Carnera was 270 lbs professional athlete, he could kill a man accidentally with arm punch, WTF?

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  1. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Carnera went toe to toe with Hercules. Who else did that? Who, I say WHO!

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  2. Gazelle Punch

    Gazelle Punch Boxing Addict Full Member

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    He kind of got knocked the F out
     
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  3. FrankinDallas

    FrankinDallas FRANKINAUSTIN

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    Yes, he was fighting HERCULES, son of Zeus. You think Wilder or Joshua or Fury could go 2 rounds with the big H and survive? I think not.
     
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  4. fists of fury

    fists of fury Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As has already been said, Primo rarely sat down on his punches or used much leverage.
    But he was a large human being, so...
    He could have certainly knocked my block off.
     
  5. Entaowed

    Entaowed Boxing Addict banned Full Member

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    Folks got it, I will just at that he had a form of Giganticism, had a massive bone structure, & literally was a circus strongman.
    He was possibly stronger than most any modern HW who benefits from modern weight training & often enough PEDs.

    That does not mean he had proportionate punching power.
     
  6. Kamikaze

    Kamikaze Bye for now! banned Full Member

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    Carnera looked oddly unmuscular... obviously past prime no one was his equal in his prime.
     
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  7. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Did you forget to take your meds again mark?
     
  8. George Crowcroft

    George Crowcroft He Who Saw The Deep Full Member

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    Why are people making out that Carnera couldn't crack an egg?
     
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  9. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    The uppercut Douglas hit Tyson with was devastating you could see the impact and his body mechanics were far better than Primo`s, Tyson took harder uppercuts off Ruddock who was a far harder4r puncher than Primo.
     
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  10. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    I hope you`re talkng about the title I wrote here.
     
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  11. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Andre the giant went toe to toe with Chuck Norris. Who else could do that? Who, I say WHO?!
     
  12. mark ant

    mark ant Canelo was never athletic Full Member

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    Bruce Lee would have kicked his butt.
     
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  13. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Probably below average power for his size.
     
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  14. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Primo reminds me of a Supersized Maxie Rosenbloom. Alot of people said Slapsie Maxie couldn't hit with much force. They were right. Same thing applied to Carnera except he can't box too good either.
    One time one of Primo's setups wouldn't agree to lose. So the boys spiked his drink before the fight. I bet that guy can't tell us either. He was feeling no pain.
     
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  15. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Andre was also Sasquatch and Lee Majors ripped his arm off and beat him with it. Great TV
     
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