Carnera (disambiguation)

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Carnera is a surname.

Carnera may also refer to:

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<span class="mw-page-title-main">Primo Carnera</span> Italian boxer and professional wrestler (1906–1967)

Primo Carnera, nicknamed the Ambling Alp, was an Italian professional boxer and wrestler who reigned as the boxing World Heavyweight Champion from 29 June 1933 to 14 June 1934. He won more fights by knockout than any other heavyweight champion in boxing history.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Max Baer (boxer)</span> American boxer (1909–1959)

Maximilian Adelbert Baer was an American professional boxer and the world heavyweight champion from June 14, 1934, to June 13, 1935. Two of his fights were rated Fight of the Year by The Ring magazine. Baer was also a boxing referee, and had occasional roles on film or television. He was the brother of heavyweight boxing contender Buddy Baer and father of actor Max Baer Jr. Baer is rated #22 on The Ring magazine's list of 100 greatest punchers of all time.

Luigi Carnera was an Italian astronomer and mathematician. He discovered 16 minor planets in the early 20th century. The main-belt asteroid 39653 Carnera was named in his honour.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Jack Sharkey</span> Lithuanian-American boxer

Jack Sharkey was a Lithuanian-American world heavyweight boxing champion.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Paulino Uzcudun</span> Spanish boxer

Paulino Uzcudun Eizmendi was a Spanish heavyweight boxer, who is considered to be the greatest heavyweight from Spain. Uzkudun is the Basque spelling of his last name. He was the youngest of nine siblings. In his youth, he became an aizkolari or traditional competitive Basque wood chopper. Uzcudun, known as Paulino in the United States, was the European heavyweight champion, and he fought heavyweight champions Joe Louis, Max Baer, Max Schmeling and Primo Carnera (twice) during his career. The former butcher—nicknamed "the Basque woodchopper"—retired from boxing with a record of 49 wins, 17 losses and 3 draws.

<i>The Prizefighter and the Lady</i> 1933 film by Howard Hawks, W. S. Van Dyke

The Prizefighter and the Lady is a 1933 pre-Code Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer romance film starring Myrna Loy and the professional boxers Max Baer, Primo Carnera, and Jack Dempsey. The film was adapted for the screen by John Lee Mahin and John Meehan from a story by Frances Marion. Marion was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Story.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Palasport Primo Carnera</span>

Palasport Primo Carnera is an indoor sporting arena located in Udine, Italy. The capacity of the arena is 3,850 people. It is currently home of the APU Udine basketball team. It is named after former world heavyweight boxing champion Primo Carnera, who was born in Sequals, near Udine.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Sequals</span> Comune in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

Sequals is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Pordenone in the Italian region Friuli-Venezia Giulia, located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) northwest of Trieste and about 25 kilometres (16 mi) northeast of Pordenone.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Filippo Scòzzari</span> Italian comics author and writer

Filippo Scòzzari, is an Italian comics artist, painter and writer, one of the main figures of the 1970s underground art movement. Known for his first comic at Mondadori's Il Mago under the pen name Winslow Leech, he worked for Re Nudo and Il Mago, Radio Alice of Bologna, Cannibale, Il Male, Frigidaire, Blue, Panorama, TV Sorrisi e Canzoni and Glamour International.

Ambling Alp may refer to:

Paolo Seganti, is an Italian actor and model, known for playing Damian Grimaldi in the CBS television soap opera As the World Turns.

Raimondo Carnera was a Danish fencer. He competed in the individual and team épée and sabre events at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Carnera is an Italian surname literally meaning butcher. Notable people with the surname include:

<i>Carnera: The Walking Mountain</i> 2008 film

Carnera: The Walking Mountain is a 2008 Italian drama film written and directed by Renzo Martinelli.

Knights of the Desert is a 1942 Italian adventure film directed by Gino Talamo and Osvaldo Valenti. It starred Valenti, Luisa Ferida and Luigi Pavese. The film was based on a novel by Emilio Salgari with a screenplay by Federico Fellini and Vittorio Mussolini, the son of Italy's dictator Benito Mussolini. It was produced by the Rome-based ACI which was run by Vittorio Mussolini. Valenti and Ferida were romantically linked, and co-starred in several films together.

Palasport may refer to:

Paolo Carnera is an Italian film cinematographer.

<i>Carnera</i> (comics) Italian comic book series

Carnera is an Italian comic book series created by publisher and writer Tristano Torelli and graphically rendered by illustrator Mario Uggeri. It originally run from 1947 until 1950.

Harlem is a 1943 Italian sports crime film directed by Carmine Gallone and starring Massimo Girotti, Amedeo Nazzari and Vivi Gioi. It was shot at the Cinecittà Studios in Rome. The film's sets were designed by the art director Guido Fiorini. The former world heavyweight champion Primo Carnera appears in a small role. It is also known by the alternative title of Knock Out.