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, Peterson or 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, Peterson or Carnera?

Big Boy Peterson has 0 knockout wins and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.

Do Peterson and 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 Peterson and 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.

Big Boy Peterson vs Primo Carnera — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

Big Boy Peterson

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Primo Carnera

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.

Peterson

Tracked record

2–6

counted from 8 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Carnera

Wins71 KO · 81%

Losses

Draws103 tracked bouts

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.

Head to Head

Carnera leads 2–0

Big Boy Peterson and Primo Carnera have met 2 times; Carnera leads 2–0.
Met	1930Jan 24	1932Dec 13	Series
Big Boy PetersonFighter A	LLost	LLost	0–2W–L
Primo CarneraFighter B	WWon	WWon	2–0W–L
Result	KOR1Carnera vs Peterson	TKOR2Carnera vs Peterson	2Meetings

The Numbers

Peterson 1 · Carnera 6 of 7 measurable rows

PetersonEdge = longer wingCarnera

Record^†: 2-688-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 25%
86.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 71: 0
71 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —80.68%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 0%
81% (edge)
Times stopped^‡max 5: 3 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 5.8: 1.3
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103: 8
103

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held: Big Boy Peterson: No height on file; Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held: Big Boy Peterson: No reach on file; Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot held: Big Boy Peterson: No date of birth; Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance: Big Boy Peterson: Not recorded; Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Big Boy Peterson left, Primo Carnera right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only

Big Boy Peterson2 wins · from 8 tracked bouts

1 on the cards 50%1 by another method or unrecorded 50%

Primo Carnera89 wins · from 103 tracked bouts

72 by KO/TKO 81%14 on the cards 16%3 by another method or unrecorded 3%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Big Boy Peterson 8, Primo Carnera 103 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Carnera better on 4 · even on 15 shared · Primo Carnera better on 4 · even on 1

PetersonBig Boy Peterson

Opponent

CarneraPrimo Carnera

Big Boy Peterson
Loss, PTS
1928Dec 1928
LoughranTommy LoughranUnited States 124–32–13Carnera betterPrimo Carnera better — 1–0 to 0–1
Primo Carnera
Win, UD
1934Mar 1934
Big Boy Peterson
Win, DQ 2
1928Oct 1928
UzcudunPaulino UzcudunSpain 49–17–3 · HeavyweightCarnera betterPrimo Carnera better — 2–0 to 1–0
Primo Carnera
2–0 against
Win, UD
1933Oct 1933
Win, SD
1930Nov 1930
Big Boy Peterson
1–1 against
Loss, PTS
1928Sep 1928
Win, UD
1928May 1928
SchaafErnie SchaafUnited States 58–15–2Carnera betterPrimo Carnera better — 1–0 to 1–1
Primo Carnera
Win, KO 13
1933Feb 1933
Big Boy Peterson
Loss, PTS
1928Apr 1928
GainsLarry GainsCanada 118–22–5EvenEven — 0–1 both
Primo Carnera
Loss, PTS
1932May 1932
Big Boy Peterson
Loss, TKO 5
1926Nov 1926
StriblingYoung StriblingUnited States 256–16–17 · HeavyweightCarnera betterPrimo Carnera better — 1–1 to 0–1
Primo Carnera
1–1 against
Loss, DQ 7
1929Dec 1929
Win, DQ 4
1929Nov 1929

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Big Boy Peterson last boxed on Dec 13, 1932 — 34,279 days ago. Peterson had lost three straight, after one straight win.LWLLL

Schaaf Sep 1928Uzcudun Oct 1928Loughran Dec 1928Carnera Jan 1930Carnera Dec 19321.3 tracked bouts per year

Primo Carnera has lost three straight, after two straight wins. Carnera last boxed on May 19, 1946.WWLLL

Blevens Jul 1945Gardner Sep 1945Musina Nov 1945Musina Mar 1946Musina May 19465.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

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, Peterson or 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, Peterson or Carnera?: Big Boy Peterson has 0 knockout wins and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.
Do Peterson and 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 Peterson and 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.

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