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Bud Gorman vs Primo Carnera — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bud Gorman

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Primo Carnera

Bud Gorman (2-8 across 10 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 once. They share 5 common opponents.

Gorman

Tracked record

2–8

counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Carnera

88

Wins71 KO · 81%

14

Losses

0

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 1–0

Bud Gorman and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Bud Gorman and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1931Jun 30Series
Bud GormanFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Gorman 1 · Carnera 6 of 7 measurable rows
GormanCarnera
Record†
2-888-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
20%
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
1.7
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
10
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
Bud Gorman: No height on file
Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held
Bud Gorman: No reach on file
Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot held
Bud Gorman: No date of birth
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance
Bud Gorman: Not recorded
Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Bud Gorman 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
Bud Gorman2 wins · from 10 tracked bouts

Bud Gorman: 2 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (100%). Counted from 10 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 100%

Primo Carnera89 wins · from 103 tracked bouts

Primo Carnera: 89 tracked wins — 72 by KO/TKO (81%), 14 on the cards (16%) and 3 by another method or unrecorded (3%). Counted from 103 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

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 — Bud Gorman 10, Primo Carnera 103 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Carnera better on 3 · even on 2

Gorman

Opponent

Carnera

  • Bud Gorman

    1–1 against

    Loss, DQ 1

    1926

    Win, PTS

    1925

    SharkeyEven

    Primo Carnera

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 6

    1933

    Loss, UD

    1931

  • Bud Gorman

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    SchaafCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    Win, KO 13

    1933

  • Bud Gorman

    Loss, PTS

    1926

    GainsEven

    Primo Carnera

    Loss, PTS

    1932

  • Bud Gorman

    Loss, TKO 3

    1928

    GodfreyCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    Win, DQ 5

    1930

  • Bud Gorman

    Loss, MD

    1925

    StriblingCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    1–1 against

    Loss, DQ 7

    1929

    Win, DQ 4

    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

Bud Gorman last boxed on Jun 30, 1931 — 34,811 days ago. Gorman had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Primo Carnera.LLLWL

Heeney Aug 1927Godfrey Nov 1928Schaaf Dec 1928Galento Apr 1930Carnera Jun 19311.7 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 Bud Gorman and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?
Yes. Bud Gorman and Primo Carnera met once on June 30, 1931, and Primo Carnera won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LJun 30, 1931 · Carnera · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Gorman or Carnera?
Bud Gorman is 2-8 across the 10 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.
Records · win %

Gorman2–820%

Carnera88–1486.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Gorman or Carnera?
Bud Gorman has 0 knockout wins and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Gorman0

Carnera7180.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Gorman and Carnera have any common opponents?
Bud Gorman and Primo Carnera share 5 common opponents: Jack Sharkey, Ernie Schaaf and Larry Gains (and 2 others). Primo Carnera fared better against 3 of them.
5 shared opponents

Jack Sharkey1–11–1

Ernie SchaafLW

Larry GainsLL

George GodfreyLW

and 1 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Gorman and Carnera?
This comparison is drawn from 10 bouts tracked for Bud Gorman and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Gorman10bouts

Carnera103bouts

How They Win ↓

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