Why was Primo Carnera called the Ambling Alp?

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    And why is it said that he couldn't punch when he had a very high KO percentage?
     
  2. swagdelfadeel

    swagdelfadeel Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Because most his kos were either dives, or against laughably outmatched opposition. You can plainly see, on film that he was a featherfist. Never fails to make me laugh when someone as muscular, and built as that hits like a powderpuff.
     
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  3. Marvelous_Iron

    Marvelous_Iron Active Member Full Member

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    Because ambling implies slow movement, and alp implies a tall height referencing the alps which are a mountain range in Italy, Carnera was a slow moving tall Italian
     
  4. GoldenHulk

    GoldenHulk Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He could have been managed by Rick Elvis Parker if Parker was alive at the time.:cool:
     
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  5. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Because he was big and Italian, and the Alps are big and Italian. Also he was ambling.
     
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    Shay Sonya The REAL Wonder Woman! Full Member

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  7. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    He looked fleet footed to me
     
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  8. catchwtboxing

    catchwtboxing Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Well, yeah, for an Alp.
     
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  9. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Excellent answer..
     
  10. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    He was tall and he ambled.

    Simples!
     
  11. Saintpat

    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    It’s short for The Ambling Alpine Skier … Primo was a G on the slopes.
     
  12. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    Saintpat Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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  14. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    True to form, Floyd kept getting back up and he wore no disguise during his leisure pursuit.

    All credit to him.

    Did anyone notice an oversized hand reach out from under the snow to cause Floyd’s first fall?

    Maybe I’m just imagining it.

    Floyd had a private pilots licence also.

    Not that there’s any correlation or common ground between the required skillets, but after watching Floyd ski/skate and crash, I would probably think twice before agreeing to be one of his passengers.

    When planes crash, odds are, no one is getting back up. :lol:
     
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  15. Pugguy

    Pugguy Ingo, The Thinking Man’s GOAT Full Member

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    Primo was also called Satchel Feet. That’s yet another head scratcher. :D