Was Primo Carnera the worst heavyweight champ of all time?

Of the undisputed champs I'd probably say yes ,he was.

 

Up until the 1980's after then you have a crowd to choose from. Hmm? Do you think Ingemar Johansen could have beaten Primo?

 

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Charr?

 

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Yes.

Also, no.

 

Not even close.

While not one of the better lineal heavyweight champions, he is obviously streets ahead of guys like Leon Spinks and Shannon Briggs.

The weaker lineal champions, are the ones who did not do much apart from winning the lineal title, and Carnera clearly doesn't fall into this category.

 

As you couldn't miss Primo with a right hand I think Ingo ko's him at some point.

 

So you stole my video without letting me know your opinion?

30 secs in - What did you think of the way Carnera is able to keep his body fully tensed as he torqued away with devastating combinations? Something that is a real lost art in today's game.

 

No. Primo Carnera was not the worst heavyweight champion.

He won the title from a Hall of Famer (Sharkey), defended it against a Hall of Famer (Loughran), and lost it to a Hall of Famer (Baer).

I'd probably take Carnera over Braddock, over Willard, over Burns, over Corbett, over Fitzsimmons, over Jeffries, over Leon Spinks, over Michael Moorer, or any number of people.

Carnera wasn't an "easy out" as they say in baseball. Carnera legitimately outpointed Tommy Loughran, who was one of the best boxers of the first half of the 20th Century, because Carnera's size and physical strength was a factor. And you practically had to kill him to take him out. He didn't just take a seat when the going got tough, which some other champs couldn't say.

 

Corbett was worse.

 

Contrast and compare.

Joshua may look slightly faster in this clip than the Giant but that is because he isn't fully tensed up for maximum power like Primo.

Now let's look at the footwork. Joshua is very robotic. He doesn't move his feet at all. Primo on the other hand, was from one side of the ring to the other before you could blink, all while throwing combinations. Very impressive considering he is physically much larger than Joshua,

I think you are way off here, Mark.

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Of course, I was just speaking of Lineal champs.

Among paper champs, there were many who were worse than Carnera.

 

You could make that case.

I probably wouldn't, but you could make it.