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Podcast: Your History Your Story
Episode: S5 Ep10 Primo Carnera, Boxing Champion and Gentle Giant
Description: On June 29, 1933, at the Garden Bowl in Long Island City, New York, an imposing six foot six Italian boxer named Primo Carnera knocked out a smaller but highly skilled and more experienced Jack Sharkey to become the World Heavyweight Boxing Champion.Â
Primo was born in 1906 in a small village in the northeastern corner of Italy. A large baby at birth, Primo continued to grow at  an alarming rate and by the time he was a teenager, towered over his family and all the other residents of his village!  Eventually, he was asked to leave his home because his...