http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/players/primo_carnera/75413 Recent articles about Primo Carnera en-us The Suffolk County (New York) Correctional Officers (SCCOA) Boxing Team has the support of two-time world champion James "Buddy" McGirt and former world heavyweight title challenger "Gentleman" Gerry Cooney in the fifth annual Battle of the Badges (BOB5), featuring amateur boxing matches against the Massachusetts Correctional Officer Boxing Team (MCO), on Saturday night, May 18, in Fox Theater at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.   Credit: James Milowski TEAM SCCOA: (L-R) Trainer Keith Youngs, Larry Wojitak, Danielle Brouard, Buddy McGirt, Gerry Cooney, Alex Mylett and Will Faller. (Photo by James Milowski) "BOB5" is presented by National Public Safety Athletic League ("NPSAL") in association with MCO, SCCOA, and Foxwoods Resort Casino. Defending champion NY leads in this amateur boxing series, 3-1. Proceeds from the May 18th charitable event will benefit Work Vessels For Veterans and NPSAL. More than a dozen matches are s... Thu, 02 May 2013 09:47:02 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/buddy_mcgirt_gerry_cooney_working_with_ny_boxers_for_battle_of_the_badges/13534649 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/buddy_mcgirt_gerry_cooney_working_with_ny_boxers_for_battle_of_the_badges/13534649 Buddy McGirt & Gerry Cooney working with NY boxers for Battle of the Badges http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/buddy_mcgirt_gerry_cooney_working_with_ny_boxers_for_battle_of_the_badges/13534649 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/e/f/ef5e772debb994adddf892c81fb4e3743690f222/mini/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f1791165.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3d17A4AD9FDB9CF1935BBE657AC86A96480460BF9A816480C0.jpg Bully Ray took to twitter last night to answer a few questions from followers. Here is a recap: who was your first ever opponent? Primo Carnera 3 any pre match rituals?? Loud music!!!! how many years do ya plan to wrestle? As long as I can perform and make $$$. Bully, did you and Devon plan on joining aces and eights all along? Even before you guys split up? No what do you think of Fandango? EntertAining who on the tna roster could be a future world champ? Magnus toughest guy you have ever wrestled? Haku who’s the one person past or present that you’d love to wrestle but haven’t Road Warriors Bully, looking back do you have any regrets about your career or would change anything? Better shape early on are you 100% over ecw? Yes early in your career, during the time of The Dudleys, did you ever see yourself as a singles World Champion? No Hey Bully, back in ECW were all the insults you said off the top of your head or things you saved up just to bust on people? Top of head. if you had... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 11:03:54 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/wwe/article_external/bully_ray_does_a_fan_q_a_on_twitter_comments_on_cena_punk_fandango/13401982 http://network.yardbarker.com/wwe/article_external/bully_ray_does_a_fan_q_a_on_twitter_comments_on_cena_punk_fandango/13401982 Bully Ray Does a Fan Q&A on Twitter; Comments on Cena, Punk, & Fandango http://www.yardbarker.com/wwe/articles/bully_ray_does_a_fan_q_a_on_twitter_comments_on_cena_punk_fandango/13401982 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/9/4/946fc0671b447f2a854ddb7661b7bb6d7a9864f7/mini/First_McMahon_Million_357f.jpg Bully Ray took to twitter last night to answer a few questions from followers. Here is a recap: who was your first ever opponent? Primo Carnera 3 any pre match rituals?? Loud music!!!! how many years do ya plan to wrestle? As long as I can perform and make $$$. Bully, did you and Devon plan on joining aces and eights all along? Even before you guys split up? No what do you think of Fandango? EntertAining who on the tna roster could be a future world champ? Magnus toughest guy you have ever wrestled? Haku who’s the one person past or present that you’d love to wrestle but haven’t Road Warriors Bully, looking back do you have any regrets about your career or would change anything? Better shape early on are you 100% over ecw? Yes early in your career, during the time of The Dudleys, did you ever see yourself as a singles World Champion? No Hey Bully, back in ECW were all the insults you said off the top of your head or things you saved up just to bust on people? Top of head. if you had... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:29:50 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/bully_ray_q_a_pre_match_rituals_thoughts_on_fandango_is_her_over_ecw_more/13401643 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/bully_ray_q_a_pre_match_rituals_thoughts_on_fandango_is_her_over_ecw_more/13401643 Bully Ray Q&A: Pre-Match Rituals, Thoughts on Fandango, Is Her Over ECW?, More http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/bully_ray_q_a_pre_match_rituals_thoughts_on_fandango_is_her_over_ecw_more/13401643 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Bully Ray took to twitter last night to answer a few questions from followers. Here is a recap: who was your first ever opponent? Primo Carnera 3 any pre match rituals?? Loud music!!!! how many years do ya plan to wrestle? As long as I can perform and make $$$. Bully, did you and Devon plan on joining aces and eights all along? Even before you guys split up? No what do you think of Fandango? EntertAining who on the tna roster could be a future world champ? Magnus toughest guy you have ever wrestled? Haku who's the one person past or present that you'd love to wrestle but haven't Road Warriors Bully, looking back do you have any regrets about your career or would change anything? Better shape early on are you 100% over ecw? Yes early in your career, during the time of The Dudleys, did you ever see yourself as a singles World Champion? No Hey Bully, back in ECW were all the insults you said off the top of your head or things you saved up just to bust on people?... Mon, 15 Apr 2013 10:27:01 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/bull_ray_says_the_best_part_of_his_job_is_pissing_people_off/13401562 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/bull_ray_says_the_best_part_of_his_job_is_pissing_people_off/13401562 Bull Ray Says The Best Part of His Job Is Pissing People Off http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/bull_ray_says_the_best_part_of_his_job_is_pissing_people_off/13401562 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Previously, I compiled a list of my top 10 favorite boxer-punchers. From Sugar Ray Robinson to Joe Louis to Marvin Hagler and others, these were some of the best fighters throughout the history of the Sweet Science. Now, it's time to look at my top 10 favorite outside boxers. Outside fighters spend most of their time at a safe distance from their opponents, creating space to avoid getting hit often, while allowing the fighter to establish a jab. Using the jab as a range finder and as a defensive tactic, it helps to create the fighter's position and pacing, set up additional attacks and combinations, keep his opponent playing his rules. Lastly, in order for an outside fighter to be effective, he must have good footwork and movement. There have been many great fighters throughout boxing history which have used this style. While some would associate the style of an outside fighter or a pure boxer with the word "boring", that's certainly not the case amongst true ... Mon, 18 Mar 2013 09:38:28 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/top_10_favorite_outside_boxers_in_history/13170550 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/top_10_favorite_outside_boxers_in_history/13170550 Top 10 favorite outside boxers in history http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/top_10_favorite_outside_boxers_in_history/13170550 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Was this past June's bout between Manny Pacquiao and Timothy Bradley fixed?  Pacquiao was robbed all right, as Bradley himself knows full well.  Before the judges' scores were announced, he told promoter Bob Arum that he'd lost.  But was the fix in?  Maybe, though I'm more inclined to blame award-winning incompetence. With the expulsion and removal of several officials at the 2012 London Olympics, it would appear that at least some of those matches were more crooked than Igor's spine (the Teymur Mammadov "win" being the worst of a very bad lot). In 2010, it's widely viewed that Paul Briggs took a dive against Danny Green.  These are the types of circumstances which bring to mind real-life goodfella Frankie Carbo, boxing's answer to Arnold Rothstein, the gambler who fixed the 1919 World Series. Credit: Bettmann/CORBIS Carbo was a member of Murder, Inc., the New York mob's enforcement and assassination arm circa the 1930s and 1940s... Fri, 02 Nov 2012 09:31:01 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/frankie_carbo_boxings_gray_eminence/12114631 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/frankie_carbo_boxings_gray_eminence/12114631 Frankie Carbo: Boxing’s gray eminence http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/frankie_carbo_boxings_gray_eminence/12114631 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png Is David Price ready for a Klitschko? David Price is a man-mountain from Liverpool. Standing at 6'8", the Englishman’s stature is as imposing as it gets, even in the heavyweight division. Size is a critical factor in the land of the modern giants, but it is not everything, just ask Nikolai Valuev. Right here we'll evaluate David Price's chances at facing and conquering one of the Klitschko brothers, in the latest edition of our ongoing Klitschko readiness rating series. It is impossible to weigh the perfect balance between the physical, mental and technical when assessing a boxer, but there is no good in placing excessive value on any one over the other three. Eddie Chambers would love to have some of Jack Dempsey’s famed knockout power, Tomasz Adamek would give anything to stand shoulder to shoulder with Primo Carnera, and if Audley Harrison had Rocky Marciano’s mentality he would have had far greater ease transferring the success of his amateur achievements to ... Tue, 14 Aug 2012 23:29:24 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/klitschko_readiness_rating_the_uks_great_hope_david_price/11460838 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/klitschko_readiness_rating_the_uks_great_hope_david_price/11460838 Klitschko readiness rating: The UK’s great hope, David Price http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/klitschko_readiness_rating_the_uks_great_hope_david_price/11460838 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/5/9/596c46477d3b9aab20cbc3461f139cdbf23cd31c/mini/Vitali_Klitschko_v_d91b.jpg Rendall Munroe picked up a puncture at the Manchester Velodrome on Saturday in pursuit of Scott Quigg’s junior featherweight Lonsdale belt. After a brace of nip-and-tuck rounds, an on-form Quigg launched a hard right at Munroe in round 3 that the veteran blocked with his gloves, yet, as the Leicester man dipped down and to his right, he collided with the top of Quigg’s head and trashed his right eye. A long, deep and jagged cut burst open along Munroe’s brow, plastering his face with blood to end matters at 0:43. The result was a technical draw. Munroe (121 ½) was livid, yet replays revealed the collision to have been wholly accidental. At 32, Munroe now faces an uncertain sabbatical as he bids to patch himself up for another run at the British champion. Quigg (121 ¾) can feel equally aggrieved. Despite the fact Sky’s punditry team had already made up their minds that Munroe would know too much for the Bury upstart, Quigg had landed the more precise punches in the opener and ma... Sun, 17 Jun 2012 10:08:04 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/punctured_head_clash_lets_down_rendall_munroe_against_scott_quigg/11030429 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/punctured_head_clash_lets_down_rendall_munroe_against_scott_quigg/11030429 Punctured: Head Clash Lets Down Rendall Munroe Against Scott Quigg http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/punctured_head_clash_lets_down_rendall_munroe_against_scott_quigg/11030429 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/6/6/66ccc13cd9210350ddcfb46ea35f06dccc9d5c91/mini/PicImg_Boxing__Rendall_fb5b.jpg "John L. Sullivan, the Boston pugilist, had a benefit at Harry Hill's Theater yesterday afternoon, the feature of which was an offer of $50 for any man to box with him four rounds according to the rules of the Marquis of Queensbury, which are rounds of three minutes each, with one minute between each round. During the afternoon, while the sparring was going on between the volunteers, Dick Holliwood appeared on the stage with Steve Taylor and stated to the audience that Taylor was there to accept the challenge of Sullivan. It was then announced by Mr. [Richard] Fox that Sullivan would fight any man in the world in the ring for $1,000 a side, according to the rules of the English prize ring. This, however, was not taken up..." - New York Herald, 1881 "Grand International Glove Contest, for the Middleweight Championship of the World and a Purse of $12,000 between Jack Dempsey, The Nonpareil, and Bob Fitzsimmons, The New Zealand Wonder ... General Admission $10.00... Fri, 27 Apr 2012 14:44:39 -0400 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/from_beyond_the_grave_the_paycheck/10662935 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/from_beyond_the_grave_the_paycheck/10662935 From Beyond The Grave: The Paycheck http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/from_beyond_the_grave_the_paycheck/10662935 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The final installment. Previously: Part I and Part II. Mickey Walker's ring return in August saw him in with the "Aberdeen Assassin," light heavyweight Leo Lomski, and again it seemed as if someone had place a cookie cutter over the bulk of his fight looks and kept churning them out. Mickey charged early and had difficulty with a man unwilling to trade and mix with him, but generally applied the pressure and closed strong. Both men were wobbled mid-fight, and the AP and United Press were split on the outcome; the AP (and a ringside Loughran) felt Lomski did enough to win narrowly, while the United Press reported that "Walker turned in one of the finest efforts in his career." Though the nature of the win wasn't very clear-cut, many felt it put Mickey in line to hold the now vacant light heavyweight belt, as Loughran had vacated his strap to tangle with heavyweights. Walker again defended his middleweight strap against Ace Hudkins... Wed, 29 Feb 2012 17:32:21 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/victoria_aut_mors_mickey_walker_part_iii/10191511 http://network.yardbarker.com/all_sports/article_external/victoria_aut_mors_mickey_walker_part_iii/10191511 Victoria Aut Mors: Mickey Walker (Part III) http://www.yardbarker.com/all_sports/articles/victoria_aut_mors_mickey_walker_part_iii/10191511 http://www.yardbarker.com/images/yb_logo_square_grey.png The “Ambling Alp” retrogasm: Jean Harlow and Primo Carnera Charlie Chaplin and Primo Carnera Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:37:42 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/the_ambling_alpretrogasmjean_harlow_and_primo/9478717 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/the_ambling_alpretrogasmjean_harlow_and_primo/9478717 The “Ambling Alp” retrogasm: Jean Harlow and Primo... http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/the_ambling_alpretrogasmjean_harlow_and_primo/9478717 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/0/b/0be942d2e38666e765afa00b3c2b1187d70e5a8a/mini/Throwing_Punches_23f5.jpg The tragic side of boxing is one that we obsess over.  Whether because  people get rich in boxing, or because the deaths happen slower, auto racing does not obtain the stigma when one of its own dies tragically.  Auto racing does not need to defend its own existence after every death, even though at last research that I observed, that death toll is 25 times higher than that of boxing.  We can complain all we want, but people do what is familiar.  Televised deaths in boxing bring out the “ban it” crew, and the reform monkeys who think you can prevent future deaths with changes.  Unless one of those changes is ‘no more head punches’, I think most of it is empty.  There is one change we know can prevent, and it has not always been used effectively.  Today we look at fighters who met their ends one fight after their worst beatings.   Ernie Schaaf – A decent boxer, who worked his way up the heavyweight ladder, he had the unfortunate luck to run into murderous punching Max Baer.  This wa Wed, 09 Nov 2011 17:00:00 -0500 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/one_fight_too_many/7979560 http://network.yardbarker.com/boxing/article_external/one_fight_too_many/7979560 ONE FIGHT TOO MANY http://www.yardbarker.com/boxing/articles/one_fight_too_many/7979560 http://www.yardbarker.com/media/d/9/d907bed30592b5868b6e4d47f550f7df1f6aadc9/mini/GettyImageProxy.ashx_requestUrl_http_3a_2f_2fcache.gettyimages.com_2fxc_2f51778432.jpg_3fv_3d1_26c_3dEWSAsset_26k_3d2_26d_3dC53EBE0E6A8D618018E77A51CE141EEE.jpg