Rocky Marciano vs Primo Carnera

I love it!

 

Ouch!!
Maybe his discovery of footage Carnera “killing” Schaff with a single left jab caused this 180 degree turn?

 

Must be trolling...

 

TBH this is the kind of stuff that is turning away posters.
The constant Carnera dribble. The guy was a mob made and created Champ who fought how many fights on the level??
Did he ever legit beat a good fighter??
Come on now

 

Louis, Moore, Walcott all great uppercuts and jabs. And you debunked NOTHING but in your own mind. At this point I’m assuming you’re trolling. Especially considering last comments. Won’t waste time here.

 

Well, this is one of the biggest Boxing forums (from what I know, anyway) so the controversy bringing traffic would be good for the site admins / owners. I can't blame them much in that regard. Considering that it is usually just McGrain himself that mods Classic, I think he does a good job, not being overly harsh or lenient. Some other Boxing forums do have separate sections for H2H, and it works very well for users like us, but it leaves the main pages with slower traffic. Most users who come to forums never interact with the content, so maybe the lurkers just like laughing at Primo.

 

Carnera is indeed dominating the forum now.

Why?

Because first they ignored him. Then they laughed at him. Then they fought him. And now he’s winning.

Whether you’re still stuck in Budd Schulberg’s alternate reality or not, Carnera’s reputation as a fighter is finally entering a resurgence.

His largest detractors are now using antiquated arguments that have been largely disproven by a generation of crowd sourcing amateur historians. They hold less power because we now have access to all the information, and have done the research.

Just this week we’ve discovered that Carnera fought the most 200lb+ men of any lineal HW in the history of boxing. Effectively disarming another long held trope about Carnera being a weight bully.

In this very thread, a great detractor of his has set his sights on using Carnera to disparage another great HW, by citing his SHW qualities such as height and reach. Qualities that he was formerly accused of not utilizing compared to his modern contemporaries.

It’s all progress. The truth comes out in the end. And that’s what we’re witnessing here.

 

I’ve contemplated this before and I go back and forth. On the surface Carnera seems like the type of fighter Rocky should destroy but when we take into account the colossal physical advantages, it might not work out that way

 

Excellent way to put it. My thoughts exactly. On paper, Rocky should take this. But he's giving up some very significant physical advantages. Such as over a half foot in height, 80 or so pounds, etc. And for all that Carnera's the better boxer, is more athletic, etc. I might just about favor Rocky as he was more proven at world-class and I never thought much of Carnera, but honestly he should avoid this fight like the plague.

 

OK you guys have done it. Chairman of the Club of the greatest scuffler out there is right now totally confused.

 

So how come Marciano was never mob controlled? He was Italian American and the mob was still around when he became champ?

 

They were all 38