Carnera v Impelletiere

But wasn't Foreman also a much better puncher than Carnera?

Also, this was just a purely random example. There are tons out there like:
Joe Louis vs. Tommy Farr
Frazier vs. Johnson
Tyson vs. Tillis
Liston vs. Whitehurt
etc, etc

Basically you can go into anyones record, and find a match that went the distance when it shouldn't have. Sure, there are always reasons why, as there are in the Carnera example, but where to draw the line on that I'm not clear on. And Carnera is not an elite puncher like the guys I listed.

I always find it tricky to find a single strand of logic in boxing that can survive the scrutiny. It's more apparent to me that each match is a web of variables. It's what makes the sport hard to predict.

Carnera should've knocked him out. But that fact that he didn't isn't puzzling.

 

I agree.
But I'd say the same about plenty of other KOs records too.
It's almost the norm rather than the exception.

 

My question is ,where is the power that saw Carnera score 77kos for a 69% ko ?
Where is that dynamite that ko'd Sharkey?
Impelletiere went on to have a further 6 fights over the course of the next year losing 3 of them and finally called it quits after being stopped by light punching183lbs Bob Pastor, who floored him twice enroute to a tko win.

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Where do you think the "power" was ? How many lists of all time heavyweight punchers have you seen w Carrera's name on it despite the 77 KO's ... do you know Impelletiere, who did well here for a while was all of 7-3 coming into the fight .. Primo was huge, strong, well conditioned, had a ton of heart but was completely a second rate fighter at best ..

 

Maybe he was wearing the cuffs against Impellitere?
Could have finished him earlier but had to carry him to please the mob?

 

Agreed.