Have Knute Hansen and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?

Yes. Knute Hansen and Primo Carnera met once on July 24, 1931, and Primo Carnera won by KO in round 1.

Who has the better record, Hansen or Carnera?

Knute Hansen is 0-2 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.

Who has more knockouts, Hansen or Carnera?

Knute Hansen has 0 knockout wins and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.

Do Hansen and Carnera have any common opponents?

Knute Hansen and Primo Carnera share 2 common opponents: Paulino Uzcudun and Santa Camarão. Primo Carnera fared better against 2 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hansen and Carnera?

This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Knute Hansen and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Knute Hansen vs Primo Carnera — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Knute Hansen

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Primo Carnera

Knute Hansen (0-2 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 2 common opponents.

Hansen

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

Carnera

Wins71 KO · 81%

Losses

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

Knute Hansen and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met	1931Jul 24	Series
Knute HansenFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	KOR1Carnera vs Hansen	1Meeting

Carnera vs Hansen · Jul 24, 1931

The Numbers

Hansen 1 · Carnera 5 of 6 measurable rows

HansenEdge = longer wingCarnera

Record^†: 0-288-14 (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: 0.7
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: Knute Hansen: No height on file; Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held: Knute Hansen: No reach on file; Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot comparable: Knute Hansen: Died aged 80; Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance: Knute Hansen: Not recorded; Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Knute Hansen 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

Knute Hansen0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Hansen yet.

Primo Carnera89 wins · from 103 tracked bouts

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 — Knute Hansen 3, Primo Carnera 103 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Carnera better on 22 shared · Primo Carnera better on 2

HansenKnute Hansen

Opponent

CarneraPrimo Carnera

Knute Hansen
Loss, PTS
1927Feb 1927
UzcudunPaulino UzcudunSpain 49–17–3 · HeavyweightCarnera betterPrimo Carnera better — 2–0 to 0–1
Primo Carnera
2–0 against
Win, UD
1933Oct 1933
Win, SD
1930Nov 1930
Knute Hansen
No contest, NC 2
1931Feb 1931
CamarãoSanta CamarãoPortugal 69–20–4Carnera betterPrimo Carnera better — 1–0 to 0–0
Primo Carnera
Win, TKO 6
1932Nov 1932

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

Knute Hansen has lost the most recent, to Primo Carnera. Hansen last boxed on Jul 24, 1931.LNCL

Uzcudun Feb 1927Camarão Feb 1931Carnera Jul 19310.7 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 Knute Hansen and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?: Yes. Knute Hansen and Primo Carnera met once on July 24, 1931, and Primo Carnera won by KO in round 1.
Who has the better record, Hansen or Carnera?: Knute Hansen is 0-2 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.
Who has more knockouts, Hansen or Carnera?: Knute Hansen has 0 knockout wins and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.
Do Hansen and Carnera have any common opponents?: Knute Hansen and Primo Carnera share 2 common opponents: Paulino Uzcudun and Santa Camarão. Primo Carnera fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Hansen and Carnera?: This comparison is drawn from 3 bouts tracked for Knute Hansen and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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