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Pat Rocco:
Primo was in a few movies . Mighty Joe Young he played what else a strongman.They also made a movie on his life "The Harder They Fall " was the name of it .
knny187:
--- Quote from: Pat Rocco on December 10, 2005, 06:13:28 AM ---Primo was in a few movies . Mighty Joe Young he played what else a strongman.They also made a movie on his life "The Harder They Fall " was the name of it .
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Well, he was in a few Hercules movies with Steve Reeves
Ursus:
my history teacher in school lent me abook on him. was a great read, not many have heard of him. was full of cool wee 'onlymeesque' stories in the book
knny187:
He had a cloudy career because most felt he fought mob influenced fights
Pat Rocco:
--- Quote from: knny187 on December 10, 2005, 09:53:58 AM ---He had a cloudy career because most felt he fought mob influenced fights
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I read that most of fights were fixed without him knowing it .Although his Title Fight with Max Bear wasn;t .Bear would lay down .Bear almost killed him beat him very badly .Broke his jaw etc....To his credit Primo fought hard and got of the floor many times .......he never gave up tilll the end .
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