Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.
Big Boy Peterson (2-6 across 8 tracked bouts) and Primo Carnera (88-14) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 2 times. They share 5 common opponents.
Big Boy Peterson vs Primo Carnera — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Primo Carnera leads 2–0- Primo Carnera wonCarnera vs PetersonDec 13, 1932 · TKO · R2
- Primo Carnera wonCarnera vs PetersonJan 24, 1930 · KO · R1
The Numbers
- 2-6
- Record
- 88-14 (edge)
- 25%
- Win %
- 86.3% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 71 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 80.68%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 81% (edge)
- 3 (edge)
- Times stopped
- 5
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 1.3
- Bouts per year
- 5.8 (edge)
- 8
- Bouts tracked
- 103
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 6′5″ (196 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 85″ (216 cm)
- —
- Age
- 119
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Nationality
- Italy
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBig Boy Peterson · 2 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
1
Other
1
Primo Carnera · 89 wins
KO/TKO
72
Decision
14
Other
3
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (8 and 103 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
5 sharedShared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Big Boy Peterson
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L3 streak · last fought Dec 13, 1932
Primo Carnera
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L3 streak · last fought May 19, 1946
Common Questions
- Have Big Boy Peterson and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?
- Yes. Big Boy Peterson and Primo Carnera have met 2 times and Primo Carnera leads the series 2-0.
- Who has the better record, Big Boy Peterson or Primo Carnera?
- Big Boy Peterson is 2-6 across the 8 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Primo Carnera is 88-14. Primo Carnera has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
- Who has more knockouts, Big Boy Peterson or Primo Carnera?
- Big Boy Peterson has 0 knockout wins and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.
- Do Big Boy Peterson and Primo Carnera have any common opponents?
- Big Boy Peterson and Primo Carnera share 5 common opponents: Tommy Loughran, Paulino Uzcudun and Ernie Schaaf (and 2 others). Primo Carnera fared better against 4 of them.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Big Boy Peterson and Primo Carnera?
- This comparison is drawn from 8 bouts tracked for Big Boy Peterson and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.