Record details

Primo Carnera

"The Ambling Alp"

Heavyweight

Male

Italy
Born: 26 October 1906, Sequals, Udine, Italy
Died: 29 June 1967, Sequals, Udine, Italy
(Sequals now in the Province of Pordenone)
Height: 6ft 5.75in, mt 1,97
(some sources report: 6ft 6in, mt 1,98; 6ft 9in, mt 2,05)
Weight: 275-265 lbs

In 1953 Carnera became American citizen, living in Los Angeles, California

No amateur results

Professional record


1928
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Sept. 12	Leon Sebilo	Paris, France	TKO 2
+ Sept. 25	Joe Thomas	Paris, France	KO 3
+ Oct. 30	Salvatore Ruggirello	Paris, France	TKO 4
+ Nov. 25	Epifanio Islas	Milano, Italy	W 10
+ Dec. 1	Constant Barrick	Paris, France	KO 3

1929
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 18	Ernst Roesemann	Berlin, Germany	W 8
- Apr. 28	Franz Diener	Leipzig, Germany	LDQ 1
+ May 22	Moise Bouquillon	Paris, France	W 10
+ May 30	Marcel Nilles	Paris, France	TKO 3
+ June 26	Jack Humbeeck	Paris, France	TKO 6
+ Aug. 14	Jose Lete	San Sebastian, Spain	W 10
+ Aug. 25	Joe Thomas	Marseille, France	TKO 4
+ Aug. 30	Feodor Nikolaeff	Dieppe, France	KO 1
+ Sept. 18	Hermann Jaspers	Paris, France	KO 3
+ Oct. 17	Jack Stanley	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 1
^ Oct. 17	Pat Tarling	London, Great Britain	Exh KO 2
+ Nov. 18	Young Stribling	Kensington, Great Britain	WDQ 4
- Dec. 7	Young Stribling	Paris, France	LDQ 7
+ Dec. 17	Franz Diener	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 6

1930
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 20	Mickey Summer	Newark, USA	KO 5
+ Jan. 24	Clayton Peterson	New York, USA	KO 1
+ Jan. 31	Elzear Rioux	Chicago, USA	KO 1
+ Feb. 6	Cowboy Billy Owens	Newark, USA	KO 2
+ Feb. 11	Buster Martin	Saint Louis, USA	KO 2
+ Feb. 14	Jim Sigmund	Memphis, USA	KO 1
+ Feb. 17	Johnny Erickson	Oklahoma City, USA	KO 2
+ Feb. 24	Farmer Lodge	New Orleans, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 3	Roy Clark	Philadelphia, USA	KO 6
+ Mar. 11	Sully Montgomery	Minneapolis, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 17	Chuck Wiggins	Saint Louis, USA	KO 2
+ Mar. 20	Frank Zaveta	Jacksonville, USA	KO 1
+ Mar. 26	George Trafton	Kansas City, USA	KO 1
+ Mar. 28	Jack McAuliffe II	Denver, USA	KO 1
+ Apr. 8	Neil Clisby	Los Angeles, USA	KO 2
+ Apr. 14	Leon Chevalier	Emeryville, USA	TKO 6
+ Apr. 22	Sam Baker	Portland, USA	KO 1
+ June 5	Meyer K O Christner	Detroit, USA	KO 4
+ June 23	George Godfrey	Philadelphia, USA	WDQ 5
+ July 17	Bearcat Wright	Omaha, USA	KO 4
+ July 29	George Cook	Cleveland, USA	KO 2
+ Aug. 30	Riccardo Bertazzolo	Atlantic City, USA	TKO 3
+ Sept. 8	Pat McCarthy	Newark, USA	KO 2
+ Sept. 17	Jack Gross	Chicago, USA	KO 4
- Oct. 7	Jim Maloney	Boston, USA	L 10
+ Nov. 30	Paulino Uzcudun	Barcelona, Spain	W 10
+ Dec. 18	Reggie Meen	Kensington, Great Britain	TKO 2

1931
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 5	Jim Maloney	Miami, USA	W 10
+ June 15	Pat Redmond	Brooklyn, USA	KO 1
+ June 26	Umberto Torriani	Buffalo, USA	KO 2
+ June 30	Bud Gorman	Toronto, Canada	KO 2
+ July 24	Knute Hansen	Rochester, USA	KO 1
+ Aug. 4	Roberto Roberti	Newark, USA	TKO 3
+ Aug. 6	Armando De Carolis	Wilmington, USA	KO 2
- Oct. 12	Jack Sharkey	Brooklyn, USA	L 15
+ Nov. 19	King Levinsky	Chicago, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 27	Victorio Campolo	New York, USA	KO 2

1932
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 25	Moise Bouquillon	Paris, France	TKO 2
+ Feb. 5	Ernst Guehring	Berlin, Germany	TKO 5
+ Feb. 29	Pierre Charles	Paris, France	W 10
+ Mar. 23	George Cook	Kensington, Great Britain	KO 4
+ Apr. 7	Don McCorkindale	Kensington, Great Britain	W 10
+ Apr. 29	Maurice Griselle	Paris, France	TKO 10
+ May 15	Hans Schonrath	Milano, Italy	TKO 3
- May 30	Larry Gains	White City,London, Great Britain	L 10
+ July 20	Jack Gross	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 7
+ July 28	Jerry Pavelec	West New York, USA	TKO 5
+ Aug. 2	Hans Birkie	Long Island City, USA	W 10
- Aug. 16	Stanley Poreda	Newark, USA	L 10
+ Aug. 19	Jack Gagnon	Tiverton, USA	KO 1
+ Sept. 1	Art Lasky	Saint Paul, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 7	Ted Sandwina	Tampa, USA	KO 4
+ Oct. 13	Gene Stanton	Camden, USA	KO 6
+ Oct. 17	Jack Taylor	Louisville, USA	KO 2
+ Nov. 4	Les Kennedy	Boston, USA	KO 3
+ Nov. 18	Jose Santa	New York, USA	TKO 6
+ Dec. 2	John Schwake	Saint Louis, USA	TKO 7
+ Dec. 9	King Levinsky	Chicago, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 13	Clayton Peterson	Grand Rapids, USA	TKO 2
+ Dec. 15	Meyer K O Christner	Omaha, USA	KO 4
+ Dec. 20	James Merriott	Galveston, USA	KO 1
+ Dec. 29	Jack League	San Antonio, USA	KO 6
+ Dec. 30	Young Spence	Dallas, USA	KO 1

1933
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 10	Ernie Schaaf	New York, USA	KO 13
+ June 29	Jack Sharkey	Long Island City, USA	KO 6
(Won World Heavyweight Title)
+ Oct. 22	Paulino Uzcudun	Roma, Italy	W 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title and won European Heavyweight Title)

1934
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 1	Tommy Loughran	Miami, USA	W 15
(Retained World Heavyweight Title)
- June 14	Max Baer	Long Island City, USA	TKO by 11
(Lost World Heavyweight Title)
+ Dec. 1	Victorio Campolo	Avellaneda, Argentina	W 12

1935
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 13	Seal Harris	Sao Paulo, Brazil	KO 7
+ Jan. 22	Erwin Klausner	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil	TKO 6
+ Mar. 15	Ray Impellittiere	New York, USA	TKO 9
- June 25	Joe Louis	Bronx, USA	TKO by 6
+ Nov. 1	Walter Neusel	New York, USA	TKO 4
+ Nov. 25	Ford Smith	Philadelphia, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 9	Big Boy Brackey	Buffalo, USA	TKO 4

1936
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 6	Isidoro Gastanaga	New York, USA	TKO 5
- Mar. 16	Leroy Haynes	Philadelphia, USA	TKO by 3
- May 27	Leroy Haynes	Brooklyn, USA	TKO by 9 (Rtd)

1937
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Nov. 18	Albert Di Meglio	Paris, France	L 10
+ Dec. 4	Joseph Zupan	Budapest, Hungary	KO 2


1938-1944 Inactive

1945
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ July 22	Michel Blevens	Udine, Italy	KO 3
+ Sept. 25	Sam Gardner	Trieste, Italy	KO 1
- Nov. 21	Luigi Musina	Milano, Italy	TKO by 7

1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Mar. 19	Luigi Musina	Trieste, Italy	L 8
- May 12	Luigi Musina	Gorizia, Italy	L 8