What size gloves did Max Baer vs. Primo Carnera have in the fight?

Carnera to the moon!

 

The further info referee to special gloves to fit his enormous hands-that makes sense.
But nowhere does that show what you describe, that the Baer camp insisted upon gloves that weigh one pound just for Carnera-nor does it mention the weight of the gloves.

Please provide a hyperlink to any information supporting that claim.
I am happy to be shown that, but many folks believe things that are taken on rumor or faith.
Any news story will do, thanks.

 

Does it?

Didn't Willard have 14in fists just the same as Carnera? Did he need bigger gloves?

 

You may be correct, a quick Google search yielded this: [url]https://www.google.com/search?client=firefox-b-1-d&q=prino+carnera+fist+size[/url]

It is amazing that Liston at just over 6' & without any form of giganticism could have the largest fists!
The size of his hands & width he had at the shoulders makes the extemely unusual + 11 & a 1/2" "ape factor" of a 7' wingspan within the bounds of plausibility.

 

They are HUGE.
I honestly thought you'd used some smart software there for a minute to give him cartoon-sized white gloves ! But it's legit, isn't it, not a reznick production. It's crazy .... and there I was thinking Carnera was fixed to win fights.

 

No that would never have happened. In a title fight, Its most likely a tailored glove to fit his hand would have been made..but the stuffing over the knuckles would have been weighed to match that of the opponents glove.

admittedly it looks Carnera was made to wear balloon gloves against Gains.

 

They look like pillows.

 

If software was that good, I'd replace Foreman's gloves with sledgehammers.

 

Can we find any more info on this?

Could Baer's team really convince the then current champion to use heavier gloves?

 

Checking the next day reports, there does some to be some questions around the fairness of the decsion.

Gains was the British Empire champion, so he was somewhat of the home fighter.

 

If that was true, yes Primo would have been handicapped.

But a larger glove might not mean 16oz mits. It might just mean a larger 6oz glove.

 

Where's the article that mentions he wore 16oz gloves ?

 

Felt the need to do some digging on this one.

There actually was a debate about the size of Carnera's gloves, because if they were the standard 6 ounces they would be stretched "skintight" over his massive hands. Baer's people insisted that both fighters should have the same amount of padding over the knuckles, irrespective of the weight of the gloves.

Seems to have been resolved with custom-made gloves which weighed only 6 ounces despite being a foot long.

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Thank you! Always great when primary sources are used to back up assertions.