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Thursday ~ November 22, 1945
Milan, Italy
Associated Press
~ Primo Carnera Says He Was Forced To Quit By A Spectator With A Gun ~
Former Heavywoeght Champion - Primo Carnera who was stopped last night by Luigi Musina
in the 7th Round in his come-back bid, claimed he was forced to quit by gun-point.
Primo Carrnera
"In the dressing room before the bout, we were told that the bout was cancelled, due to
unruly fans. I was told to get dressed, and to forget about the fight. Then 15-Minutes later,
we were told that the bout was back on, so I took off my clothes and put back on my boxing
gear."
"Then the Promoter told us that he didn't have my final purse payment, and that I had to
wait another 30-Minutes for him to get the money from a local banker. While I was waiting,
it got real cold in the Dressing Room, so I had a large glass of Cognac to warm me up. Then
I had '2' cigarettes."
"Then we were told that the bout was on, as the Promoter {Aldo Viasco} had gotten the rest
of my fight purse. When I walked out of the Dressing Room, the Arena {Sports Palace} was
real cold, almost freezing. All the spectators had their coats on. As I was walking down the aisle
and got near Ring, a 'drunk spectator' opened up his coat, and pulled out a pistol, and pointed
it at me."
He said > "You better not win Primo, or you'll never get out of the Ring alive."
"I was un-nerved, and got real upset. I was really nervous when I got up in the Ring. When the
fight started, I was not worried about my opponent, as I was looking at the people at Ringside,
trying to see if anyone was aiming a pistol at me."
"Next thing I know, I was on the canvas. Then again a 2nd-time in the 1st Round. I didn't even
try to fight, as I was worried about getting shot in the Ring."
"At the end of the 6th Round, I didn't want to go on anymore, but my cornermen pushed me
out to fight at the start of the 7th Round. I let Luigi hit me at will, and finally I went down. I
told the Referee that I didn't want to fight anymore."
"I want a rematch. This time with protection, and under proper circumstances. I want a return
bout. I was in good shape last night, but the conditions were not proper."
Last edited by Bill Paxtom; 08-05-2015 at 04:15 AM.
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True Story as reported by the Associated Press
November 21, 1945
Primo Carnera Was Threatened At Pistol Point By An Unruly Spectator.
http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j...qzFMLYpCBKW4PA
A rematch was set up 4-Months {March 19, 1946}
Last edited by Bill Paxtom; 08-05-2015 at 12:59 PM.
Tuesday ~ March 19, 1946
Trieste, Italy
Luigi Musina ~ 31-6-4 {17 KO's} ~ 182 lbs. ~ 6' 0" ~ {Age; 31 years, 4 months}
vs.
Primo Carnera ~ 88-12-0 {71 KO's} ~ 267 lbs. ~ 6' 6" ~ {Age; 39 years, 5 months}
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~ Luigi Musina Repeats Win Over Primo Carnera ~
Italian Light-Heavyweight Champion - Luigi Musina scored a repeat win over come-backing
Heavyweight Champion - Primo Carnera.
The physically-fit Musina, out-weighed by 85 lbs. used repeated left-jabs and left-hooks to
completely out-box the lumbering ex-Champion over the first-half of the bout.
With the bout well in hand, Musina started to unload heavy looping right-hands on the
plodding Giant's chin in Rounds 5 and 6, staggering Carnera in each of the Rounds.
But the 39 year-old Carnera showed courage, and managed to land a few heavy left-jabs
to the head of his smaller opponent in Rounds 7 and 8 to take the last 2-Rounds. But it
was not enough to overcome his early Rounds point loss to the better-boxing Musina.
This was Carnera's 2nd-straight loss to Luigi Musina, who had stopped Primo 4-Months earlier
on November 21, 1945.
The Associated Press scored the bout 5 Rounds {Musina}, 1 Round {Even} and 2 Rounds for
Carnera.
Primo Carnera >
"I think that I will give it one more try. I fought better tonight than I did in our previous bout.
Luigi is fast, and I just couldn't land the big punch that would have turned the bout in my favor."
Luigi Musina >
"Primo fought better tonight than he did in our last bout, but he's still very slow, and a sucker
for looping right-hands. If he wants to fight me again, I will oblige him."
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