Have Marcel Nilles and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?

Yes. Marcel Nilles and Primo Carnera met once on May 30, 1929, and Primo Carnera won by TKO in round 3.

Who has the better record, Nilles or Carnera?

Marcel Nilles is 1-8 across the 9 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, Nilles or Carnera?

Marcel Nilles has 1 knockout win and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.

Do Nilles and Carnera have any common opponents?

Marcel Nilles and Primo Carnera share 3 common opponents: Paulino Uzcudun, Santa Camarão and Larry Gains. Primo Carnera fared better against 2 of them.

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

This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Marcel Nilles and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Marcel Nilles vs Primo Carnera — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Marcel Nilles

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Primo Carnera

Marcel Nilles (1-8 across 9 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 3 common opponents.

Nilles

Tracked record

1–8

counted from 9 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

Marcel Nilles and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met	1929May 30	Series
Marcel NillesFighter A	LLost	0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter B	WWon	1–0W–L
Result	TKOR3Carnera vs Nilles	1Meeting

Carnera vs Nilles · May 30, 1929

The Numbers

Nilles 1 · Carnera 6 of 7 measurable rows

NillesEdge = longer wingCarnera

Record^†: 1-888-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%: 11.1%
86.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 71: 1
71 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable: —80.68%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)^‡0–100%: 100% (edge)
81%
Times stopped^‡max 6: 6
5 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year^§max 5.8: 1.3
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103: 9
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: Marcel Nilles: No height on file; Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held: Marcel Nilles: No reach on file; Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot held: Marcel Nilles: No date of birth; Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance: Marcel Nilles: Not recorded; Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Marcel Nilles 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

Marcel Nilles1 win · from 9 tracked bouts

1 by KO/TKO 100%

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 — Marcel Nilles 9, Primo Carnera 103 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Nilles better on 1 · Carnera better on 23 shared · Marcel Nilles better on 1 · Primo Carnera better on 2

NillesMarcel Nilles

Opponent

CarneraPrimo Carnera

Marcel Nilles
0–2 against
Loss, KO 3
1925Nov 1925
Loss, KO 5
1924May 1924
UzcudunPaulino UzcudunSpain 49–17–3 · HeavyweightCarnera betterPrimo Carnera better — 2–0 to 0–2
Primo Carnera
2–0 against
Win, UD
1933Oct 1933
Win, SD
1930Nov 1930
Marcel Nilles
Loss, TKO 3
1925Jul 1925
CamarãoSanta CamarãoPortugal 69–20–4Carnera betterPrimo Carnera better — 1–0 to 0–1
Primo Carnera
Win, TKO 6
1932Nov 1932
Marcel Nilles
Win, KO 3
1924Feb 1924
GainsLarry GainsCanada 118–22–5Nilles betterMarcel Nilles better — 1–0 to 0–1
Primo Carnera
Loss, PTS
1932May 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

Marcel Nilles last boxed on May 30, 1929 — 35,574 days ago. Nilles had lost five straight.LLLLL

Uzcudun May 1924Camarão Jul 1925Uzcudun Nov 1925Daniels Jun 1926Carnera May 19291.3 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 Marcel Nilles and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?: Yes. Marcel Nilles and Primo Carnera met once on May 30, 1929, and Primo Carnera won by TKO in round 3.
Who has the better record, Nilles or Carnera?: Marcel Nilles is 1-8 across the 9 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, Nilles or Carnera?: Marcel Nilles has 1 knockout win and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.
Do Nilles and Carnera have any common opponents?: Marcel Nilles and Primo Carnera share 3 common opponents: Paulino Uzcudun, Santa Camarão and Larry Gains. Primo Carnera fared better against 2 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Nilles and Carnera?: This comparison is drawn from 9 bouts tracked for Marcel Nilles and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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