bit of an odd ending and no wonder carmen threatened to smack the ref.i think fullmer was just to big for the onion man and would have always beaten him.carmen never weighed in much above the light-middle limit and fullmer was poison to most welters.
Basilio was mad about that stoppage but Carmen does admit that Fulmer was just to big and powerful for him. This content is protected
Basilio was as game as ever but Fullmer was just naturally so much physically the stronger man he was mauling Carmen badly there ,looked like that body shot nearly cut Basilio in half .Premature stoppage? Perhaps ,but Basilio would have complained if both his eyes were shut and his ribs busted, the word warrior was coined for him.