Primo Carnera his growth by smoking cigarettes when a boy." The Yeasayer song "Ambling Alp", from their 2010 album "Odd Blood" references Carnera by his nickname in the title and second verse. Both Carnera and German boxer Max Schmeling are referenced for their bouts with American Joe Louis. The googolplex is jokingly said to have been defined as a one followed by a very large but specific number of zeros in order to ensure that Carnera would not be considered a better mathematician than Albert Einstein, implying that Carnera would defeat Einstein in an endurance contest. Primo Carnera Primo Carnera (; 26
Primo Carnera and Giovanna Maria. Umberto became a medical doctor. Carnera died in 1967 in his native town of a combination of liver disease and complications from diabetes. Carnera was touted in America as being tall and thus the tallest heavyweight in history (up until that time), but he was actually tall. He fought at as much as . Jess Willard who stood was the tallest world heavyweight champion in boxing history until Nikolai Valuev, at and . Though an inch shorter than Willard, he was around 40 lb heavier and was the heaviest champion in boxing history until Valuev. At a