonian senseless and stumbled off with the title...