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Pierre Charles vs Primo Carnera — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Pierre Charles

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Primo Carnera

Pierre Charles (64-26-8) 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 6 common opponents.

Charles

64

Wins30 KO · 47%

26

Losses

8

Draws11 tracked bouts

Carnera

88

Wins71 KO · 81%

14

Losses

0

Draws103 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Carnera leads 1–0

Pierre Charles and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Pierre Charles and Primo Carnera have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1932Feb 29Series
Pierre CharlesFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Primo CarneraFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultPTS1Meeting

The Numbers

Charles 1 · Carnera 7 of 8 measurable rows
CharlesCarnera
Record
64-26-888-14 (edge)
Win %0–100%
69.4%
86.3% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 71
30
71 (edge)
KO rate0–100%
46.88%
80.68% (edge)
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
0%
81% (edge)
Times stopped†max 5
2 (edge)
5
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 5.8
0.9
5.8 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
11
103

† 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

Height+3″
Pierre Charles: 6′2″
Primo Carnera: 6′5″ (edge)
Reachnot held
Pierre Charles: No reach on file
Primo Carnera: 85″
Agenot comparable
Pierre Charles: Died aged 63
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Stance
Pierre Charles: Not recorded
Primo Carnera: Orthodox

Pierre Charles 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
Pierre Charles3 wins · from 11 tracked bouts

Pierre Charles: 3 tracked wins — 2 on the cards (67%) and 1 by another method or unrecorded (33%). Counted from 11 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 on the cards 67%1 by another method or unrecorded 33%

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 — Pierre Charles 11, Primo Carnera 103 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

6 shared

6 shared · Charles better on 1 · Carnera better on 3 · even on 2

Charles

Opponent

Carnera

  • Pierre Charles

    0–2 against

    Loss, PTS

    1935

    Loss, KO 2

    1928

    GodfreyCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    Win, DQ 5

    1930

  • Pierre Charles

    Loss, PTS

    1930

    LoughranCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    Win, UD

    1934

  • Pierre Charles

    Loss, SD

    1933

    UzcudunCarnera better

    Primo Carnera

    2–0 against

    Win, UD

    1933

    Win, SD

    1930

  • Pierre Charles

    Win, DQ 8

    1933

    StriblingCharles better

    Primo Carnera

    1–1 against

    Loss, DQ 7

    1929

    Win, DQ 4

    1929

  • Pierre Charles

    Win, PTS

    1929

    CamarãoEven

    Primo Carnera

    Win, TKO 6

    1932

  • Pierre Charles

    Loss, KO 1

    1923

    GainsEven

    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

Pierre Charles has lost two straight, after one straight win. Charles last boxed on Oct 2, 1935.WLWLL

Daniels Jan 1932Carnera Feb 1932Stribling Mar 1933Uzcudun May 1933Godfrey Oct 19350.9 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 Pierre Charles and Primo Carnera ever fought each other?
Yes. Pierre Charles and Primo Carnera met once on February 29, 1932, and Primo Carnera won by PTS.
The meeting

LFeb 29, 1932 · Carnera · PTS

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Charles or Carnera?
Pierre Charles is 64-26-8 and Primo Carnera is 88-14. Primo Carnera has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Charles64–26–869.4%

Carnera88–1486.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Charles or Carnera?
Pierre Charles has 30 knockout wins and Primo Carnera has 71. Primo Carnera has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Charles3046.9%

Carnera7180.7%

The Numbers ↓
Do Charles and Carnera have any common opponents?
Pierre Charles and Primo Carnera share 6 common opponents: George Godfrey, Tommy Loughran and Paulino Uzcudun (and 3 others). Primo Carnera fared better against 3 of them.
6 shared opponents

George GodfreyLW

Tommy LoughranLW

Paulino UzcudunLW

Young StriblingW1–1

and 2 more

Common Opponents ↓
Who is bigger, Charles or Carnera?
Primo Carnera is the taller fighter at 196 cm, 7 cm above the other.
Height · reach

Charles189 cm

Carnera196 cm216 cm reach

Tale of the Tape ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Charles and Carnera?
This comparison is drawn from 11 bouts tracked for Pierre Charles and 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Charles11bouts

Carnera103bouts

How They Win ↓

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