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Jerry Pavelec vs Primo Carnera — record, stats and common opponents compared

Jerry Pavelec

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Primo Carnera

Jerry Pavelec (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Pavelec

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Jerry Pavelec and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Jerry Pavelec and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1932Jul 28Series
Jerry PavelecFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

Pavelec 1 · Carnera 4 of 5 measurable rows
PavelecCarnera
Record†
0-188-14 (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§not comparable
—5.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
1
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
Jerry Pavelec: No height on file
Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held
Jerry Pavelec: No reach on file
Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot held
Jerry Pavelec: No date of birth
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance
Jerry Pavelec: Not recorded
Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Jerry Pavelec 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
Jerry Pavelec0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Jerry Pavelec: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Pavelec 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 — Jerry Pavelec 1, 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

Jerry Pavelec last boxed on Jul 28, 1932 — 34,418 days ago. Pavelec had lost the most recent, to Primo Carnera.L

Carnera Jul 1932

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 Jerry Pavelec and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?
Yes. Jerry Pavelec and Primo Carnera met once on July 28, 1932, and Primo Carnera won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LJul 28, 1932 · Carnera · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Pavelec or Carnera?
Jerry Pavelec is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Pavelec0–10%

Carnera88–1486.3%

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

Pavelec0

Carnera7180.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Pavelec and Carnera have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jerry Pavelec and Primo Carnera have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Pavelec and Carnera?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Jerry Pavelec and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Pavelec1bout

Carnera103bouts

How They Win ↓

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