Was Carnera at his best when he defended against Uzcudun?

I honestly don’t see how anyone can watch the snippet from vitali fighting Chris Arreola fight and then watch Carnera vs Paulino Uzcudun and think the fighters in the newer fight are on some higher echelon!

Watch the two clips Reznick put up here!

Seems to me there is an ingrained, outdated opinion (based largely on Bud Schulbergs film about a fraudulent giant champion) where far too much unchallenged personal investment allowed society to convince itself it was true.

 

Watch him :13-15 seconds

He throws an ugly right hand with no body torque or bend of the knees to generate power. He follows it up by just standing there like a sitting duck, then throws an ugly left hand that some might call a left slap. It was telegraphed, wide, and slow.


Listen, you and I will never agree on carnera. I watch guys like Joshua, Klitschko, Lewis, Bowe, Fury.....these are legitimate good fighters who are suoerheavyweights. Carnera doesn't even compare to these guys in anyway shape or form

 

Vitali knocks carnera out whenever he chooses

 

Vitali hit hard and was accurate. Durable, brave. A good SHW champion yes. But I don’t see room to ridicule Primo for pure boxing in relation to Vitali. Not if Vitali was that good doing the stuff he did.

If you don’t like Primo, how can you like a Klitschko? It just seems sacrilege.

 

You compared carnera to vitali, he would kill carnera

 

The gall of you accusing someone else of not presenting objective analysis regarding Primo Carnera! Look, I'm tired of criticizing Primo's many obvious shortcomings, and demonstrating them through fight footage. It's boring and pointless. Your repeated fantasies about Primo as a smart technician who used intelligent footwork, subtle head movement, and sharp punching are so far afield that they're hard to engage seriously and substantively. I'll leave it to SuzieQ.

 

That ugly, no-leverage right was probably the most glaring item in the entire clip. The slow, awkward combination at the end stood out as well.

 

I compared the level of boxing. It was lower in the Arreola fight than in the Primo fight. And it is obvious.

 

Of course it is possible, but that is not the point.

Some people claiming that Vitally is on another plane from a technical standpoint, and I'm afraid that simply isn't the case!

 

Which exactly Carnera was not! He had thick arms and should have made better use of it resulting in more applied power. As I said before, its not easy to move a BMI = 30 body around the ring fluidly, so I don´t knock on him for that. But in comparsion, he did not move well. For beeing so tall, he shouldn´t get hit that easily. That definately was a flaw.