BillyC harsh statement

[dallen]

Listening to the radio program the other day i was shocked at BillyC running down Tony at Grazianos.The poor guy only surface once a year at the Hall of Fame weekend,from his coffin in the basement at Grazianos.Checks the till reciepts and then it back to the comfort of his coffin dyeing his hair ready for next year.So shame on you BillyC,give the guy a break.

[davemurphy]

LOL, yeah, I heard him say and was wondering what the hell Tony did to piss him off He's not the only one though, here's something my friend John Gaetano posted to our website awhile back:

At HOF we all hang out at Graziano's Bar/Resturant across the street from the Boxing HOF. The place is run by Tony Graziano, who used to be a fight manager.

I was reading Carmen Basilio's book (bought at HOF) today and there was a story in there about when Carmen's nephew Billy Backus, a former Welterweight Champ himself, was fighting Hedgeman Lewis in Syracuse (sometime in the 1970's).

Backus was getting beat pretty good by Lewis, and Basilio went to ringside and yelled to Billy's cornerman to "tell the kid to move to his right". Tony Graziano told Carmen to "mind his own business" and Carmen proceeded to deck him with a right hand, knocking him out. Knowing Tony somewhat from being in his bar, and the fact that he's a somewhat arrogant guy, I thought that was funny. Way to go Carmen!!!!