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Lot # 591: Primo Carnera Worn Fight Training Boots

Starting Bid: $500.00

Bids: 1 (Bid History)

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Item was in Auction "May 2003",
which ran from 5/19/2003 12:00 AM to
6/18/2003 9:00 PM



These mammoth brown leather boots once covered two of the largest feet ever attached to a human being. The huge physical specimen, known as Primo Carnera was the largest boxer of all time, standing 6'6" tall at 260 pounds. But it was his feet that were the cause of so much talk, the unsurpassed girth of which measured 5" each! These momentous boots were required to be manufactured by hand, due to their abnormal size. With original laces, they measure 21" to the tops. "Florscheim" label still attached to the inside tongue of the right boot. Exhibit good use and wear. You really won't be able to appreciate their sheer size until you see them in person. Included is newspaper articles which show Carnera wearing the boots.

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