Boxing match between Primo Carnera and Larry Gains

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Nippu Jiji Photograph Archive, "Gaijin" Collection

Caption on reverse [translation]: "The famous Italian heavyweight boxer Primo Carnera, who is ranked alongside Germany's Schmeling and America's Sharkey, recently fought against Larry Gains, who is Indian but is popular in Britain as a boxer, in the ring at London's White City. The up-and-coming Gains defeated the strong Carnera after a fierce fight. Photograph: Carnera is in the white gloves, Gains is in the black. [written] February 17, 1934."

February 17, 1934

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