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 Carnera went 120 straight wrestling matches undefeated (119-0-1) before suffering his first loss to Yvon Robert in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on 20 August 1947. Carnera's greatest victory took place on 7 December 1947 when he defeated former world heavyweight champion Ed "Strangler" Lewis. In May 1948, Carnera took a 143-1-1 record against world heavyweight champion Lou Thesz. Thesz defeated Carnera in a world title defense. In "The Ring", August 1962, page 38, Carnera "flattened" Ox Anderson in a heavyweight wrestling match in Los Angeles. According to boxing historian Herbert Goldman, Carnera was "very much mob controlled." Carnera met his first