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Johnny Erickson vs Primo Carnera — record, stats and common opponents compared

Johnny Erickson

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Primo Carnera

Johnny Erickson (0-11 across 11 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.

Erickson

Tracked record

0–11

counted from 11 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

Johnny Erickson and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Johnny Erickson and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1930Feb 17Series
Johnny EricksonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Erickson 1 · Carnera 5 of 6 measurable rows
EricksonCarnera
Record†
0-1188-14 (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
3 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.8
1.3
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
11
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
Johnny Erickson: No height on file
Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held
Johnny Erickson: No reach on file
Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot held
Johnny Erickson: No date of birth
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance
Johnny Erickson: Not recorded
Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Johnny Erickson 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
Johnny Erickson0 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Johnny Erickson: no tracked wins in the 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Erickson 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 — Johnny Erickson 11, 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

Johnny Erickson last boxed on Jun 20, 1937 — 32,628 days ago. Erickson had lost 11 straight.LLLLL

Morgano Apr 1931Montalvo Jul 1935Montalvo Dec 1936Montalvo Jan 1937Montalvo Jun 19371.3 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 Johnny Erickson and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?
Yes. Johnny Erickson and Primo Carnera met once on February 17, 1930, and Primo Carnera won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LFeb 17, 1930 · Carnera · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Erickson or Carnera?
Johnny Erickson is 0-11 across the 11 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 %

Erickson0–110%

Carnera88–1486.3%

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

Erickson0

Carnera7180.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Erickson and Carnera have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Johnny Erickson and Primo Carnera have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Erickson and Carnera?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Johnny Erickson and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Erickson11bouts

Carnera103bouts

How They Win ↓

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