I didn't know Primo Carnera was so huge

Why the hell would you extrapolate that from his size? You were just recently alive during the Nikolai Valuev era.

 

Right hands are nothing against a good grappler or wrestler

 

When he held the title he was obviously the best on paper.

Even in hindsight, I doubt that there could have been more than two better heavyweights, who were active at the time.

Either way, if you are the undisputed heavyweight champion, you are unlikely to have more success doing anything else!

 

The rankings when Carnera was champion, with the men he beat highlighted in red:

1933
Primo Carnera, Champion

1. Max Baer
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4. Max Schmeling
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6. Patsy Perroni
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8. Charley Massare
9. Steve Hamas
10. Lee Ramage

 

Yes, the ankle injury screwed him as a fighter. He also suffered from acromegaly, so he could have never been as mobile and fluid as a modern SHW without a medical condition. He loved being a circus strongman and a pro wrestler more than being a fighter, but he had freakish strength .

 

That’s only if the grappler manages to wrap the boxer up. I’ve seen Judokas, wrestlers, and sambo practictioners, etc... get knocked flat before by right hands.

 

260 was actually on the low end for him and he weighed 284 -not fat- in this photo of his fight with Stribling:

https://www.thefightcity.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/111Carnera-Stribling777.jpg

If you look at boxrec there's a general downward trend in his weight in the first few years of his career and he actually appears to have trained down for boxing.

 

This. Most definitely. You never want to voluntarily go to the ground in a street fight. I’ve seen guys get their heads stomped on and taken away in an ambulance. Having had several boxers for roommates in the past they can definitely jack up several opponents. Non boxers really underestimate how fast boxers can get their punches off.

One of my former roommates, who used to fight at 168 knocked a guy out and his Rottweiler before either knew what hit them. If only he showed that type of eagerness in his official boxing matches.

My trainer has a black belt in both Judo and Jiu-Jitsu, but still prefers boxing in a street fight. However, grappling ability really comes in handy when trying to escape someone’s clinch or grip and also when someone’s too close a lapel grab is great for catching people off guard and getting them off balance.

Here is a former fighter fighting multiple opponents.

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Here is another.

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I agree with you BUT in a case where your rival does not how to wrest . actually everybody more or less know a bit of punches but few people know about wrestling or grappling, you can put a guy to sleep in 1 or 2 minutes but without blood.
The striker has a chance of the knock out, but generally it's 30% of the cases, 70% of times a good wrestler/ grappler beats a good hitter, it's simple how to cut the distance and grab him and start the job of killing his resistance on the floor and the likely ending is that he will be finished by arm lever, triangle, guillotine, mata león (rear naked choke). and probably finally he will get unconscious on the floor.
and khabib is the perfect example of this.

 

My trainer is 5 dan of judo and black belt in japanese jiu jitsu too. And a boxer has no chance against a good judoka, jiu jitsu fighter in a street fight, no better chance than a lucky ko punch.
I train boxing and i train grappling. The 70% of the time the guy who dominate the fight in the floor will win

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Yes.it is the only department where the striking is better than wrestling/grappling. But i am talking 1 vs 1 obviously 1vs 5 is not a fair fight so i can use a gun 45 too lol