REMASTERED! Max Baer vs Primo Carnera (14.6.1934) Full Fight & Build-up COLORIZED & speed correction

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

a remake of an upload i made a while back. now with build up footage and interviews. the footage of the fight was speed corrected and i colorgraded it a bit.Enjoy the improved version! If you want to support my work you can buy T-Shirts, Posters, Stickers, etc in my shop👕: www.redbubble.com/people/LegendsofBoxing/shop

[@eazypeazy33]

90 year old footage.. see you all in 10 years for 100 year anniversary

[@bobbyhulll8737]

Primo broke his foot or something

[@colincampbell7928]

​@@bobbyhulll8737fractured has fights ankle.

[@rohaankhan9018]

See ya!

[@hadronoftheseus8829]

I hear Baer is planning a comeback.

[@garymorris1856]

Yeah, it is great to watch this 90-year-old footage.

[@jednatkin9959]

Carnera was a circus strongman controlled by the mob. He had few real boxing skills. Virtually all his early fights were fixed. Baer was a clown but when he took things seriously he was a devastating puncher who killed a man in the ring. He may have had the best right hand of any heavyweight in history.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

On point

[@nickmandleberg]

Love the inclusion of the build up before the bout🥊It's amazing to see the open workouts!

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Glad you liked it!!

[@nickmandleberg]

@@LegendsofBoxinginColor love all your work - much appreciated 👍

[@joshuabelmonte12]

Was that included on the reel? If so awesome that you found this

[@normancook965]

Baer has perhaps the most perfect physique I've see for boxing and many other sports - an incredible natural athlete.

[@DoubleJabSlipRightHand]

Queens NY baby. Lots of great fights took place here. Long Island City and Sunnyside Gardens. Good old days.

[@jjstratford]

Such a trip to see the training footage! Maybe my favorite part. Really makes them human and gives you a kind of peek into their world, like at the measurement announcements when they were clowning around. GOLD ⭐️

[@carlcarlson1369]

Great video restoration beautiful

[@DonaldWottrich]

Great stuff. Fantastic footage.

[@cldavis33]

Amazing footage, thank you so much for sharing!!!!

[@rossanoponti8139]

Carnera broke his ankle when he fell in the first round....WHAT A HERO !!

[@user-yu6mn5jq6h]

look aat his corner that was olive oil he slipped on

[@rockymarcianobrasil317]

Amazing colors. Amazing.

[@lastrada52]

Please look it up if you doubt me -- Primo Carnera holds the KO record in the heavyweight division. Few come close. If you count light heavyweight bouts Ezzard Charles might edge him out. But in the heavyweight division exclusively from 1928-1946 -- Primo had 103 fights - 89 wins - 72 knockouts - 14 losses (he was only stopped 5 times by TKO, lost 7 times to decision & 2 disqualifications). During his prime years, Primo was stopped but never knocked out. They list his 5 losses as KO but his record shows it was actually all TKO (technical knockouts), fights that were stopped. He was never out on his feet or counted out on the mat -- because he kept getting up & coming back with both hands loaded. Takes guts. He also probably had the best naturally cut body in boxing. He was not a weight lifter or a professional bodybuilder. he also had an 85" reach. He just lacked finesse & skills but he had power, determination & stamina. Joe Louis said Primo hit hard with every punch and had a good jab. Despite losing to a far better-skilled boxer in Max Baer, Primo got in many good shots. But he was a bit awkward at times. By the way, Max Baer lost in 4 rounds to Joe Louis. Primo lasted 6 rounds. A testament to the courage and ability that Primo indeed had but many won't acknowledge.

[@pickelhaublehelmet]

Carnera is extremely underrated and carneras toughest fight was definitely against mighty joe young

[@lastrada52]

@@pickelhaublehelmet- That happens to be right. He was right there -- up front on that tug-of-war line. He took on all comers. (Great film too, especially the ending). Thanks for that comment.

[@stefano9731]

He had a good jab actually and could take a beating and it looks like good stamina and good size Everything else below average I wonder what he could have become had he been born in the USA. He would have been boxing at a young age and probably would have developed some skills Interesting

[@jacobjones5269]

Decent jab.. But if you don’t back it up or mix it up your opponent is gonna time you off it.. Just like Max did here..

[@stefano9731]

@@jacobjones5269 agreed

[@dexter7167]

Great document thks ciao 🇮🇹🥊👍

[@lthompson7625]

Max Bear was a different fighter after the death of one of his opponents , Frankie Campbell, in 1930. Campbell never regained consciousness after Baer gave him a severe beating in the ring. Max Baer was distraught after Campbell’s death . Max was arrested and even faced manslaughter charges , which were later dropped. After that he became more of a showman and clowned about a lot in the ring . I remember reading that when he beat Primo Carnera in 1934 , the ltalian needed hospital treatment . Max would often visit Primo to make sure he was recovering .

[@lthompson7625]

@justthink5854 That would fit. He just seemed a good guy. He was very charismatic . I think at some time in the future they should make a biopic about Max. Haven’t seen it , but lots of boxing fans have said that Max wasn’t shown in a good light in the Ron Howard film about James J Braddock ‘ The Cinderella Man’ .

[@lthompson7625]

@justthink5854 They were good people. Isn’t it interesting to see Max clowning with Jack Dempsey. Every now and again l watch the Willard v Dempsey fight . It still makes astonishing viewing.

[@lthompson7625]

@justthink5854 Will do .

[@jjstratford]

3:09 People can call him an oaf if they want, but he was no dummy… “He’s not a good fighter, but he’s a real wonderful boxer and a very clever boxer, and he give me… I learned lots of things last night. And I’m going to fight him again because if I fight him again, I know I can learn lots of things more.”

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

audio is not fitting for most of the bout since the speed in the original was way off. so thats why there is no audio

[@sjcoelho]

Great job all the same

[@somewhere6]

It's just fine as it also removed "colonel" (?) Bob Sheridan's voice.

[@tectorpettersson]

Just amazing

[@jaekisin]

Jethro Bodine's dad! Max Baer held the knockout record for many years I believe...remember seeing that in the old Guinness Book of World Records.

[@josuecalebfigueroaortiz6837]

If Carnera was a modern-day boxer, people would have said he was on steroids hahaha

[@TheRealTomahawk]

The fight starts at 13:12

[@tubeskid]

People saying Carnera couldn't box are overreacting to him being hurt. He got caught with a few shots and couldn't stand up to Baer's power, but Primo actually was the more effective agressor for most of this fight, using his jab effectively to score and continually coming forward. Baer was a tough customer.

[@AssMuncher995]

It's quite surprising how Max Baer sparred light when preparing for a fight. When I helped someone out for their first fight we actually sparred a bit hard.

[@somewhere6]

Shame about the missing rounds but it is great to see it in this format. One has to give it to Carnera, he took cannon shots up and down and never stopped trying.

[@jwr7138]

This was the golden age of boxing. I’m so glad that so much of it has been preserved for all of us to marvel over all these years later. It’s even more enjoyable if you don’t know the results in advance.

[@kazakh-interista]

that ref is either incompetent or was really wanting Baer to beat the shit out of Carnera

[@monarch1651]

Nah those were the rules back then. Refs usually waited through several of what would be a blatant tko today. There was also the tradition of never calling a title fight until the belt holder was fully unconscious on the floor.

[@kazakh-interista]

@@monarch1651 good point. I totally forgot about the difference in rules between nowadays and what it used to be almost a century ago. Then the ref's actions are justified.

[@afranks8566]

Boxing was a lot rougher back then.

[@cmille24]

This was back when the rules of boxing were literally just “hit your opponent until they’re unconscious” Those hard shots to the back of the head look absolutely brutal

[@MorayEel]

Todays rules Baer would have won on first round stoppage.

[@monarch1651]

Is this the original commentary? Its very funny hearing the man have to think about the name of Madison square garden.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

no not the orgininal audio of the broadcast.

[@chriso1585]

When I first looked I thought it was Carnera vs Tommy Loughran. Love the story of that fight where Loughran rubbed crap in his hair that stank to upset Carnera and Carnera ended up braking his toes by stepping on them. This must be one of the craziest fights of all time, nice job on the picture, thanks

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

Really haha crazy story

[@chriso1585]

@@LegendsofBoxinginColor I love the old stories, most you find in old books and things like the ring magazine. Your not into boxing books or are you. I didn’t when I was boxing but before and after I did

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

@@chriso1585 no not right now. But i will start collecting

[@DynomiteDerek]

Primo's hand size is just insane, looks like they're wearing completely different OZ of gloves for this fight. Max has on some 8 ouncers while primo has the big old 16 ounce sparring gloves

[@jjstratford]

He is MASSIVE. Imagine for that day and age how much of a freakshow he would’ve been.

[@trumpdumpsalot]

This was just about the craziest pro fight I've ever seen. When he wasn't being dumped on his backside at regular intervals, Primera COMPLETELY outboxed Baer. Primera only seems to need blowing on to fall over and despite his great jabbing skill, his punches don't seem to have any power. Baer seems to have no skill whatsoever and spends his entire time trying to land the right-hand knockout. Half the time here, he was so unbalanced, he fell on top of Primera after or during throwing a punch. Baer was sure a one-off and most of the time seemed to be talking, clowning or pulling his shorts up, with no thoughts of defence. Though the fight seemed very amateurish, it was great entertainment.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

i agree with most. Primo outboxed Baer in some parts of the fight but its was a one sided fight. strange they didnt stop it way earlier

[@christusomnipotens3751]

Primo has 70+ KO's how did his punches not have power?

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

@@christusomnipotens3751 he did have of course he is a heavy tall men. What is meant is when your tired or hurt your punches have no power behind them. Hard to understand if you never boxed before

[@TFB97]

Baer had power too, hardly makes Carnera chinny.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

@@TFB97 primo must have a great chin that he stood up till the end

[@d-v-cez9152]

That...was...wild...😲

[@OldMastyr3]

Nice mob stoppage.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

primo quit

[@dionnadeedominguez6547]

Awesome

[@JonTrutwin]

Primo had a distinctive boxing strategy

[@MorayEel]

Carnera had a heart as gigantic as the bossom it inhabited. He would not stay down or quit despite receiving hellacious punishment. Baer was just too powerful for anykne to stand and trade with. The trouble with Baer he didnt take boxing seriously or train hard enough for fights after a certain point. The death of Frankie Campbell took a lot out of Baers killer instinct and he begen to clown in fights, sparing his opponents with his comedic expressions and giving them time to recover. He let guys off the hook when they were in trouble he didnt have the icy Joe Louis instincts of seek and destroy against a hurt opppnent, few could match the Brown Bomber for that nor many of his phenomenal qualities which exceeded everyone then. This was a time when the world heavyweight belt switched hands many times in a short period in the 1930s.. this ended with Braddock who beat Baer and who was himself koed by a Joe Louis right hand.

[@colincampbell7928]

Lovely job sir.

[@jjstratford]

6:55 Seems like a really cool guy and was probably a bigger star than those of us who never got to see him fight (ALMOST ALL OF US) even realize today

[@buddyvilla7393]

Tommy Loughran has the unique distinction of beating three boxers who would go on to win The Heavyweight Title. Jack Dharkey,Max Baer, and dominated Jim Braddock in a title defense of his Light- Heavyweight Championship…

[@PROFESSOR-I.C.]

Refereeing was poor. I noticed and Max Baer's fights, he would often rub his gloves on his boxing trunks. Very unusual.

[@hup358]

I do that to get the sweat off but he could be pulling up his trucks.

[@jjstratford]

1:51 😂😂😂 He looked like he was swatting gnats!!!

[@christusomnipotens3751]

Boxers back then would lay hands on today's one

[@BootedDrew]

Na they don't throw jabs in this era. Ali would still make a fool out of them.

[@christusomnipotens3751]

@BootedDrew I seen them throwing jabs... maybe not fighters like Baer and Primo who relied on power.. but what of the likes of Joe Louis?

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

​@@christusomnipotens3751Louis would clean out Cruiser and Heavyweight.

[@christusomnipotens3751]

@Pedro_Le_Chef no he wouldn't because they would all duck him.

[@Pedro_Le_Chef]

@@christusomnipotens3751 They'd call him a midget, ask for 70% of the purse, he'd agree and then they'd still cancel the fight

[@AngloSaxon1]

Primo Carnera was a good wrestler as well

[@LurkingCrassZero]

May just be me, but the speed still seems a little off. Changing it to 1.25x speed looks more natural.

[@garymorris1856]

I have always had an interest in Max Baer, part of it is him being from my hometown, Omaha, Nebraska.

[@karlschneider9479]

Almost all of Carnera's previous bouts were fixed. The mob used him as a foil and exploited him. Primo couldn't box his way out of a wet paper bag!

[@matteocongiu2944]

Carnera il Jonah Lomu della boxe, fenomeno fisico, tecnicamente un pippone.

[@stevestarscream5182]

Cinderella Man made Max Baer out to be a stone cold killer psycho when he clearly seemed to be a total fun loving goof ball

[@4949blade]

Hollywood had to make him look like a villainous monster in the film to create tension. I think it was wrong how they portrayed him, almost like an Ivan drago. . They could have shown instead his difficulty in coping with Frankie campbells death but still the very great risk of him killing James Braddock due to his physical strength.

[@normancook965]

Carnera moved way better in his sparring session shwon here than he did in the actual fight with Baer. He should have made Baer chase him more and caught him with counter punches given how Baer could leave himself open when on the attack.

[@pariderossini3384]

in questo combattimento carnera si era infortunato e quindi il l'incontro doveva essere sospeso.

[@enigma9971]

As soon as the fight started, the sound stopped

[@Boomhower89]

Jack Dempsey training Max Baer. Doesn’t get better than that

[@jayrosen6663]

Carnera was strong and game, he certainly took a beating from Max. Had Carnera been shorter the fight wouldn't have lasted 11 rounds. Baer had to punch up, and lost some power.

[@regretfully77]

Quoting “Cinderella Man”? Lol

[@JoelShrallow-rl3yt]

Primo was like the Italian Tyson Fury of his day.

[@crabb9966]

Carnera is an incredibly intimidating figure

[@dannyomire3161]

It seems like it would have been stopped a lot earlier and what a crummy boxing match

[@GiantSandles]

You wonder why guys wouldn't just stay down until the count of 8 if the other guy was just allowed to jump all over them the second they got up

[@joep8787]

Carnera looks far bigger and more muscular than Baer, but he throws a punch like a girl. No power. He's awkward. he got knocked down over and over by Baer, and not just in the final round. Baer didn't seem to be taking the fight seriously. You can see that he's talking shit to Carnera through most of the fight. I've read that in that early knockdown when both fighters went down, he said to Carnera, "last one up's a rotten egg!"

[@rogeliojavierortegonperez7548]

Primo Carnera un gigante con quijada de cristal..

[@HarryHeath-kc7cm]

Primo was a a puncher his record sure says it too thats a lot of wins by ko

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

There were many harder punchers in his time. He was a mafia fighter. So there were a good deal of dives and setups there

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

There were many harder punchers in his time. He was a mafia fighter. So there were a good deal of dives and setups there

[@HarryHeath-kc7cm]

Okay that had something to do with that

[@mosheshamir2161]

Primo was a big guy in excellent shape. But Primo was an awkward fighter.

[@jtcouch]

How can a 6'3" guy beat a 6'6" giant?

[@fvgc454ss]

Mike Tyson isn't even 6ft.

[@callumcc8897]

Stamina and endurance!

[@AshfordNehaul]

Someone made a lot of money betting

[@DominicR-y5d]

Ref let Baer stay right on top of Primo rather than go to a neutral corner---unlike what happened to Dempsey against Tunney

[@mollywalts2776]

There was no neutral corner rule in 1934.

[@callumcc8897]

@@mollywalts2776I’m sorry but do you know your history?? I doubt it, because that rule was changed in the 1920s! Did you watch the famous long count ? Probably not!

[@user-ny1ze8lj9q]

Primo was fighting with the broken ankle.. yet last more rounds

[@janswart9800]

Primo Carnera's boxing skills were seriously underrated.

[@williambarry8015]

Max Baer was cool.

[@sandy3482]

gotta give Max credit he "dated" Jean Harlow! Maxie is wearing the robe he worn in the movie " The Prize Fighter and the Lady" with Myrna Loy that is why it says Steve Morgan on the back which was his name in the movie

[@roccodeluca5590]

They should have stopped the fight when Carnera broke his ankle. No point of fighting with that kind of injury. He needed to heal first.

[@user-ey7sf4rt7v]

Jo Soares alguém aqui?

[@jayboyd3055]

Carnera had no footwork or head movement with very little boxing ability. 😊😊😊

[@WilliamFlickinger-ex2sd]

Prino was pwed by the mafio tha t t fikes all his fights sharkie pay pff took a dive and bumbb became champion real fight he got kill bear and louis he was drad meet

[@WilliamFlickinger-ex2sd]

Owed by mafio

[@zombiefulci3301]

In this crude era, Ricardo Mayorga would be king

[@alanaliyev456GT]

he Speak 3 linguage witch great accuracy ...he is far of his image of "silly giant" gify by bad persons.

[@samorpeterenpretene9184]

And you don’t speak any language correctly.

[@siberianhusky5874]

Sorry, but manipulating the videos and colorizing them on top of that just produces a phony fight.

[@LegendsofBoxinginColor]

The original film was way to fast if you comoare

[@siberianhusky5874]

@@LegendsofBoxinginColor But your videos are just winging the actual speed of the boxers. People are watching your videos and don't know any better, they're being bamboozled.

[@samorpeterenpretene9184]

It’s hard to judge a fight from this era. Everything looks like dog shit, 0 footwork or movement, punches have no form. The rules are wild. Most ppl in Italian are commenting he had a glass jaw. I’ve read him and his mangers would protect his chin, go so far as to agree not to touch his chin. I’ve watched a few matches now, first thing I thought was how do Primos punches have no power. The man could fight, knock ppl out and hold his own. The man had steel balls and believed in himself. But could he box??? Fuck no!

[@vancap9725]

That so-called knockm out punch went right over Primo's head jand barely grazied his hair. Then Max sucker punched him while he was looking away and talking to the ref. Worse than the Clay knockout of listen!

[@MorayEel]

Wow you are a moron if you think this was fixed, Baer cleared ruined him witha many huge bombs throughr the fight. Your ignorant ass watches two seconds of a fight and thinks he knows what's going on.

[@giovannimannelli2158]

He couldspeak English uau

[@GereDJ2]

Ridiculous audio.

[@KirksCORNER-1983]

Primo can't fight

[@DanteSlappedyouwithfacts]

He tore something in his leg,his fighting style was jab and move,sometimes become aggressive but in this fight his body broke down on him

[@anthonysouthard5572]

Carnera took dives.

[@samirsamso2227]

, 😂😅

[@siralfredramsey]

I hate how Max Baer is making ugly faces to Carnera in the later rounds like he's badmans joker. I don't like this guy. He had no class, just mobster behaving, bad tricks and brutality in his portfolio. At least, he put the jewish star on his trunks not because he had jewish believes or any identification with jewish culture but he knew it would guarantee him more support from the big jewish community.

[@samorpeterenpretene9184]

Typical opportunistic Chew

[@massimocalderini9454]

PRIMO CARNERA THE ITALIAN LEGEND

[@TheRycooder]

They looked no better than amateurs !!

[@kerryschallon8879]

Primo should have taken time before standing back up. Sloppy boxing by both men.

[@crisma6260]

Hacia sparring con un mediano junior....