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tino says on 15/May/08
I'm italian.Carnera in tv said that he lost 2 cm so he became 2,02.He was 2,04.When he began wrestling he lost other inches.His son said in tv that his father was 2,05.I saw a photo of Carnera with his family...he had two uncles(the brothers of his mother) that were very tall(I suppose 195).In Italy theese heights were incredible because the average height was 1,65(5'5")... Salva 11 says on 15/May/08
Carnera looks 6-8 or 203 cm near 189 or 6-2.25 Max Baer. Carnera looks too big and tall than Max!
alan says on 4/May/08
i visited the museum of carnera in friuli.he was 2,04 when he was a soldier.In television he said that he lost several inches when he began wrestling. liddell newsham says on 2/May/08
i've seen buddy baer in many movies and tv shows. most notably gunsmoke. james arness was 6'7" . baer was about the only person i ever saw on gunsmoke who looked taller ! i would have guessed baer to be about 6'8" . my favorite buddy baer movis was giant from the unknown. low budget sci-fi , but very good. Jason says on 26/Nov/07
6'5 3/4'' they had him at ... that's 197.5. :) thomas says on 26/Nov/07
carnera at his peak was 1,98.Some sources give him 201,204 and 205.He was taller than 196. Jason says on 22/Nov/07
Carnera actually did have acromegaly. Massimo says on 21/Nov/07
Primo Carnera was legittimately measured by an American doctor at exactly 6'5" 3/4 (about 1.96). If you go to boxing record archive you can check (by) yourself. Many people in Italia still believe he was clearly over 2.00 but this is just not true. I have seen the highlights of his 1935 fight with Ray Impelletiere (Ray was listed at 2.02) and Ray looked taller. Primo had a shoe size 17 (52 in Europe) though. I suspect he suffered from acromagaly because he had huge hands and feet. Have a nice day everyone! luke says on 9/Oct/07
carnera's son said in tv that his father was 2,05 when he was 21years old.other italian sources say 2,04 and 2,01.when he was 16 he was 1,97.
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Anon is right. That photo is primo, max, and jack dempsey.
Interestingly enough, here is a photo of Primo Carnera and the 3 Stooges:
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and Buddy Baer and the 3 Stooges:
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Primo looks bigger from the first pic, but who knows. Moe fits under his armpit. Anonymous says on 30/Aug/07
tom, I think that if that is one of the Baer brothers in the photo it is Max not Buddy.Max was the elder and shorter brother but a more accomplished boxer with a devastating punch. Max was about 6'2.5'' apparently while Buddy was always given 6'6'' and I think this was right. He looks massive in the old films that exist. Carnera was 6'5'' plus but his size may have been due to a hormonal gland problem. His height and build was very unusual for the time and doesn't look that natural or in proportion. Susanna says on 6/Jul/07
According to all sources that I can find referencing Buddy Baer, he was 6' 6.5" tall. Unless someone is standing next to a height chart or something of known and recorded height, it is impossible to tell height from a photo. sam says on 9/Nov/06
Somebody said on the Arness page that Buddy was around the same size and the young Arness was 6'7". Viper652 says on 16/Jul/06
He sure looks 6-6 1/2 to me. Anonymous says on 16/Jul/06
Watched Baer vs Joe Louis on ESPN classic fights. Louis was 6'1'' but looked like a child next to Baer. I think the height given is pretty much correct. Blues says on 20/Apr/06
Come on here, Baer is always given as between 6'3" - 6'5" professionally, and he looks 6'4" to me, considering in 2005 0.25% of the population is 6'6" or over (and most of them have used HGH), imagine back in the 50's... look the 4 men around him, if Baer is 6'6" they would all be over 6' except the one in the middle (which is definitely shorter than 5'9), weird to me.
[Editor Rob: Buddy is the taller brother, Max Baer 6ft 4. The guy next to him was 6ft 1, another boxer and Frank2's dad was 5ft 9.5...] Mikex says on 17/Apr/06
Max Baer is usually given as 6'2'' or 6'3'' but he does look big. He had a remarkable physique this being well before the era of serious weight training when athletes were not as muscular as they are today. More interested in women and partying than boxing apparently. Frank2 says on 16/Apr/06
That's Max Baer to the left of my dad. He was 6'4". I have a feeling that Buddy was a lot taller than 6'5.5" since he was about three inches taller than his brother Max and in an old episode of Gunsmoke he appeared in, he and 6'7" James Arness were the same height. My guess is that Buddy was about that height as well. The fact that he was taller than Chuck Conners only reinforces it.
[Editor Rob: yes, I give him the 6ft 6.5, I think he looks that big.] larry says on 16/Apr/06
He was HUGE for sure. Saw him in a movie with Chuck Connors called RIDE BEYOND VEGENCE and Buddy was an inch taller than Chuck!!! Editor Rob says on 16/Apr/06
Frank2's Dad is in a pic here with a couple of former boxers of the bygone era, Buddy also being actor in 50's. |