Heavyweight · Italy
Primo Carnera 89-14-0 72 KO · 1928–1946
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Primo Carnera was a heavyweight boxer from Italy, born Oct 26, 1906. Record 89-14-0 with 72 knockouts over 1928–1946. World titles: WBA heavyweight (1933–1934). Primo Carnera last fought Luigi Musina on May 19, 1946 and lost by UD over 10 rounds.
Also: Πρίμο Καρνέρα · Примо Карнера · Прімо Карнера +10 more بريمو كارنيرا · پریمو کارنرا · プリモ・カルネラ · 프리모 카르네라 · Carnera · The Ambling Alp · Карнера · Карнера П. · Карнера Примо · Карнера, Примо
Born Oct 26, 1906
Died Jun 29, 1967
Country 🇮🇹 Italy
Stance Orthodox
Height 199 cm
Reach 216 cm
Nickname Da Preem · The Ambling Alp · The Italian Giant
Debut Sep 12, 1928
Career 1928–1946
Rounds boxed 521
KO share 81%
Born in Sequals, Italy
Titles WBA heavyweight · 1933–1934
Boxerbook rating 1741 ± 348 · inactive since May 1946Why here › Confirmed bouts 14 of 103
Career record Record
89-14-0, 72 KOs · 1928–1946
Last result
The record 103 bouts, 1928–1946, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
Bouts by source: English Wikipedia · 103, Wikipedia (ru) · 1
L
UD 10/10 · Gorizia, 🇮🇹
Carnera 89-13-0 · Musina —
L
PTS 8/8 · Trieste, 🇮🇹
Carnera 89-12-0 · Musina —
L
TKO 7/8 · Milan, 🇮🇹
Carnera 89-11-0 · Musina —
W
Sam Gardner
KO 1/4 · San Sabba Stadium, Trieste, 🇮🇹
Carnera 88-11-0 · Gardner —
W
Michel Blevens
KO 3/4 · Moretti Stadium, Udine, 🇮🇹
Carnera 87-11-0 · Blevens —
W
Josip Zupan
KO 2/10 · Budapest Zirkus, Budapest, 🇭🇺
Carnera 86-11-0 · Zupan —
L
Albert Di Meglio
PTS 10/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 86-10-0 · Meglio —
L
Leroy Haynes
TKO 9/10 · Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Carnera 86-9-0 · Haynes —
L
Leroy Haynes
TKO 3/10 · Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Carnera 86-8-0 · Haynes —
W
TKO 5/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 85-8-0 · Gastanaga —
W
Big Boy Brackey
TKO 4/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Carnera 84-8-0 · Brackey —
W
Ford Smith
UD 10/10 · Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Carnera 83-8-0 · Smith —
W
TKO 4/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 82-8-0 · Neusel —
L
TKO 6/15 · Yankee Stadium, New York City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 82-7-0 · Louis 19-0-0
W
Ray Impelletiere
TKO 9/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 81-7-0 · Impelletiere —
W
KO 6/12 · Estádio das Laranjeiras, Rio de Janeiro, 🇧🇷
Carnera 80-7-0 · Klausner —
W
KO 7/10 · Estádio da Floresta, São Paulo, 🇧🇷
Carnera 79-7-0 · Harris —
W
PTS 12/12 · Club Atletico Independiente, Buenos Aires, 🇦🇷
Carnera 78-7-0 · Campolo —
L
Lost NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles TKO 11/15 · Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens, 🇺🇸
Carnera 78-6-0 · Baer 39-7-0
W
For NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden Stadium, Miami, 🇺🇸
Carnera 77-6-0 · Loughran 112-24-7
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Retained Ring heavyweight title UD 15/15 · Piazza di Siena, Rome, 🇮🇹
Carnera 76-6-0 · Uzcudun 49-14-2
W
Won NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring heavyweight titles KO 6/15 · Madison Square Garden Bowl, Queens, 🇺🇸
Carnera 75-6-0 · Sharkey 36-9-2
W
KO 13/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 74-6-0 · Schaaf 58-14-2
W
Young Spence
KO 1/10 · Fair Park Arena, Dallas, 🇺🇸
Carnera 73-6-0 · Spence —
W
James Merriott
KO 1/10 · City Auditorium, Galveston, 🇺🇸
Carnera 72-6-0 · Merriott —
W
Joe Rice
KO 2/10 · Northside Coliseum, Fort Worth, Texas, 🇺🇸
Carnera 71-6-0 · Rice —
W
KO Christner
KO 4/10 · City Auditorium, Omaha, 🇺🇸
Carnera 70-6-0 · Christner —
W
Big Boy Peterson
TKO 2/10 · Grand Rapids, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Carnera 69-6-0 · Peterson —
W
SD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Carnera 68-6-0 · Levinsky 42-20-4
W
John Schwake
KO 7/10 · St. Louis Coliseum, St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Carnera 67-6-0 · Schwake —
W
TKO 6/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 66-6-0 · Camarão —
W
Les Kennedy
KO 3/10 · Boston Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸
Carnera 65-6-0 · Kennedy —
W
KO 2/10 · Jefferson County Armory, Louisville, Kentucky, 🇺🇸
Carnera 64-6-0 · Taylor —
W
Gene Stanton
KO 6/10 · 114th Infantry Armory, Camden, 🇺🇸
Carnera 63-6-0 · Stanton —
W
KO 4/10 · Benjamin Field Arena, Tampa, 🇺🇸
Carnera 62-6-0 · Sandwina —
W
10 · St. Paul Auditorium, St. Paul, 🇺🇸
Carnera 61-6-0 · Lasky —
W
Jack Gagnon
KO 1/10 · Mark's Stadium, North Tiverton, Rhode Island, 🇺🇸
Carnera 60-6-0 · Gagnon —
L
PTS 10/10 · Dreamland Park, Newark, 🇺🇸
Carnera 60-5-0 · Poreda —
W
Hans Birkie
UD 10/10 · Queensboro Stadium, Long Island City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 59-5-0 · Birkie —
W
Jerry Pavelec
TKO 5/10 · Playgrounds Stadium, West New York, 🇺🇸
Carnera 58-5-0 · Pavelec —
W
Jack Gross
TKO 7/10 · Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Carnera 57-5-0 · Gross —
L
PTS 10/10 · White City Stadium, London, 🇬🇧
Carnera 57-4-0 · Gains 76-11-4
W
TKO 3/10 · Stadio San Siro, Milan, 🇮🇹
Carnera 56-4-0 · Schönrath —
W
TKO 10/10 · Palais des Sports, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 55-4-0 · Griselle —
W
PTS 10/10 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Carnera 54-4-0 · McCorkindale —
W
KO 4/10 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Carnera 53-4-0 · Cook —
W
PTS 10/10 · Palais des Sports, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 52-4-0 · Charles —
W
Ernst Gühring
TKO 5/10 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Carnera 51-4-0 · Gühring —
W
Moise Bouquillon
TKO 2/10 · Palais des Sports, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 50-4-0 · Bouquillon —
W
KO 2/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 49-4-0 · Campolo —
W
UD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Carnera 48-4-0 · Levinsky 39-14-4
L
For ABA Heavyweight title UD 15/15 · Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Carnera 48-3-0 · Sharkey 34-9-2
W
Armando De Carolis
KO 2/10 · Shellpot Park, Wilmington, Delaware, 🇺🇸
Carnera 47-3-0 · Carolis —
W
TKO 3/10 · Dreamland Park, Newark, 🇺🇸
Carnera 46-3-0 · Roberti —
W
KO 1/10 · Edgerton Park Arena, Rochester, 🇺🇸
Carnera 45-3-0 · Hansen —
W
Bud Gorman
KO 2/10 · Arena Gardens, Toronto, Ontario Canada
Carnera 44-3-0 · Gorman —
W
Umberto Torriani
KO 2/10 · Broadway Auditorium, Buffalo, 🇺🇸
Carnera 43-3-0 · Torriani —
W
Pat Redmond
KO 1/10 · Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
Carnera 42-3-0 · Redmond —
W
Jim Maloney
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden Stadium, Miami, 🇺🇸
Carnera 41-3-0 · Maloney —
W
TKO 2/6 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Carnera 40-3-0 · Meen —
W
SD 10/10 · Estadio Olímpico de Montjuïc, Barcelona, 🇪🇸
Carnera 39-3-0 · Uzcudun 40-9-2
L
Jim Maloney
PTS 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, 🇺🇸
Carnera 39-2-0 · Maloney —
W
Jack Gross
KO 4/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
Carnera 38-2-0 · Gross —
W
Pat McCarthy
TKO 2/10 · Newark Velodrome, Newark, 🇺🇸
Carnera 37-2-0 · McCarthy —
W
TKO 3/15 · Atlantic City Auditorium, Atlantic City, 🇺🇸
Carnera 36-2-0 · Bertazzolo —
W
KO 2/10 · Taylor Bowl, Cleveland, Ohio, 🇺🇸
Carnera 35-2-0 · Cook —
W
Bearcat Wright
KO 4/10 · League Park, Omaha, Nebraska, 🇺🇸
Carnera 34-2-0 · Wright —
W
DQ 5/10 · Shibe Park, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
Carnera 33-2-0 · Godfrey 65-15-1
W
KO Christner
KO 4/10 · Michigan State Fairgrounds Coliseum, Detroit, Michigan, 🇺🇸
Carnera 32-2-0 · Christner —
W
Sam Baker
KO 1/10 · Portland Ice Hippodrome, Portland, Oregon, 🇺🇸
Carnera 31-2-0 · Baker —
W
Leon Chevalier
TKO 6/10 · Oakland Baseball Park, Emeryville, 🇺🇸
Carnera 30-2-0 · Chevalier —
W
Neil Clisby
KO 2/10 · Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, 🇺🇸
Carnera 29-2-0 · Clisby —
W
Jack McAuliffe II
KO 1/10 · Stockyards Stadium, Denver, Colorado, 🇺🇸
Carnera 28-2-0 · McAuliffe II —
W
KO 1/10 · Convention Hall, Kansas City, Kansas, 🇺🇸
Carnera 27-2-0 · Trafton —
W
Frank Zaveta
KO 1/10 · Jacksonville, Florida, 🇺🇸
Carnera 26-2-0 · Zaveta —
W
Chuck Wiggins
KO 2/10 · St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, 🇺🇸
Carnera 25-2-0 · Wiggins —
W
KO 2/10 · Minneapolis, Minnesota, 🇺🇸
Carnera 24-2-0 · Montgomery —
W
Roy Clark
KO 6/10 · Philadelphia Arena, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 🇺🇸
Carnera 23-2-0 · Clark —
W
Farmer Lodge
KO 2/10 · Heinemann Park, New Orleans, Louisiana, 🇺🇸
Carnera 22-2-0 · Lodge —
W
Johnny Erickson
KO 2/10 · Coliseum, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, 🇺🇸
Carnera 21-2-0 · Erickson —
W
Jim Sigman
KO 1/8 · Memphis, Tennessee, 🇺🇸
Carnera 20-2-0 · Sigman —
W
Buster Martin
KO 2/10 · St. Louis Arena, St. Louis, Missouri, 🇺🇸
Carnera 19-2-0 · Martin —
W
Cowboy Billy Owens
KO 2/10 · 113th Regiment Armory, Newark, New Jersey, 🇺🇸
Carnera 18-2-0 · Owens —
W
Elzear Rioux
KO 1/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, 🇺🇸
Carnera 17-2-0 · Rioux —
W
Big Boy Peterson
KO 1/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, New York, 🇺🇸
Carnera 16-2-0 · Peterson —
W
TKO 6/15 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Carnera 15-2-0 · Diener —
L
DQ 7/10 · Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 15-1-0 · Stribling 226-13-17
W
DQ 4/15 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Carnera 14-1-0 · Stribling 226-12-17
W
Jack Stanley
TKO 1/8 · Royal Albert Hall, London, 🇬🇧
Carnera 13-1-0 · Stanley —
W
Hermann Jaspers
KO 3/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 12-1-0 · Jaspers —
W
Feodor Nikolaeff
KO 1/10 · Garage de Normandie, Dieppe, 🇫🇷
Carnera 11-1-0 · Nikolaeff —
W
Joe Thomas
TKO 4/10 · Arènes du Rond-Point du Prado, Marseille, 🇫🇷
Carnera 10-1-0 · Thomas —
W
Jose Lete
UD 10/10 · Estadio Municipal de Atocha, San Sebastián, 🇪🇸
Carnera 9-1-0 · Lete —
W
TKO 6/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 8-1-0 · Humbeeck —
W
TKO 3/10 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 7-1-0 · Nilles —
W
Moise Bouquillon
PTS 10/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 6-1-0 · Bouquillon —
L
DQ 1/10 · Messehalle, Leipzig, 🇩🇪
Carnera 6-0-0 · Diener —
W
Ernst Roesemann
TKO 5/8 · Berlin Sportpalast, Berlin, 🇩🇪
Carnera 5-0-0 · Roesemann —
W
Constant Barrick
KO 3/10 · Vélodrome d'Hiver, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 4-0-0 · Barrick —
W
Epifanio Islas
UD 10/10 · Palazzo dello Sport, Milan, 🇮🇹
Carnera 3-0-0 · Islas —
W
Salvatore Ruggirello
TKO 4/10 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 2-0-0 · Ruggirello —
W
Joe Thomas
KO 3/10 · Cirque de Paris, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 1-0-0 · Thomas —
W
Leon Sebilo
TKO 2/10 · Salle Wagram, Paris, 🇫🇷
Carnera 0-0-0 · Sebilo —
Ratings now Not in any current ranking.
World titles
Facts
What is Primo Carnera's record? Primo Carnera's professional record is 89-14-0 with 72 knockouts.
Who did Primo Carnera fight last? Primo Carnera last fought Luigi Musina on May 19, 1946 and lost by UD over 10 rounds.
Which world titles has Primo Carnera held? Primo Carnera has held 1 world title reign: WBA heavyweight (1933–1934). Sources Boxerbook ID 10632 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10632 . Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-12. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.
