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John Schwake vs Primo Carnera — record, stats and common opponents compared

John Schwake

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Primo Carnera

John Schwake (0-1-1 across 2 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.

Schwake

Tracked record

0–1–1

counted from 2 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

John Schwake and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

John Schwake and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1932Dec 2Series
John SchwakeFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR71Meeting

The Numbers

Schwake 1 · Carnera 4 of 5 measurable rows
SchwakeCarnera
Record†
0-1-188-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
25%
86.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 71
0
71 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—80.68%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡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
2
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
John Schwake: No height on file
Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held
John Schwake: No reach on file
Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot held
John Schwake: No date of birth
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance
John Schwake: Not recorded
Primo Carnera: Orthodox

John Schwake 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
John Schwake0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

John Schwake: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Schwake 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 — John Schwake 2, 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

John Schwake last boxed on Dec 2, 1932 — 34,290 days ago. Schwake had lost the most recent, to Primo Carnera.DL

Heeney Oct 1932Carnera Dec 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 John Schwake and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?
Yes. John Schwake and Primo Carnera met once on December 2, 1932, and Primo Carnera won by KO in round 7.
The meeting

LDec 2, 1932 · Carnera · KO R7

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Schwake or Carnera?
John Schwake is 0-1-1 across the 2 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 %

Schwake0–1–125%

Carnera88–1486.3%

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

Schwake0

Carnera7180.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Schwake and Carnera have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both John Schwake and Primo Carnera have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Schwake and Carnera?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for John Schwake and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Schwake2bouts

Carnera103bouts

How They Win ↓

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