Primo Carnera vs David Haye

Haye would probably knocked Carnera down a few times but I think Carnera would outlast him.
Late stoppage for Carnera.

 

Honestly, if Carnera were around today, he would probably be the consensus #3 heavyweight.

 

Given Carnera was knocked out and dominated by Louis and Baer, I don't fancy his chances against Haye. Who's the third best puncher he faced?

I do think he's generally been a tad underrated but this style isn't for him

In terms of wins Carnera's resume is pretty average isn't it? There's also the question marks of which fights were on the level and which ones weren't

 

:rofl
Holy ****. In the first post. That was more like ESB steaming of the century.

 

Valuev was much bigger than Carnera and likely better. Wlad had crippling power whicl Primo had little. I see Haye, who I am no fan of, winning easily.

 

Haye knocks out Carnera. too quick, sharp and powerful.

 

I think Carnera's chin gets a bum wrap much like Frazier's chin does; look who knocked the **** out of them... Yeah, they got dropped and stopped, but look who was hitting them. That didn't happen normally, but against some of the best and hardest punchers ever, I don't blame them for falling down repeatedly...

In Frazier, he was dropped by Bonavena, who wasn't necessarily a knockout puncher, but a heavy, hard puncher to be sure. Foreman goes without saying.

Carnera was beaten from pillar to post against Baer, who is arguably on par with Foreman in terms of power. The other was Louis, who again, goes without saying.

I'm not making a case for Carnera being great, but I am making a case for him being underrated.