This Day in Boxing Carmen Basilio Beats Gaspar Ortega This Day January 7, 1961 SteveJanuary 7, 2018, 6:36 amJanuary 7, 2018 107 Facebook Twitter Google+ Carmen Basilio Beats Gaspar Ortega This Day January 7, 1961 Carmen Basilio 159 Gaspar Ortega 149½ Madison Square Garden, New York UD 10/10 referee: Al Berl 6-4 judges: Leo Birnbaum 6-4 | Joe Eppy 5-4 Previous ArticleMike Tyson Look-A-Like Floyd Patterson Stops Troy This Day January 7, 1955Next ArticleMike Tyson Mentor Cus D’amato gives HYPNOTISM Demonstration Before Liston Fight