Max Baer seems enormous

You mean the way prime Max Baer didn’t let Primo Carnera off the hook?

 

I thought he was only a couple of inches shorter than Primo myself

 

He had him down 3 times in the first round, I think any heavyweight of a certain quality would have had Carnera out of there certainly inside 3 rounds.
Baer was shocking after the first round. It took him another 10 rounds, you talk about Wild he makes Wilder look like Joe Louis.

 

Well you’ve turned this round to focus on Primo, I’m simply commenting on Baer’s performance in there after round 1, in my opinion it was shocking.
He was sloppy, his punching technique was all over the place.
Carnera was the better boxer in there, but his pitter patter arm punches were never going to be a problem for the granite jawed Baer.
I’m no modernist, but if that was being fought today for the undisputed heavyweight championship of the world, we would seriously be debating the state of heavyweight boxing.

 

Ed Linn - Consider the facts. Primo Carnera was a muscle-bound glandular case with a glass jaw and a velvet punch; he became Heavyweight champion although in his entire career he won no more than a handful of fights on his own merits.

 

Baer's heart was never really into boxing. That was one of his biggest problems. He had plenty of raw talent and potential but never wet close to realizing it fully.

You can't see Liston's good defensive techniques on display? I shouldn't be surprised really.

Liston would be too much for Baer. At his best he could make it tough for Sonny for a while but Liston would finish over the top of him.

Go and place your vote in the Liston - Baer poll, he needs you.

 

Is Jack Dempsey going to have to get in Baer's face in the dressing room to make him come to the ring like he had to against Louis? (You can go out there and get knocked out like by Louis or get it right here for free!!?)

 

Neither was he six inches taller than Liston. Baer was a sloppy finisher with a telegraphed right hand .Chances are when he actually faces Sonny he quits like he did against Louis.

 

In the "instructional" video, Baer is actually losing his balance, falling all over the place while throwing power punches at slower-than-normal speed. Even moreso than he would in a ring. This is a true testament as to how amateurish Baer really is. A talented guy can "fake" his way through the punching mechanics if he goes fast enough. Speed patches holes. But when you ask him to slow down and break down each particular movement the talented guy, 99% of the time, starts doing the 3am Saturday Stagger while flailing his arms about. He just cant keep his footing.

 

Keen to see this interview.