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Ford Smith vs Primo Carnera — record, stats and common opponents compared

Ford Smith

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Primo Carnera

Ford Smith (0-3 across 3 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Smith

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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

Ford Smith and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Ford Smith and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1935Nov 25Series
Ford SmithFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Smith 1 · Carnera 5 of 6 measurable rows
SmithCarnera
Record†
0-388-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
86.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 71
0
71 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80.68%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—81%
Times stopped‡max 5
1 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.8
2.4
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
3
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
Ford Smith: No height on file
Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held
Ford Smith: No reach on file
Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot held
Ford Smith: No date of birth
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance
Ford Smith: Not recorded
Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Ford Smith 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
Ford Smith0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Ford Smith: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Smith yet.

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 — Ford Smith 3, Primo Carnera 103 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Ford Smith last boxed on Sep 11, 1936 — 32,911 days ago. Smith had lost three straight.LLL

Rosenbloom Jun 1935Carnera Nov 1935Savold Sep 19362.4 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 Ford Smith and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?
Yes. Ford Smith and Primo Carnera met once on November 25, 1935, and Primo Carnera won by UD.
The meeting

LNov 25, 1935 · Carnera · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Smith or Carnera?
Ford Smith is 0-3 across the 3 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 %

Smith0–30%

Carnera88–1486.3%

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

Smith0

Carnera7180.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Smith and Carnera have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Ford Smith and Primo Carnera have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Smith and Carnera?
This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Ford Smith and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Smith3bouts

Carnera103bouts

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