Primo Carnera

“The Ambling Alp”

Boxing · Deceased

88-14-0 (1 NC)RECORD

72WINS BY KO / TKO

16WINS BY DECISION

103PRO FIGHTS

Profile

Full name	Not added yet
Nickname	The Ambling Alp
Date of birth	26 Oct 1906
Died	29 Jun 1967
Nationality	Italian
Birthplace	Sequals, Italy
Based in	Not added yet
Weight classes	Heavyweight
Trainers	Not added yet
Height	196 cm (6′5″)
Reach	216 cm (85″)
Stance	Orthodox
Years active	1928–1946
Status	Deceased
Pro debut	12 Sep 1928
Last fight	Loss vs Luigi Musina, 19 May 1946

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Titles and honours

NYSAC, NBA and The Ring heavyweight champion (1933–1934)
IBU heavyweight champion (1933–1935)

Background

Primo Carnera was an Italian heavyweight from Sequals who became undisputed world heavyweight champion by knocking out Jack Sharkey in 1933. He lost the title to Max Baer in 1934.

Fight history

103 professional fights. Newest first.

Result	Opponent	Method	Round	Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	Luigi Musina	Decision (unanimous)	10		19 May 1946	Gorizia, Italy
Loss	Luigi Musina	Decision (points)	8		19 Mar 1946	Trieste, Italy
Loss	Luigi Musina	TKO	7		21 Nov 1945	Milan, Italy
Win	Sam Gardner	KO	1		25 Sep 1945	San Sabba Stadium, Trieste, Italy
Win	Michel Blevens	KO	3		22 Jul 1945	Moretti Stadium, Udine, Italy
Win	Josip Zupan	KO	2		4 Dec 1937	Budapest Zirkus, Budapest, Hungary
Loss	Albert Di Meglio	Decision (points)	10		18 Nov 1937	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Loss	Leroy Haynes	TKO	9	0:40	27 May 1936	Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, US
Loss	Leroy Haynes	TKO	3	0:53	16 Mar 1936	Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Win	Isidoro Gastanaga	TKO	5		6 Mar 1936	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
Win	Big Boy Brackey	TKO	4	1:06	9 Dec 1935	Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, US
Win	Ford Smith	Decision (unanimous)	10		25 Nov 1935	Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Win	Walter Neusel	TKO	4	2:23	1 Nov 1935	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
Loss	Joe Louis	TKO	6	2:32	25 Jun 1935	Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, US
Win	Ray Impelletiere	TKO	9	0:38	15 Mar 1935	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
Win	Erwin Klausner	KO	6		22 Jan 1935	Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Win	Seal Harris	KO	7		13 Jan 1935	Estádio da Floresta, São Paulo, Brazil
Win	Victorio Campolo	Decision (points)	12		1 Dec 1934	Club Atletico Independiente, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Loss	Max Baer	TKO	11	2:16	14 Jun 1934	Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens, New York, US	Lost NYSAC, NBA and The Ring heavyweight titles
Win	Tommy Loughran	Decision (unanimous)	15		1 Mar 1934	Madison Square Garden Stadium, Miami, Florida, US	Retained NYSAC, NBA and The Ring heavyweight titles
Win	Paulino Uzcudun	Decision (unanimous)	15		22 Oct 1933	Piazza di Siena, Rome, Italy	Retained The Ring heavyweight title; won inaugural IBU heavyweight title
Win	Jack Sharkey	KO	6	2:27	29 Jun 1933	Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens, New York, US	Won NYSAC, NBA and The Ring heavyweight titles
Win	Ernie Schaaf	KO	13	0:51	10 Feb 1933	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
Win	Young Spence	KO	1		30 Dec 1932	Fair Park Arena, Dallas, Texas, US
Win	James Merriott	KO	1		20 Dec 1932	City Auditorium, Galveston, Texas, US
Win	Joe Rice	KO	2		19 Dec 1932	Northside Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas, US
Win	KO Christner	KO	4		15 Dec 1932	City Auditorium, Omaha, Nebraska, US
Win	Big Boy Peterson	TKO	2		13 Dec 1932	Grand Rapids, Michigan, US
Win	King Levinsky	Decision (split)	10		9 Dec 1932	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, US
Win	John Schwake	KO	7	2:16	2 Dec 1932	St. Louis Coliseum, St. Louis, Missouri, US
Win	José Santa	TKO	6		18 Nov 1932	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
Win	Les Kennedy	KO	3		4 Nov 1932	Boston Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, US
Win	Jack Taylor	KO	2	1:59	17 Oct 1932	Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Kentucky, US
Win	Gene Stanton	KO	6		13 Oct 1932	114th Infantry Armory, Camden, New Jersey, US
Win	Ted Sandwina	KO	4		7 Oct 1932	Benjamin Field Arena, Tampa, Florida, US
No contest	Art Lasky	No contest	10		1 Sep 1932	St. Paul Auditorium, St. Paul, Minnesota, US	Newspaper decision (won)
Win	Jack Gagnon	KO	1	1:35	19 Aug 1932	Mark's Stadium, North Tiverton, Rhode Island, US
Loss	Stanley Poreda	Decision (points)	10		16 Aug 1932	Dreamland Park, Newark, New Jersey, US
Win	Hans Birkie	Decision (unanimous)	10		2 Aug 1932	Queensboro Stadium, Long Island City, New York, US
Win	Jerry Pavelec	TKO	5	0:51	28 Jul 1932	Playgrounds Stadium, West New York, New Jersey, US
Win	Jack Gross	TKO	7	2:50	20 Jul 1932	Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, US
Loss	Larry Gains	Decision (points)	10		30 May 1932	White City Stadium, London, England
Win	Hans Schönrath	TKO	3		15 May 1932	Stadio San Siro, Milan, Italy
Win	Maurice Griselle	TKO	10		30 Apr 1932	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Win	Don McCorkindale	Decision (points)	10		7 Apr 1932	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	George Cook	KO	4		23 Mar 1932	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	Pierre Charles	Decision (points)	10		29 Feb 1932	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Win	Ernst Gühring	TKO	5		5 Feb 1932	Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany
Win	Moise Bouquillon	TKO	2		25 Jan 1932	Palais des Sports, Paris, France
Win	Victorio Campolo	KO	2	1:27	27 Nov 1931	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
Win	King Levinsky	Decision (unanimous)	10		19 Nov 1931	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, US
Loss	Jack Sharkey	Decision (unanimous)	15		12 Oct 1931	Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, US	For ABA heavyweight title
Win	Armando De Carolis	KO	2	1:08	6 Aug 1931	Shellpot Park, Wilmington, Delaware, US
Win	Roberto Roberti	TKO	3	2:25	4 Aug 1931	Dreamland Park, Newark, New Jersey, US
Win	Knute Hansen	KO	1	2:10	24 Jul 1931	Edgerton Park Arena, Rochester, New York, US
Win	Bud Gorman	KO	2	2:35	30 Jun 1931	Arena Gardens, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Win	Umberto Torriani	KO	2	0:43	26 Jun 1931	Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, New York, US
Win	Pat Redmond	KO	1	2:24	15 Jun 1931	Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York, US
Win	Jim Maloney	Decision (points)	10		5 Mar 1931	Madison Square Garden Stadium, Miami, Florida, US
Win	Reggie Meen	TKO	2		18 Dec 1930	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	Paulino Uzcudun	Decision (split)	10		30 Nov 1930	Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona, Spain
Loss	Jim Maloney	Decision (points)	10		7 Oct 1930	Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, US
Win	Jack Gross	KO	4		17 Sep 1930	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, US
Win	Pat McCarthy	TKO	2	1:16	8 Sep 1930	Newark Velodrome, Newark, New Jersey, US
Win	Riccardo Bertazzolo	TKO	3		30 Aug 1930	Atlantic City Auditorium, Atlantic City, New Jersey, US
Win	George Cook	KO	2	1:44	29 Jul 1930	Taylor Bowl, Cleveland, Ohio, US
Win	Bearcat Wright	KO	4	1:13	17 Jul 1930	League Park, Omaha, Nebraska, US
Win	George Godfrey	Disqualification	5	1:13	23 Jun 1930	Shibe Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Win	KO Christner	KO	4	1:20	5 Jun 1930	Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum, Detroit, Michigan, US
Win	Sam Baker	KO	1		22 Apr 1930	Portland Ice Hippodrome, Portland, Oregon, US
Win	Leon Chevalier	TKO	6		14 Apr 1930	Oakland Baseball Park, Emeryville, California, US
Win	Neil Clisby	KO	2	0:40	8 Apr 1930	Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, US
Win	Jack McAuliffe II	KO	1	2:18	28 Mar 1930	Stockyards Stadium, Denver, Colorado, US
Win	George Trafton	KO	1	0:54	26 Mar 1930	Convention Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, US
Win	Frank Zaveta	KO	1	1:51	20 Mar 1930	Jacksonville, Florida, US
Win	Chuck Wiggins	KO	2		17 Mar 1930	St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri, US
Win	Sully Montgomery	KO	2	1:15	11 Mar 1930	Minneapolis, Minnesota, US
Win	Roy Clark	KO	6	2:38	3 Mar 1930	Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, US
Win	Farmer Lodge	KO	2	1:22	24 Feb 1930	Heinemann Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, US
Win	Johnny Erickson	KO	2	1:45	17 Feb 1930	Coliseum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, US
Win	Jim Sigman	KO	1	1:35	14 Feb 1930	Memphis, Tennessee, US
Win	Buster Martin	KO	2	0:56	11 Feb 1930	St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri, US
Win	Cowboy Billy Owens	KO	2	2:22	6 Feb 1930	113th Regiment Armory, Newark, New Jersey, US
Win	Elzear Rioux	KO	1	0:47	31 Jan 1930	Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, US
Win	Big Boy Peterson	KO	1	1:10	24 Jan 1930	Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, US
Win	Franz Diener	TKO	6		17 Dec 1929	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Loss	Young Stribling	Disqualification	7		7 Dec 1929	Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France
Win	Young Stribling	Disqualification	4		18 Nov 1929	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	Jack Stanley	TKO	1		17 Oct 1929	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
Win	Hermann Jaspers	KO	3		18 Sep 1929	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Win	Feodor Nikolaeff	KO	1		30 Aug 1929	Garage de Normandie, Dieppe, France
Win	Joe Thomas	TKO	4		25 Aug 1929	Arènes du Rond-Point du Prado, Marseille, France
Win	Jose Lete	Decision (unanimous)	10		14 Aug 1929	Estadio Municipal de Atocha, San Sebastián, Spain
Win	Jack Humbeeck	TKO	6		26 Jun 1929	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Win	Marcel Nilles	TKO	3		30 May 1929	Cirque de Paris, Paris, France
Win	Moise Bouquillon	Decision (points)	10		22 May 1929	Salle Wagram, Paris, France
Loss	Franz Diener	Disqualification	1		28 Apr 1929	Messehalle, Leipzig, Germany
Win	Ernst Roesemann	TKO	5		18 Jan 1929	Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, Germany
Win	Constant Barrick	KO	3		1 Dec 1928	Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris, France
Win	Epifanio Islas	Decision (unanimous)	10		25 Nov 1928	Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, Italy
Win	Salvatore Ruggirello	TKO	4		30 Oct 1928	Cirque de Paris, Paris, France
Win	Joe Thomas	KO	3		25 Sep 1928	Cirque de Paris, Paris, France
Win	Leon Sebilo	TKO	2		12 Sep 1928	Salle Wagram, Paris, France	Pro debut

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