Carnera is not as clumsy as generally portrayed--at least with his feet. Upstairs he is riddled with amateurish ineptitude. A la Vlad and others whom proper technique befuddles, he holds his arms straight out as a primary defense when attacked; he brings his left jab straight back to his hip without fail, but at least has a jab; he is strictly an arm puncher with pitty-pat power. It is as if his boxing education only got so far, then was halted. Whoever trained him did not use the methods advised by Dempsey, or Primo would have learned to power punch from the outset along with his basic footwork. Even Primo's footwork deteriorates when he goes on the attack. Often, he seems to take bad steps once he starts punching. The uppercut which supposedly KO'd Sharkey is as close to a proven fix as it comes in boxing, in Wikipegia lacking only a citation for Sharkey's confession. Primo, it seems, was the mob's champion. From that fact alone probably derives some of the scorn carried over to his reputation as a mere circus fraud.
No denying that Primo's is the body of an athlete who must have put in some work back at the carnival. Genes and pasta usually only go so far. Besides the body, he had but the chin of a boxing superstar, which his style must have been created to demonstrate.
I still say Willard, who has more boxing fundamentals under control and a more balanced style, easily outpoints Primo over fifteen rounds.
My invigorated appreciation for the Ambling Alp now has him in a real battle with Tommy Burns in the mythical matchups department.
No denying that Primo's is the body of an athlete who must have put in some work back at the carnival. Genes and pasta usually only go so far. Besides the body, he had but the chin of a boxing superstar, which his style must have been created to demonstrate.
I still say Willard, who has more boxing fundamentals under control and a more balanced style, easily outpoints Primo over fifteen rounds.
My invigorated appreciation for the Ambling Alp now has him in a real battle with Tommy Burns in the mythical matchups department.
what a ****ing idiot.
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