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Primo Carnera vs Young Spence — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Primo Carnera

Young Spence

Primo Carnera (88-14) and Young Spence (1-1 across 2 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

Spence

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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 Young Spence have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.

Primo Carnera and Young Spence have met 1 time; Carnera leads 1–0.
Met1932Dec 30Series
Primo CarneraFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Young SpenceFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Carnera 6 · Spence 1 of 7 measurable rows
CarneraSpence
Record†
88-14 (edge)1-1
Win %0–100%
86.3% (edge)
50%
Wins by knockoutmax 71
71 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
80.68%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
81% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 5
5
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 3
3 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 5.8
5.8 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 103
103
2

† 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″
Young Spence: No height on file
Reachnot held
Primo Carnera: 85″
Young Spence: No reach on file
Agenot held
Primo Carnera: Died aged 60
Young Spence: No date of birth
Stance
Primo Carnera: Orthodox
Young Spence: Not recorded

Primo Carnera left, Young Spence 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%

Young Spence1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Young Spence: 1 tracked win — 1 by another method or unrecorded (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by another method or unrecorded 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Primo Carnera 103, Young Spence 2 — 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

Young Spence last boxed on Dec 30, 1932 — 34,265 days ago. Spence had won one in a row before losing by stoppage to Primo Carnera.WL

Chiariglione Sep 1924Carnera Dec 19320.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Primo Carnera and Young Spence ever fought each other?
Yes. Primo Carnera and Young Spence met once on December 30, 1932, and Primo Carnera won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

WDec 30, 1932 · Carnera · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Carnera or Spence?
Primo Carnera is 88-14 and Young Spence is 1-1 across the 2 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%

Spence1–150%

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

Carnera7180.7%

Spence0

The Numbers ↓
Do Carnera and Spence have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Primo Carnera and Young Spence have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Carnera and Spence?
This comparison is drawn from 103 bouts tracked for Primo Carnera and 2 bouts tracked for Young Spence. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Carnera103bouts

Spence2bouts

How They Win ↓

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