Editing Carmen Basilio (section)

==Post-boxing life==
After his retirement, Basilio worked for a time at the [[Genesee Brewing Company|Genesee Brewery]] in Rochester, NY. Later Carmen, a high-school dropout, taught physical education at Le Moyne College in Syracuse.<ref>"Carmen Basilio Dies at 85; Took Title From Robinson" NYTimes November 7, 2012</ref> Basilio, who was also a member of the [[United States Marine Corps]] at one point in his life, was able to enjoy his retirement. Carmen was associated with a sausage company, frequently confused with a separate sausage company run by his brother Paul, for which he was a salesman.

During the 1970s, his nephew [[Billy Backus]] became world welterweight champion after having a shaky start to his own boxing career, and Basilio declared on the day that Backus became champion that, to him, Billy's winning the title was better than his winning it himself.

In 1990, Ed Brophy decided to build the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]] in [[Canastota, New York]], to honor the two world champions who were born there: Basilio and his nephew. Although Backus isn't a member of the Hall of Fame, Basilio is, along with many of the fighters he met inside the ring.

In the late 1990s, Basilio became seriously ill, requiring [[coronary artery bypass surgery|triple bypass heart surgery]]. Doctors were able to repair his heart.

Basilio was interviewed for an HBO documentary on Sugar Ray Robinson called "The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion". He mentioned that although he respected Robinson's talents in the ring, he did not like him as a person.

In 2010, "Title Town USA, Boxing in Upstate New York" by historian Mark Allen Baker was published by The History Press in 2010 and identifies Canastota as the epicenter of Upstate New York's rich boxing heritage. The book includes chapters on both Carmen Basilio  and Billy Backus. The introduction was written by Edward P. Brophy Executive Director of the [[International Boxing Hall of Fame]]. He died aged 85 in 2012, and is survived by his wife Josephine Basilio.<ref name=obit>{{cite news|author=John Rawling |url=https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/nov/09/carmen-basilio |title=Carmen Basilio obituary &#124; Sport |newspaper=The Guardian |date= November 9, 2012|access-date=November 11, 2012 |location=London}}</ref>