Primo Carnera Virginia ham." His size earned him the nickname "The Ambling Alp". "Time" magazine called him "The Monster". 12 September 1928 was the date of Carnera's first professional fight, against Leon Sebilo, in Paris. Carnera won by knockout in round two. He won his first six bouts, then lost to Franz Diener by disqualification in round one at Leipzig. Then, he won seven more bouts in a row before meeting Young Stribling. He and Stribling exchanged disqualification wins, Carnera winning the first in four rounds, and Stribling winning the rematch in round seven. In Carnera's next bout he avenged his defeat
Achille Starace the "bersaglieri" pace, an Italian variant of goose-stepping. He is specially and more significantly remembered also for a policy of enrollment of the Italian people (either young or not) in fascist party-linked organizations that bore some semblance to the scout movement: "Opera Balilla", "Figli della lupa", "Avanguardisti", "Giovane fascista" and the labour-related "Organizzazione del Dopolavoro" (after-work sports). Sports were of particular importance in Fascist propaganda, heavily exploiting the successes of Italian athletes in international competitions (like boxer Primo Carnera or the Italy national football team), and Starace was quite instrumental in this field, tackling both the mass organisation and the