Primo Carnera Primo Carnera Primo Carnera (; 26 October 1906 – 29 June 1967), nicknamed the Ambling Alp, was an Italian professional boxer and the World Heavyweight Champion from 29 June 1933 to 14 June 1934. Primo Carnera was born in Sequals, then in the Province of Udine, now in the Province of Pordenone, Friuli-Venezia Giulia at the north-easternmost corner of Italy. On 13 March 1939, Carnera married Giuseppina Kovačič (1913–1980), a post office clerk from Gorizia. In 1953 they became American citizens. They settled in Los Angeles, where Carnera opened a restaurant and a liquor store. They had two children, Umberto
Blimp Levy use him as an extra few minutes exhibition and I am more than sure that the Blimp will sell out every arena... as he has proven that in this country". On January 21, 1947 in Baltimore, Levy wrestled boxer-turned-wrestler Primo Carnera, who had been boxing's World Heavyweight Champion from 1933 to 1934. During his career, Levy was interviewed for and featured in various national US magazines and newspapers, including the October 1936 edition of "Time" magazine. By the mid-1940s Levy's health was failing. The Connecticut State Athletic Commission revoked his professional wrestling license on the recommendation of physicians who examined