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Primo Carnera vs Sully Montgomery — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Primo Carnera

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Sully Montgomery

Primo Carnera (88-14) and Sully Montgomery (1-6 across 7 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

Carnera

88

Wins71 KO · 81%

14

Losses

0

Draws103 tracked bouts

Montgomery

Tracked record

1–6

counted from 7 bouts 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 Sully Montgomery have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Primo Carnera and Sully Montgomery have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1930Mar 11Series
Primo CarneraFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Sully MontgomeryFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Carnera 5 · Montgomery 2 of 7 measurable rows
CarneraMontgomery
Record†
88-14 (edge)1-6
Win %0–100%
86.3% (edge)
14.3%
Wins by knockoutmax 71
71 (edge)
1
KO ratenot comparable
80.68%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
81%
100% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
3 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
0.8
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
103
7

† 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″
Sully Montgomery: No height on file
Reachnot held
Primo Carnera: 85″
Sully Montgomery: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Sully Montgomery: Died aged 69
Stance
Primo Carnera: Orthodox
Sully Montgomery: Not recorded

Primo Carnera left, Sully Montgomery 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%

Sully Montgomery1 win · from 7 tracked bouts

Sully Montgomery: 1 tracked win — 1 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Primo Carnera 103, Sully Montgomery 7 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · Carnera better on 3

Carnera

Opponent

Montgomery

  • Primo Carnera

    1–1 against

    Win, KO 6

    1933

    Loss, UD

    1931

    SharkeyCarnera better

    Sully Montgomery

    Loss, UD

    1925

  • Primo Carnera

    Win, DQ 5

    1930

    GodfreyCarnera better

    Sully Montgomery

    Loss, DQ 7

    1926

  • Primo Carnera

    1–1 against

    Loss, DQ 7

    1929

    Win, DQ 4

    1929

    StriblingCarnera better

    Sully Montgomery

    Loss, KO 2

    1929

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

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

Sully Montgomery has lost five straight. Montgomery last boxed on Mar 11, 1930.LLLLL

Sharkey Jan 1925Godfrey Jan 1926Delaney Jan 1928Stribling Jan 1929Carnera Mar 19300.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Primo Carnera and Sully Montgomery ever fought each other?
Yes. Primo Carnera and Sully Montgomery met once on March 11, 1930, and Primo Carnera won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

WMar 11, 1930 · Carnera · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Carnera or Montgomery?
Primo Carnera is 88-14 and Sully Montgomery is 1-6 across the 7 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%

Montgomery1–614.3%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Carnera or Montgomery?
Primo Carnera has 71 knockout wins and Sully Montgomery has 1. Primo Carnera has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Carnera7180.7%

Montgomery1

The Numbers ↓
Do Carnera and Montgomery have any common opponents?
Primo Carnera and Sully Montgomery share 3 common opponents: Jack Sharkey, George Godfrey and Young Stribling. Primo Carnera fared better against 3 of them.
3 shared opponents

Jack Sharkey1–1L

George GodfreyWL

Young Stribling1–1L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Carnera and Montgomery?
This comparison is drawn from 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera and 7 bouts tracked for Sully Montgomery. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Carnera103bouts

Montgomery7bouts

How They Win ↓

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