Middleweight boxing champion Sugar Ray Robinson defends his title vs. Carmen Basilio in a fifteen round match at New York's Yankee Stadium. Basilio took the crown from Robinson on a close fifteen round decision. The fight opening plus rounds nine, eleven, and fifteen are heard. Basilio is interviewed after the fight.
The announcers are Winn Elliott and Don Dunphy.
January 4, 1953 - August 30, 1970
Long-running religious series shared a time slot with FRONTIERS OF FAITH and THE ETERNAL LIGHT. Produced by NBC in cooperation with the National Council of Catholic Men.
Don Dunphy interviews middleweight boxing champion Carmen Basilio...a rare side of
Basilio one seldom gets to hear in this half hour interview.
The only one-on-one television interview he is known for accepting. The other a 1957 TV interview with Mike Wallace on "The Mike Wallace Interview."
Host: Don Dunphy.