Was Primo Carnera trained down?

Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Sting like a bean, Dec 27, 2018.


  1. mcvey

    mcvey VIP Member Full Member

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    No ,Liston had beaten a rake of rated contenders Solis had not and he was a soft bodied guy who was never in top shape . Who has either Breazeale or Chisora beaten who were themselves world class?
     
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  2. lufcrazy

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    I know you've already said that. Doesn't mean I was any less certain that Solis would do a number on Vitali. I was wrong, I'm OK admitting that.

    Brezeale has a decent fringe resume. I think Eric Molina might have been ranked at some point but I CBA checking back. Mansour was a decent win but again I don't know if he was ever ranked. Brezeale is a very much fringe guy himself but he dips in and out of the top ten therefore I consider him world class.

    Chisora probably gets more recognition for the men he didn't beat than anything else such as Helenius, Pulev and Whyte. But that being said I think the win over Takam is the one that sent him into the top ten of the world.

    Either way it isn't me who ranks these men in the top ten, I don't have enough interest to compile my own rankings, I tend to follow the TBRB or the Ring rankings and anyone they put in the top ten is world class in my book.
     
  3. mcvey

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    Each to their own criteria.