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Primo Carnera vs Sam Gardner — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Primo Carnera

Sam Gardner

Primo Carnera (88-14) and Sam Gardner (0-1 across 1 tracked bouts) 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.

Carnera

88

Wins71 KO · 81%

14

Losses

0

Draws103 tracked bouts

Gardner

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested

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

Primo Carnera and Sam Gardner have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Primo Carnera and Sam Gardner have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1945Sep 25Series
Primo CarneraFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sam GardnerFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Carnera 4 · Gardner 1 of 5 measurable rows
CarneraGardner
Record†
88-14 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
86.3% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 71
71 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
80.68%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
81%—
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
5.8—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
103
1

† 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
Primo Carnera: 6′5″
Sam Gardner: No height on file
Reachnot held
Primo Carnera: 85″
Sam Gardner: No reach on file
Agenot held
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Sam Gardner: No date of birth
Stance
Primo Carnera: Orthodox
Sam Gardner: Not recorded

Primo Carnera left, Sam Gardner right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Sam Gardner0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Sam Gardner: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Gardner yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Primo Carnera 103, Sam Gardner 1 — 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

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

Sam Gardner last boxed on Sep 25, 1945 — 29,609 days ago. Gardner had lost the most recent, to Primo Carnera.L

Carnera Sep 1945

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Primo Carnera and Sam Gardner ever fought each other?
Yes. Primo Carnera and Sam Gardner met once on September 25, 1945, and Primo Carnera won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WSep 25, 1945 · Carnera · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Carnera or Gardner?
Primo Carnera is 88-14 and Sam Gardner is 0-1 across the 1 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Primo Carnera has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Carnera88–1486.3%

Gardner0–10%

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

Carnera7180.7%

Gardner0

The Numbers ↓
Do Carnera and Gardner have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Primo Carnera and Sam Gardner have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Carnera and Gardner?
This comparison is drawn from 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera and 1 bout tracked for Sam Gardner. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Carnera103bouts

Gardner1bout

How They Win ↓

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