Word: carnera
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...Paris, cocky William Lawrence ("Young") Stribling touched gloves again with Primo Carnera, the Brobdingnagian Italian carpenter who recently beat him on a foul (TIME, Dec. 9). In the clinches Stribling strained and sweated against a body 85 Ibs. heavier, 12½ in. taller than his own. In the sixth round he hit Carnera in the stomach. Carnera's vast legs buckled. He knelt a minute, then rose. In the seventh round little Stribling's punches angered Carnera. A strange expression contorted his wide face. The bell was ringing as he rushed at Stribling, swung at him three...
Public attention was diverted by the appearance of Boxer Carnera in the ring, his huge Venetian tummy modestly covered by a straining, skintight singlet purchased at a nearby haberdashery...
Announced to appear in a four round exhibition bout was gigantic Primo Carnera, seven-foot Italian fisticuffer (TIME...
...downstairs dressing room Boxer Carnera flexed his bulging muscles and glowered while an embarrassed manager explained the longstanding British rule that all boxers at amateur bouts must be clothed above the waist...
...Bacco!" swore Boxer Carnera, "I have never fought in an undershirt and I never will...