Primo Carnera
McFarland & Co Inc (Verlag)
978-0-7864-4810-4 (ISBN)
At over six and a half feet tall and nearly 300 pounds, heavyweight champion Primo Carnera was a giant for his times, but today "the Ambling Alp" is too often written off as an unskilled oaf and a product of the mob dealings that plagued boxing during the 1930s. He may not have been a natural in the ring, but he worked as hard as any boxer to learn his craft, to be in top condition, and he repeatedly showed that he was tougher than nails. This biography details Carnera's early life and boxing career, his success as a fighter as well as accusations of fight fixing, his strengths and limitations in the ring, and his later career as a wrestler.
Joseph S. Page is an organizational development consultant in Nashville, Tennessee. His other works include a biography of boxing’s first world middleweight champion Nonpareil Jack Dempsey and a history of professional football championships prior to the first Super Bowl.
Table of Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction—Primo Carnera: The Ambling Alp
1. Young Primo of Sequals, 1906–1928
2. Early Boxing Days in Europe, 1928–1929
3. To the United States, 1930
4. The Battle of the Cracked Rib and Other Tales, 1931
5. Making His Case, 1932
6. The Death of Ernie Schaaf, 1933
7. “A Right Uppercut”: The Championship, 1933
8. Title Defenses, 1933–1934
9. Max Baer, 1934
10. After the Title, 1934–1935
11. The Joe Louis Fight, 1935
12. After Louis, 1935–1939
13. The War Years, 1939–1945
14. The Comeback/Wrestling, 1945–1962
15. The Films
16. Boxing Ability
17. The Fix Question
18. Primo Carnera: The Man
Appendix I: Ring Record
Appendix II: Undercards
Chapter Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 30.1.2011 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | 21 photos, appendices, notes, bibliography, index |
| Verlagsort | Jefferson, NC |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 178 x 254 mm |
| Gewicht | 458 g |
| Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung | |
| ISBN-10 | 0-7864-4810-5 / 0786448105 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-0-7864-4810-4 / 9780786448104 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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