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Pat McCarthy vs Primo Carnera — record, stats and common opponents compared

Pat McCarthy

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Primo Carnera

Pat McCarthy (0-16-1 across 17 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 5 common opponents.

McCarthy

Tracked record

0–16–1

counted from 17 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

Pat McCarthy and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Pat McCarthy and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1930Sep 8Series
Pat McCarthyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

McCarthy 1 · Carnera 5 of 6 measurable rows
McCarthyCarnera
Record†
0-16-188-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
2.9%
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
4 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 5.8
1.4
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
17
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
Pat McCarthy: No height on file
Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Reachnot held
Pat McCarthy: No reach on file
Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot held
Pat McCarthy: No date of birth
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance
Pat McCarthy: Not recorded
Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Pat McCarthy 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
Pat McCarthy0 wins · from 17 tracked bouts

Pat McCarthy: no tracked wins in the 17 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for McCarthy 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 — Pat McCarthy 17, Primo Carnera 103 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

5 shared

5 shared · Carnera better on 5

McCarthy

Opponent

Carnera

  • Pat McCarthy

    Loss, PTS

    1927

    LoughranCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    Win, UD

    1934

  • Pat McCarthy

    Loss, PTS

    1926

    SharkeyCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 6

    1933

    Loss, UD

    1931

  • Pat McCarthy

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    SchaafCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    Win, KO 13

    1933

  • Pat McCarthy

    Loss, TKO 4

    1931

    LevinskyCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    2–0 against

    Win, SD

    1932

    Win, UD

    1931

  • Pat McCarthy

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1928

    Loss, UD

    1928

    GainsCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    Loss, PTS

    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

Pat McCarthy last boxed on Jun 9, 1931 — 34,831 days ago. McCarthy had lost 16 straight.LLLLL

Gains Feb 1928Schaaf Jul 1928Gains Oct 1928Carnera Sep 1930Levinsky Jun 19311.4 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 Pat McCarthy and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?
Yes. Pat McCarthy and Primo Carnera met once on September 8, 1930, and Primo Carnera won by TKO in round 2.
The meeting

LSep 8, 1930 · Carnera · TKO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McCarthy or Carnera?
Pat McCarthy is 0-16-1 across the 17 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 %

McCarthy0–16–12.9%

Carnera88–1486.3%

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

McCarthy0

Carnera7180.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do McCarthy and Carnera have any common opponents?
Pat McCarthy and Primo Carnera share 5 common opponents: Tommy Loughran, Jack Sharkey and Ernie Schaaf (and 2 others). Primo Carnera fared better against 5 of them.
5 shared opponents

Tommy LoughranLW

Jack SharkeyL1–1

Ernie SchaafLW

King LevinskyLW

and 1 more

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McCarthy and Carnera?
This comparison is drawn from 17 bouts tracked for Pat McCarthy and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McCarthy17bouts

Carnera103bouts

How They Win ↓

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