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81-431: Lasky is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Art Lasky (1909–1980), American heavyweight professional boxer Bette Lasky (born 1947), American politician; New Hampshire state senator and former state representative David Lasky (born 1967), American cartoonist Dorothea Lasky (born 1978), American poet Floria Lasky (1923–2007), American lawyer in

162-454: A "gallant" and "courageous" fight from the first bell to the last, but Braddock's strong right landed too hard and too often. Both boxers had a reach of 76 inches, making reach of no significance in the fight. Both boxers were within a year of the same age, though Braddock had been boxing professionally around nine years, to Lasky's five. Most telling, Braddock had just won in an upset against the more competitive opponent John Henry Lewis already

243-486: A "smashing triumph" in a five-round technical knockout against Los Angeles heavyweight Benny Miller at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles before a crowd of 10,000. Lasky enjoyed a fourteen-pound weight advantage over his opponent. Miller's handlers threw in the towel after he suffered two knockdowns in the fifth. Miller was down twice in the second round before his seconds threw in the towel. The fight helped Lasky obtain

324-594: A 143–1–1 record against world heavyweight champion Lou Thesz . Thesz defeated Carnera in a world title defense. According to boxing historian Herbert Goldman, Carnera was "very much mob controlled." His contract was purchased by mobster Owney Madden after Carnera's arrival in New York in 1930. Abe Attell was brought in to train Carnera. Attell had been caught up in the Black Sox Scandal . However Attell

405-530: A Heavyweight , Rod Serling 's 1956 Emmy Award -winning teleplay for Playhouse 90 directed by Ralph Nelson (who also won an Emmy), focused on down-and-out former heavyweight boxer Harlan "Mountain" McClintock. The travails of McClintock, who was played by Jack Palance ( Sean Connery played the part on British television and Anthony Quinn essayed the role in the 1962 film), was thought by many boxing fans to resemble Carnera's life. In 1947, fighting aficionado Budd Schulberg wrote The Harder They Fall ,

486-484: A South American tour that took him to Brazil, Argentina and Uruguay, as well as two exhibitions fought on the South American continent. But then, on 25 June 1935, he was knocked out in six rounds by Joe Louis . For the next two and a half years, he won five and lost three of eight total fights. In 1938 Carnera, a diabetic , had to have a kidney removed, which forced him into retirement by 1944. Carnera's record

567-561: A World Light Heavyweight Champion, as well as against Martin Levandowski. Another significant factor were previous injuries to Lasky in rough bouts that may have affected his conditioning and speed, particularly his previous loss to Charlie Retzlaff on May 12, 1933, when he was hospitalized for an injury to his right eye, and very likely affected his depth perception in later fights. The incredibly strong heavyweight Primo Carnera whom Lasky had met on September 1, 1932, pounded Lasky's body in

648-495: A backhanded punch in the fourth round may have been the only thing standing in the way of Lasky becoming a top contender for the heavyweight title. In a twist of fate, Lasky's manager appealed the back-hand penalty to the New York Boxing Commission and won, but the decision for Hamas was never reversed. Lasky had Hamas close to knockout in both the third and ninth rounds, but the bell saved his opponent from

729-511: A bit part in the 1949 movie Mighty Joe Young . He played himself in the tug-of-war scene with the giant gorilla. After being pulled by the ape into a pool of water, Carnera threw a couple of futile punches to Joe's chin. He also played a bully boy wrestler in Carol Reed 's A Kid for Two Farthings (1955). Set in London's Petticoat Lane Market , the film pits Carnera's character against

810-650: A combination of liver disease and complications from diabetes. Carnera was touted in America as being 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) tall, and thus the tallest heavyweight in history (up until that time), but he was actually 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) tall. He fought at as much as 275 pounds (125 kg). Jess Willard who stood 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) was the tallest world heavyweight champion in boxing history until Nikolai Valuev , at 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) and 328 pounds (149 kg). Though an inch (2.5 cm) shorter than Willard, Carnera

891-499: A comeback by the end of the round. Pushing his advantage in the seventh, Lasky doubled his efforts and achieved the knock out. The win was one of the most convincing of his career, coming against a recognized heavyweight contender. Lasky immediately embarked on a six fight winning streak, including a fifth-round knockout of Black heavyweight Tiger Jack Fox , a boxer with a 50–5 record, at Chicago Stadium in Illinois . He achieved

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972-416: A cut on Lasky's right eye, greatly hindering his chances in the remaining rounds. A few of Retzlaff's blows again targeted the injured eye in the fifth and sixth rounds. At the end of the sixth, with Lasky staggering and unable to defend himself, the referee called the fight ending the bout. Lasky was hospitalized after the fight for several injuries, but primarily to close a severe cut above his right eye which

1053-521: A draw with fellow Jewish heavyweight contender King Levinsky . His second bout with Levinsky at Chicago Stadium ended in a ten-round draw on November 23, 1934. One reporter credited the draw to Lasky's strong rally in the tenth, noting that the Minneapolis boxer fought closely in the early rounds. Lasky may have had a better showing against his well known opponent if not for penalties he received in two rounds for low blows. Though his boxing technique

1134-466: A fictional version of himself in the 1933 film The Prizefighter and the Lady starring Max Baer and Myrna Loy . Here he plays the heavyweight champion who barely holds onto his title with a draw decision after a furious fight with Baer. The film was made just a year before Carnera fought Baer for real, in a bout that was as wild as the film version, but ended with a knockout loss for Carnera. Carnera had

1215-452: A knockout of Sam Baker in May 1930. He faced his first notable opponent, Jimmy Gibbons of Saint Paul, on January 8, 1931, knocking the 28-0-2 Gibbons unconscious in the second round. Gibbons was down twice in the second from Lasky's left hooks. The round ended when Lasky' blows knocked Gibbons to the mat. He was completely out when the referee reached the count of six, and Gibbons's manager threw in

1296-609: A local bodybuilder who is to marry another character named Sonia, played by Diana Dors . Primo appeared in at least ten Italian films between 1939 and 1943, as well as several in the 1950s, like Prince Valiant , in the role of Sligon. His last screen role was as the giant Antaeus alongside Steve Reeves in Hercules Unchained (US title, filmed in Italy, 1959, original title Ercole e la regina di Lidia ). In 1945 he temporarily returned to boxing and won two fights. But

1377-417: A loss to Nathan Mann New Haven, Connecticut , in a third-round technical knockout on January 9, 1939. After retirement from boxing in 1939, Lasky appeared in several movies, often as a boxer or a boxing adviser. His work included "The Duke Comes Back" (1937), "The Contender" (1944), and "The Navy Way" (1944). In "The Duke Comes Back", he acted as a technical adviser for fight scenes and had a credited role as

1458-590: A loss. Hamas took a terrible thrashing in the third round but made a comeback to win. In a close decision, no judge gave Hamas more than six rounds, and at least one considered the fight even. Hamas considered himself lucky to have won the bout, though Lasky suffered in the bout as well, as the blows reigned continuously on both sides throughout the fighting and the decision was a close one. On June 12, 1934, Lasky had his first bout with Jewish heavyweight Chicagoan King Levinsky before 9000 roaring fans at Olympic Auditorium in Los Angeles, where Levinsky fell in 10 rounds by

1539-411: A match with Steve Hamas. Lasky achieved a top ten rating as a World Heavyweight Contender in 1934. On March 20, 1934, Lasky won a ten-round points decision against Steve Ramage at Madison Square Garden. As Ramage had finished stronger in the ninth and tenth, the partisan crowd of 11,000 booed the decision, but Lasky's strong showing in the early rounds, particularly the seventh, gave him the decision by

1620-409: A motorbike, the 1983 BMW R80RT Carnera, in honor of Carnera. In 1947, Carnera , an Italian comic book series sporting a fictional version of Primo Carnera, was produced. In 1953, it was translated into German. A facsimile version was published in 2010. Another popular Italian comic character, Dick Fulmine , was graphically inspired by Carnera. Carnera is mentioned by Bertie Wooster in

1701-485: A novel about a giant boxer whose fights are all fixed. It was adapted into Mark Robson 's 1956 film, which starred Humphrey Bogart and Rod Steiger . The towel throwing controversy against Bombo Chevalier is briefly depicted. A highlight was the appearance of Max Baer , playing a fighter the mob could not fix who destroys the giant in his first fair fight. Critics drew parallels with the real-life Baer-Carnera fight two decades before. In response, Carnera unsuccessfully sued

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1782-704: A nursing home. He was buried in Norwalk, California, fifty miles west of his home in San Bernardino. The movie "Cinderella Man" highlighted the pivotal fight with Jimmy Braddock that secured the title fight for Jimmy with Max Baer. Art was played by Mark Simmons in the movie. On October 2, 2001, Art Lasky was inducted into the Minnesota Boxing Hall of Fame. Primo Carnera Primo Carnera ( Italian pronunciation: [ˈpriːmo karˈnɛːra] ; 26 October 1906 – 29 June 1967), nicknamed

1863-577: A practice in three California cities; San Bernardino, then Palm Springs, and later at his home in Sky Valley, thirteen miles from Hot Springs. Lasky was also skilled in carpentry, masonry and as a surveyor and did much of the work for a home he built in California around 1964 after his boxing retirement. His son Aron was born in 1960, and his daughter Lana was born in 1964 from his third marriage to wife Irma. Lasky made his professional debut with

1944-565: A quart of orange juice, two quarts of milk, nineteen pieces of toast, fourteen eggs, a loaf of bread and half a pound of Virginia ham." His size earned him the nickname "The Ambling Alp". Time magazine called him "The Monster". 12 September 1928 was the date of Carnera's first professional fight, against Leon Sebilo, in Paris. Carnera won by knockout in round two. He won his first six bouts, then lost to Franz Diener by disqualification in round one at Leipzig . Then, he won seven more bouts in

2025-403: A result of repeated breaks in the bones. In contrast, Lasky had fought on a regular basis, averaging monthly bouts for his previous five years of boxing. Lasky's brother trained him while Braddock's trainers included Ray Arcel . The New York Times described Lasky's classic bout with Braddock on March 22, 1935, as "a savage grueling struggle that thrilled a crowd of 11,000 onlookers". Lasky fought

2106-477: A row before meeting Young Stribling . He and Stribling exchanged disqualification wins, Carnera winning the first in four rounds, and Stribling winning the rematch in round seven. In Carnera's next bout he avenged his defeat to Diener with a knockout in round six. In 1930, he moved to the United States, where he toured extensively, winning his first seventeen bouts there by knockout. George Godfrey broke

2187-424: A second, to the fighter McAvoy. The plot involves Robert Taylor as a boxer who boxes a friend of his and kills him in the ring. The movie featured nearly twenty mostly uncredited boxers, primarily in background scenes with little or no dialogue. Included in the cast were boxer turned actor Maxie Rosenbloom , Panamanian champion Abe Hollandersky with a featured close up, and boxing stand out Jimmy McLarnin . McLarnin

2268-409: A severe beating and knockout in a bout with future heavyweight champion Max Baer six months earlier, on 31 August 1932. Furthermore, an autopsy revealed that Schaaf had meningitis , a swelling of the brain, and was still recovering from a severe case of influenza when he entered the ring with Carnera. For his next fight, Carnera faced the world heavyweight champion, Jack Sharkey , on June 29, at

2349-473: A shade. The Associated Press scored the battle a draw at five rounds apiece. The win moved Lasky into boxing's top ten ratings. Lasky's winning ways came to a screeching halt, however, with a close ten round split decision loss to Steve Hamas at Madison Square Garden on October 5, 1934. The bout had great importance for the future of Lasky's career, as it was an elimination match to find an opponent for reigning World Heavyweight Champion Max Baer . A penalty for

2430-407: A technical knockout, 2:30 into the sixth round. Once again, a repaired cut above Lasky's eye was torn open by repeated blows from Smith in the third or forth round, affecting his vision. Most reporters wrote that the cut was above the left eye, and Lasky had already seriously injured his right in his first bout with Charles Retzlaff. Impressively, Lasky may have held a slight lead in points scoring over

2511-482: A unanimous decision. Levinsky, who was not known for boxing ringcraft, was groggy in the eighth and again in the tenth from the superior speed and technique of Lasky, who won decisively by the tenth round. The referee gave seven rounds to Lasky, with only two to Levinsky. The bout was an important win against a rated heavyweight opponent. In late 1934, Lasky began a losing streak that included losses to heavyweight contenders Jim Braddock and Charley Retzlaff as well as

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2592-472: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Art Lasky Lasky was born in 1908 in Saint Paul , Minnesota, and called Minneapolis his home. His parents were Jewish emigrants from Lithuania . Both he and his brother Maurice worked in a scrap metal yard before taking up boxing. His brothers Dave and Eli both had short, but less successful careers as boxers during the depression years of

2673-436: Is the most of any world heavyweight champion (IBU, NBA, NYSAC). His long term manager, Leon See noted how Carnera could not absorb a hard punch on the chin, pre-arranging with opponents (and sparring partners) not to hit him on the chin. His management team took the vast majority of Carnera’s earnings leaving him with practically nothing. Carnera appeared in a short film in 1931. During his tenure as world champion he played

2754-568: 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 (IBU, NBA, NYSAC) in boxing history. Primo Carnera was born in Sequals , then in the Province of Udine , now in the Province of Pordenone , Friuli-Venezia Giulia at

2835-695: The Grand Olympic Auditorium before 10,000 fans. On 23 October 1946, Carnera won his 41st consecutive wrestling match by defeating Jules Strongbow . On 19 November 1946, Carnera beat Harry Kruskamp to remain undefeated at 65–0–0. Primo Carnera went 120 straight wrestling matches undefeated (119–0–1) before suffering his first loss to Yvon Robert in Montreal , Quebec, Canada, on 20 August 1947. Carnera's greatest victory took place on 7 December 1947 when he defeated former world heavyweight champion Ed "Strangler" Lewis . In May 1948, Carnera took

2916-569: The Madison Square Garden Bowl in Queens, New York . Carnera became world champion by knocking out Sharkey in round six. He retained the title against Paulino Uzcudun and Tommy Loughran , both by decision in 15 rounds. In his next fight on 14 June 1934 against Max Baer , Carnera was knocked down multiple times in 11 rounds before referee Arthur Donovon stopped the fight. There is disagreement regarding how many times Carnera

2997-407: The surname Lasky . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Lasky&oldid=1055216038 " Category : Surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

3078-465: The 1930s. Lasky's brother Maurice acted as his trainer, and trained the boxer Young Harry Greb for a time. After his boxing career ended, Lasky went on to become a cameraman, stunt coordinator, and even dabbled in acting. Being a bit of a renaissance man, and always interested in new challenges, he had a short career in the Palm Springs police department, and later became a physical therapist with

3159-430: The 1934 novel Right Ho, Jeeves , by P.G. Wodehouse on p. 234. In his 1933 collection of short stories Mulliner Nights , Wodehouse described one character as follows: "He was built on large lines, and seemed to fill the room to overflowing. In physique he was not unlike what Primo Carnera would have been if Carnera hadn't stunted his growth by smoking cigarettes when a boy." Carrera's fight with Walter Neusel

3240-523: The Monster's abilities became almost universal when another adversary, Bombo Chevalier, stated that one of his own seconds had threatened to kill him unless he lost to Carnera. Against the huge, lazy, amiable George Godfrey (249 lb), he won on a foul. But only one of 33 US opponents has defeated Monster Carnera—fat, slovenly Jimmy Maloney, whom Sharkey beat five years ago. In a return fight, at Miami last March, Carnera managed to outpoint Maloney. Requiem for

3321-638: The better of Carnera. In the aftermath, Godfrey lost his boxing license and half his purse, Carnera was cleared. Time magazine, in a 5 October 1931 cover story on Carnera before he won the heavyweight title, commented on his odd career: Since his arrival in the US, backed by a group of prosperous but shady entrepreneurs, Carnera's career has been less glorious than fantastic. His first opponents—Big Boy Peterson, Elzear Rioux, Cowboy Owens—were known to be incompetent but their feeble opposition to Carnera suggested that they had been bribed to lose. Suspicion concerning

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3402-763: The canvas at the slightest provocation." After an investigation, the Illinois Boxing Commission cleared Carnera but fined Rioux $ 1000 and revoked his license. In March, 1930, Primo Carnera faced George Trafton in Kansas City. Trafton was knocked out by Carnera in the first round of their fight. In the aftermath of the fight, the Missouri Boxing Commission suspended Trafton but laid no blame on Carnera. His April 1930 fight against California club fighter Bombo Chevalier ended when one of Chevalier's seconds, Bob Perry, threw in

3483-590: The character Joe Bronski. Based on Lucian Cary's novel The Duke Comes Back , the movie tells the story of an ex-prizefighter who returns to the ring to help his father-in-law who has money problems. In "The Navy Way" (1944), he had a credited role as a fighter. He had several additional uncredited roles in 1937 in "Nothing Sacred" (1937), and in the Western movie, "Western Gold" (1937). In the successful boxing movie, The Crowd Roars(1938) , starring Robert Taylor and Maureen O'Sullivan, he appeared in an uncredited role as

3564-633: The eye, previous vision loss, or both. The loss ultimately removed Lasky's chances of a rematch with Jim Braddock for the World Heavyweight Championship. Lasky was a 3-1 favorite in pre-fight betting. On September 19, 1935, Lasky began a down slide losing to Charley Retzlaff in a ten-round technical knockout at the Auditorium in St. Paul. Lasky came close to a knockout in several rounds from Retzlaff's continuous, powerful right, and

3645-505: The fall of 1934. Lasky led in the first two rounds. After a nine count by a strong left in the third, Lasky delivered a telling right to end the Lenhart fight. Lasky had a six-inch height advantage in the bout which gave him an advantage at long range. Lenhart would fight some of the best heavyweight boxers of the 1930s including Tiger Jack Fox and Hall of Fame light heavyweight champion John Henry Lewis On February 20, 1934, Lasky scored

3726-445: The fifth-round knockout with a hard right to the jaw of the black boxer. Fox attempted to rise at the count of nine, but fell to his feet. His win over the well known opponent spotlighted Lasky as a fighter to watch. On March 31, 1933, in his first appearance at Madison Square Garden, the shrine of East coast boxing, Lasky pounded out an eight-round points decision against Hans Birkle, a competent 6' 1" German-born heavyweight. The bout

3807-472: The film's company. Carnera played himself in the 1949 movie Mighty Joe Young . Carnera was played by Matthew G. Taylor in the 2005 film Cinderella Man , a film about the life of fellow boxer James J. Braddock . In 2008, the actor Andrea Iaia played Carnera in the Italian biographical film Carnera: The Walking Mountain , directed by Renzo Martinelli. In 2013, Emporio Elaborazioni Meccaniche named

3888-493: The final rounds. In his recent loss to Steve Hamas, only five months earlier, Lasky likely absorbed more punishment than described by the reporters of the day as both men were heavyweights, and the fight was described by one source as "a smashing brawl", implying continuous action throughout the bout. Though Lasky was only two years older than Hamas, those two years had been filled with punishing bouts. Even in many of his wins, Lasky absorbed punishment, taking five rounds to knock out

3969-458: The first opponent to knock out Joe Sekyra in a brutal battle at the Auditorium in Minneapolis on November 29, 1932. The knockout, occurring one minute into the seventh round, came after Lasky's strong right to the chin and two powerful hooks to the jaw of his opponent. Earlier in the bout, Seykra reached Lasky with strong blows to the body and chin, but Lasky was able to fight on. The bout featured blows from both boxers landing almost continuously from

4050-460: The first three rounds. The fourth round was even, but in the fifth, Smith mounted a fierce body attack. The eye injury and beating left Lasky weak and unable to score sufficient points against his opponent in the final three rounds. Perhaps indicating vision loss, one reporter wrote, "Harder punches scored by Smith gave him the initial round, while Lasky was unable to find the range and missed regularly." His missed blows may have been from bleeding into

4131-512: The hard hitting Tiger Jack Fox on May 3, 1933, in Chicago. Losing the fifteen round bout by a unanimous decision of the judges, the Braddock fight spotlighted Lasky as a heavyweight contender who could not quite reach the pinnacle of his weight class. Braddock was credited with eleven of fifteen rounds, and Lasky suffered one of the "worst beatings of his life", according to one source. Lasky

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4212-507: The heaviest world champion in history, weighing as high as 328 lb (149 kg) during his reign. Carnera still ranks as the fourth-heaviest, behind Valuev, Tyson Fury and Andy Ruiz Jr. , over eighty years after he held the title. Carnera's 1933 title defense against Paulino Uzcudun in Italy was the first Heavyweight title fight to be held in Europe since Jack Johnson 's title defence against Frank Moran in Paris in 1913. It would be

4293-563: The knockout streak in Philadelphia by losing to Carnera by disqualification in the fifth round. In 1932, Carnera faced the tallest heavyweight in history up to that point, Santa Camarão , a 6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) Portuguese fighter. Carnera won the fight in a sixth-round knockout. On 10 February 1933, he knocked out Ernie Schaaf in thirteen rounds in New York City. Schaaf died four days later. Schaaf had suffered

4374-458: The last such occasion until Muhammad Ali defended the title against Henry Cooper in London in 1966. Carnera-Uzcudun was the first World Heavyweight championship fight to be contested between two Europeans. It would be another sixty years, when Lennox Lewis defended the WBC heavyweight title against fellow-Englishman Frank Bruno in 1993, that this would occur again. Carnera's 72 career knockouts

4455-573: The next year, after three losses against Luigi Musina his talent for wrestling was discovered. In 1946 he became a professional wrestler and was immediately a huge success at the box office. For several years he was one of the top draws in wrestling. Carnera continued to be an attraction into the 1960s. Max Baer attended at least one of Carnera's wrestling matches. Carnera won his debut against Jules Strongbow in Wilmington, California on 20 August 1946. Two days later, he defeated Tommy O'Toole at

4536-467: The north-easternmost corner of Italy. On 13 March 1939, Carnera married Giuseppina Kovačič (1913–1980), a post office clerk from Gorizia . In 1953, they received dual citizenship. They settled in Los Angeles , where Carnera opened a restaurant and a liquor store. They had two children, Umberto and Giovanna Maria. Umberto became a medical doctor. Carnera died in 1967 at age 60 in his native town of

4617-535: The opening bell. Jack Blackburn , an exceptional Black lightweight, trained and seconded Lasky for the bout. Lasky started a strong offensive attack in the second round, and in the third, Sekyra retaliated with strong blows to the chin. Lasky took the fourth round with lighting lefts from a distance, and an occasional right to the chin. On the advice of Blackburn, he opened the sixth with a rapid two-handed attack that rocked his opponent who managed to stay on his feet. Showing determination, though exhausted, Seykra attempted

4698-404: The rest tied. Bauer had only been fighting as a professional for a few years. With a knockdown from a broken nose in the second round, Bauer had little chance of success, and Lasky staggered him with body blows in the fifth and the eighth. On May 15, 1936, Art Lasky lost a seventh-round technical knockout against Jack Roper in a second meeting at Legion Stadium, 1:47 into the seventh round. Roper

4779-417: The right eye and that he had immediately lost his vision in the bout. He had initially suffered an injury to the right eye in his first bout with Charley Retzlaff in St. Paul on May 12, 1933. After retiring from boxing he underwent surgeries and was able to restore partial sight in the eye. Lasky sat out all of 1937. He fought twice more in 1938, with both fights ending in draws, and finished his career with

4860-455: The second round in San Jose, California. In the second round, Cook was knocked down three times and the referee stopped the bout. On April 9, 1936, Lasky faced Joe Bauer at Hollywood Stadium, winning in a ten-round points decision. Needing a win to end his losing streak, Lasky was not favored in the pre-game betting. He took six of the ten rounds, with Bauer holding a slight lead in two, and

4941-455: The temptations of a woman played by Rita Langdon who introduces him to the world of nightclubs, late hours and drinking, and turns him from a more virtuous Linda Martin played by Arline Judge, a newspaper reporter who has eyes for him. According to his son Aron, twenty years after his boxing career ended in 1970, Lasky's mental acuity and control of his personal finances began to unravel. He died in San Bernardino, California, on April 2, 1980, in

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5022-830: The theater world Jesse Louis Lasky (1880–1958), American movie producer and founder of Paramount Pictures Jesse L. Lasky, Jr. (1910–1988), American screenwriter, often with his wife Pat Silver-Lasky Kathryn Lasky (born 1944), American author Mark Lasky (1954–1983), American cartoonist Melvin J. Lasky (1920–2004), American journalist Mitch Lasky (born 1962), American venture capitalist Pat Silver-Lasky , American actress, screenwriter, and writer, often with her husband Jesse Lasky, Jr. Rick Lasky , American emergency services consultant, author, motivational speaker Victor Lasky (1918–1990), American newspaper columnist and writer See also [ edit ] Laski (surname) Laskey Lasky, Ukraine [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with

5103-577: The towel making the victory a technical knockout. Lasky remained undefeated until his 16th bout, a newspaper decision loss to Dick Daniels, also of Minneapolis. He bounced back, however, and by September 1932 was sporting a 14–1 record when he faced Primo Carnera , one of his first rated opponents, in Saint Paul. Future World Heavyweight Champion Primo Carnera defeated Lasky in a ten-round newspaper decision in St. Paul on September 1, 1932. The loss appeared to do nothing to hamper Lasky's career but it

5184-498: The towel should not have been thrown in. Chevalier also stated that Perry had rubbed him with a sponge that caused his eyes and nose to burn. In May 1930 the National Boxing Association suspended Carnera. His June 1930 match against George Godfrey was controversial before it began. Seconds were forbidden from throwing in the towel. Godfrey was disqualified in the fifth round when he was clearly getting

5265-417: The towel, although it appeared to all that the boxer was in no worse condition than Carnera. The match was found to be fixed, Carnera's purse was initially withheld. Mrs. Chevalier told them her husband had been approached earlier to agree to a "fake fight," but that he had directed all business to his manager, Tim McGrath. McGrath declared he had no knowledge that Perry was going to throw in the towel, and that

5346-409: The way he has played a lot of palukas and stable mates at different towns in "the sticks" in this country. Always the return engagement." In January 1930 against Big Boy Peterson, Carnera won easily in the 1st round. The New York Times noted the absence of betting on the outcome causing skepticism prior to the match. Peterson was counted out while punching himself in the jaw. "Whether to make sure he

5427-405: Was 89 wins and 14 losses. His 72 wins by knockout made him a member of the exclusive club of boxers that won 50 or more bouts by knockout. Carnera was the third European to hold the world heavyweight championship after Bob Fitzsimmons and Max Schmeling . He would be the last until Ingemar Johansson claimed the title against Floyd Patterson in 1959, over a quarter of a century later. Carnera

5508-447: Was a brutal battle, as were many of Lasky's fights. In an odd spectacle of a fight, Lasky, at 188, was outweighed 78 pounds by the Italian giant, though Carnera had only a one-inch height advantage at 6' 5". The fight did not feature continuous blows by either boxer until the eighth round, and the decision was a close one according to one reporter. In the final rounds, the Italian giant's strength proved too great for Lasky. Lasky became

5589-421: Was a semi-final and drew a sizable crowd of 9,000. Lasky put reach advantage and speed to good use against his opponent. On May 12, 1933, Charley Retzlaff scored a six-round technical knockout against Lasky in their first State Heavyweight Championship bout at the Auditorium in St. Paul. Retzlaff's right cross and jabs landed too frequently against his opponent. A blow by Retzlaff in the second round first opened

5670-427: Was acquitted when he successfully convinced the jury that he was the wrong Abe Attell. Carnera met his first serious heavyweight contender, Young Stribling , in 1929, and won when Stribling fouled him. In a rematch, he fouled Stribling. Each scoring a victory by disqualification. Commenting on the unsatisfactory conclusion of the two matches, sportswriter Robert Edgren commented "Stribling seems to be playing Carnera

5751-470: Was affecting his vision. Loss of vision would be the deciding factor in ending his career in 1939. Lasky moved to California in 1933, and became a regular at two large boxing venues, Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles and Legion Stadium in Hollywood . On December 1, 1933, Lasky put away Fred Lenhart in the third round of a bout at Legion Stadium, part of a 15-fight unbeaten streak that lasted until

5832-647: Was also the first boxer to win the European Heavyweight title and subsequently become World Heavyweight champion. Carnera's 1933 title defense against Tommy Loughran held the record for the greatest weight differential between two combatants in a world title fight (86 lb or 39 kg) for 73 years until the reign of Nikolai Valuev , who owns the current record for the 105 + 1 ⁄ 2  lb (47.9 kg) weight advantage he held in his 2006 defense against Monte Barrett . Valuev also broke Carnera's record of 270 lb (120 kg) to become

5913-621: Was around 40 lb (18 kg) heavier and was the heaviest champion in boxing history until Valuev. At a time when the average height in Italy was approximately 5 ft 5 in (1.65 m) and in the United States 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m), Carnera was considered a giant. He enjoyed a sizable reach advantage over most rivals, and when seen on fight footage, he seems like a towering giant compared to many heavyweights of his era, who were usually at least 60 pounds (27 kg) lighter and 7 inches (18 cm) shorter. One publicity release about him read in part: "For breakfast, Primo has

5994-557: Was awarded one of his four rounds by the judges from a foul credited to Braddock. The sixth and the eleventh round bells may have prevented him from more serious injury or a knock out. Once again Lasky took a very hard beating in a close bout from a highly ranked competitor. His loss to Braddock effectively ended Lasky's hopes of a World Heavyweight title. Three months later, Braddock became Heavyweight Champion, defeating Max Baer in fifteen rounds. On June 21, 1935, Lasky lost to Ford Smith in

6075-519: Was bleeding badly and his right eye was closed. Roper's handlers stopped the fight before the eighth round bell. Lasky fell from top contender status, but continued to fight frequently. On June 30, 1936, he met Johnny Paycheck at Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles. Though Lasky won the fight 1:40 into the fourth round by technical knockout, he suffered a detached retina which hastened his retirement from boxing and caused blindness in his right eye. Lasky later told his son, he believed Paycheck had thumbed him in

6156-546: Was down in the tenth for a count of three. The contest was billed as the Minnesota State Heavyweight Title. On January 17, 1936, Lasky lost to Jack Roper in a technical knockout 1:32 into the first round at Legion Stadium in Hollywood. Lasky had been down twice from hard left jabs before the final knockout. On January 28, 1936, Lasky defeated Bob Cook by technical knockout :50 seconds into

6237-564: Was knocked down, with sources giving conflicting totals of 7, 10, 11 (per Associated Press ) and 12 (per The Ring magazine founder Nat Fleischer , ringside for the fight, who wrote that Carnera was knocked down 12 times and slipped once after a missed punch). Carnera also fractured his right ankle in the defeat. A statue of the defeated Carnera won the Prix de Rome First Prize in 1934. L'Athlète vaincu by Albert Bouquillon. After that, Carnera won his next four fights, three of them as part of

6318-557: Was knocked out or in an effort to restore his jarred senses could not be ascertained." Boxing Commissioner James Farley , watching ringside, "was not altogether satisfied with the contest" but did not launch an investigation. A week later against Elzear Rioux the fight lasted only 47 seconds and Rioux was down 6 times. Bob Soderman of the Chicago Tribune reported, "Rioux didn't do much fighting..being too intent on doing what he had been hired to do; that is, making sure he fell to

6399-422: Was perhaps the greatest boxer of the thirties and a multiple world weight class champion in welter and jr. lightweight divisions. In one of his later movies, "The Contender" (1944), he worked as a technical adviser for the fight scenes. The plot featured Buster Crabbe as a man who rises from the amateur ranks to become a professional boxer and contends for the world heavyweight championship. He faces challenges from

6480-421: Was primitive, Levinsky broke the top ten for heavyweight rankings, and was a top money earner as he fought quality competition. The draw showed that Lasky could perform well against top ten contenders. Lasky had beaten Levinsky five months earlier in a ten-round unanimous decision at Olympic Stadium in Los Angeles. In a fight that could have put him in line for a Heavyweight Championship bout with Max Baer, Lasky

6561-450: Was the early betting favorite at 3-1. His opponent Jim Braddock had just begun his comeback after a nine-month layoff and a period on the depression's relief rolls. The financial boon to Braddock for winning would be $ 4,100 at the height of the depression. The break from boxing, rather than making him stale, had given Braddock time to strengthen his body, improve his technique, and heal his hands, which had given him trouble before his layoff as

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