Word: carnera
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...boxing that's dead, has been since Primo Carnera retired. It's a sham and a shuck, lacking the je ne sais quoi of monster-truck racing and the visual appeal of a carton of eggs falling off the kitchen counter. Nobody cares except a couple dozen middle-aged sports editors. If those guys would unplug the publicity tubes...
...referee at the Carnera-Baer title fight...
...Side, Balogh brought "class" to his profession by introducing the soup-and-fish and the comparative adjective (his variation on the ungrammatical "best-man-win" theme: "May the better participant emerge triumphant"), in 1935 capped a lifelong battle against race hate by imploring an inflamed crowd at the Primo Carnera-Joe Louis bout: "Leave us all view this contest without anchor or prejudism...
...once the first big fight, and a piece of good luck that money couldn't buy: the ex-champ, punch-drunk from his last big beating, dies in the hospital after the big boy takes him-just as Ernie Schaaf died after his 1933 fight with Carnera. Toro, a thousand headlines shout, is a killer! The story guarantees a great gate for the title fight...
...Bogart's publicity, refuses to play along with Benko's boy. "Carry him for six rounds," Benko begs. "You don't want to louse up the film rights." Baer refuses, and what happens next is a ghastly digest of the 1934 fight, in which Baer gave Carnera the most brutal beating he ever took (eleven knockdowns in eleven rounds), and won the heavyweight championship. The eleven rounds are condensed into several of the most savage minutes seen on screen in recent years, and when they are over, the ring looks like a butcher's block...