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wonder about death

He owned a liquor store and died of liver disease at 61, did he have a drinking problem?

Fixed fights

There is not question that *most* of his fights were fixed. He could not hit, and he had a weak chin - he only won when the fight was fixed. This is detailed by sports journalist Paul Gallico in Farewell to Sport (1938). Fothergill Volkensniff IV (talk) 20:13, 16 April 2008 (UTC)[reply]

WW2

Several sources state that he worked with the Italian resistance during the Second World War, and spent some time in a fascist prisoner-of-war camp after being captured,[1][2] although they tend to be very vague. The article completely skips over this period; true facts, or barmy old cack? -Ashley Pomeroy (talk) 12:17, 25 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Tallest?

"Until December 19, 2005, when the 7 ft 1 in, 147 kg Nikolay Valuev won the WBA title, Carnera along with Jess Willard who stood 6' 6 1/2" were the biggest heavyweight champions in boxing history."

A) the structure of this sentence is awkward. B) how can he share the title of 'tallest' with a man that is more than two inches shorter than him.

Furthermore "In 1932, Carnera faced the tallest Heavyweight in history up to that point, Santa Camarão, a Portuguese fighter who was taller than him. Carnera won the fight by a 6th round decision"

How can Carnera hold the title of 'tallest' until 2005 when there was a Portuguese fighter taller than Carnera in 1932?

height

83.117.96.177 (talk) 23:27, 27 December 2010 (UTC)According to the source he was 6-5 3/4. I fixed the data accordingly[reply]