Better All-Around Fighter: Primo Carnera or Riddick Bowe?

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Who was the better all-around fighter, Primo Carnera or Riddick Bowe?

  1. Primo Carnera

  2. Riddick Bowe

  3. They were equally good all-around fighters

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  1. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Carnera could not have knocked Holy out.
     
    mark ant, Nov 17, 2019
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  2. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    How many jabs do you think Carnera would have caught Holy with?
     
    mark ant, Nov 17, 2019
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  3. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    STOP
     
    roughdiamond, Nov 17, 2019
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  4. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Or could he???
     
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  5. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Carnera's jab would have been unerring against the Holy one.
     
    InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Nov 17, 2019
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  6. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Some of you people live completely within a cloud of fantasy.
     
    Seamus, Nov 17, 2019
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  7. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    103 PAGES ON CARNERA AND BOWE?????? WHAT AM I MISSING?
     
    The Morlocks, Nov 17, 2019
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  8. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Neither would cope well with his workrate or clinch game. You can't just jab n grab a guy with Bowe's inside game.
     
    escudo, Nov 17, 2019
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  9. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    You should ask your fellow Primo-voters! :lol:
     
    mrkoolkevin, Nov 18, 2019
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  10. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I view it as a hilarious satire of boxing fandom.
     
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  11. WAR01

    WAR01 In the 7.2% Full Member

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    Saint Primo is the most statistically powerful heavyweight champion ever and the most holy fighter to ever live.
     
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  12. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Well...there are folks who claim he’s a better outside fighter than Riddick Bowe.
     
    mrkoolkevin, Nov 22, 2019
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    reznick In the 7.2% Full Member

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    If there’s a bustle in your hedgerow, don’t be alarmed now.
     
    reznick, Nov 22, 2019
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  14. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    You ready to bend the knee and change your vote to Sir Riddick of Brownsville?
     
    mrkoolkevin, Nov 22, 2019
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  15. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I know right. How can people not see Carnera's clear superiority??? You think Carnera would have had a trilogy with some guy called Holyfield??? LOL.....Carnera would have sparked Holyfield in 1!! Probably would have beat Bowe and Holyfield in the same night! AMIRITE??
     
    InMemoryofJakeLamotta, Nov 22, 2019
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