How good of a boxer was Primo Carnera?

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I feel Primo was one of the worst heavyweight champs in history, but was he really that bad?
     
    mark ant, Oct 25, 2019
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  2. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Great thread concept Mark!
     
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  3. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    lol!
     
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    Bukkake Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I believe he mastered "The Shift"... so he can't be all bad.
     
    Bukkake, Oct 25, 2019
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  5. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Better than Bowe...
     
    George Crowcroft, Oct 25, 2019
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    'The lost art of Primo Carnera'

    *Epic music plays, over dramatic montage begins*
     
    roughdiamond, Oct 25, 2019
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    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    This already has more responses than Gonzalez vs Carbajal...
     
    roughdiamond, Oct 25, 2019
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  8. Ken Ashcroft

    Ken Ashcroft Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Probably better boxer than Jess Willard.
     
    Ken Ashcroft, Oct 25, 2019
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  9. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Best pure boxer I ever saw. He had an educated left jab. At 6-5 he could control anyone from the outside. Very, very cocky and confident. The good solid right hand behind that jab. Nobody could beat this guy when he was on his game. Ask Jack Sharkey.
     
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  10. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster On the Italian agenda Full Member

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    You even question Godfather Preem's skills? He had the dexterity of jello and showed defensive genius against a Kangaroo
     
    The Undefeated Lachbuster, Oct 25, 2019
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    That video genuinely really annoyed me. Everyone was loving what was horrendous and cruel.

    I wish they had put him in with stiffer competition after that, and quite literally fed him to the Tigers.
     
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    Oh yes, he was silky smooth, his jab was like a well oiled piston with pin point accuracy.

    His recorded fights are like gold dust
     
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    Yes,what a novel idea!
     
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    It has been said that the 1956 movie, The Harder They Fall, starring Humphrey Bogart, was a depiction of Primo Carnera. Toro Moreno is supposed to be Carnera.
     
    Richard M Murrieta, Oct 25, 2019
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    I think Alan Minter boxed a kangaroo too, about 50 years after Primo Carnera did it!
     
    Gudetama, Oct 25, 2019
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