Max Schmeling vs. Primo Carnera

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  1. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    That's fair.
     
  2. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    Smart and methodical Max slowly takes him apart and knocks him out
     
  3. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Max outsmarts Lord Preem and slowly takes him apart with traps and counters with his right. Carnera hangs tough but is slowly beaten down and stopped around the 11th

    Carnera's jab gives some issues and presents some difficulties for Maxie but starts to give him more to counter with his right.
     
  4. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Carnera was the lord of boxing
     
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  5. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Max by brutal ,prolonged slaughter.
     
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  6. HOUDINI

    HOUDINI Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Schmeling wins but not without difficulty. Carnera boxes carefully and holds/mauls inside. However Max as he did with Louis continues to measure his opponent. Carnera is ahead mid fight as Schmelings power starts to dominate hurting Primo. Fight begins to be a gradual beat down as Max starts landing his right with regularity. Round 12 Primo is stopped with the bout even in terms of rounds won at that time.
     
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  7. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    Has everyone seen this doc on Max Schmeling? If you do watch it, you'll see why a Primo Carnera would/could never beat Schmeling.
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  8. robert ungurean

    robert ungurean Богдан Philadelphia Full Member

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    It really is a joke to me how highly people overestimate how good Carnera supposedly was.
     
  9. The Undefeated Lachbuster

    The Undefeated Lachbuster I check this every now and then Full Member

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    I'd favor Schmeling via UD for his skillset, but I wouldn't bet on it
     
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  10. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    Historical boxing revisionism at it's worst...along the lines of making Muhammad Ali into a devastating puncher,...and yet maintaining what a weak chin Joe Frazier had....you can't have both, like fresh and salty water coming from the same stream...unless you're a historical boxing revisionist, of course.
     
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  11. Jackomano

    Jackomano Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    50/50. Schmeling had the tools to beat Carnera and was very skilled, but Schmeling wasn't a very consistent fighter, since he was very hot and cold. Schmeling also had a bad habit of taking off rounds, which could cost him against Carnera and result in him walking into a fight ending uppercut.
     
  12. mrkoolkevin

    mrkoolkevin Never wrestle with pigs or argue with fools Full Member

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    Or making Schmeling into some kind of brilliant, highly-skilled ring genius...
     
  13. Tonto62

    Tonto62 Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    How many times did Carnera show this" fight ending uppercut?"
     
  14. red cobra

    red cobra VIP Member Full Member

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    No one is saying that...there's no evidence of that here in this forum anyway....but that video I posted reveals that Schmeling's skills set in that 1st Louis fight was quite impressive, and far beyond what some fans may have thought who were dependent only on relatively primitive b/w films of the late 20's and early 30's.
     
  15. janitor

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    Incidentally this fight almost happened while Schmeling was champion.

    In that time frame, it takes place slightly before Carnera's prime, which obviously favors Schmeling.