Primo Carnera – “The Walking Mountain”
Reportedly owned by ruthless mobsters and treated as such Carnera was ridiculed and shamed while earning the proudest title in all of sport, only to be left abandoned and broke, physically and financially, upon serving his purpose …grossing over 3 million dollars in gate money, hardly any of which made it’s way into the feeble purses Carnera was given.
NEW JERSEY BOXING HALL OF FAME ANNOUNCES THEIR 2008 INDUCTEES!!
Former World Champions Tim Witherspoon and Charles Brewer top the list. By Mike Indri Retired Boxers Foundation April 2, 2008 Former two-time world heavyweight champion Tim Witherspoon and ex- super middleweight title holder Charles Brewer, along with East Rutherford resident Keith Idec, Paterson’s Eddie Cotton, Clifton’s Danny Milano and Paterson native Nick Lembo headline a […]