GIANT BOXER’S DIET

Evening Star, Issue 20364, 21 December 1929, Page 29

GIANT BOXER’S DIET

CAMERA USES TWO BEDS Primo Camera, the giant Italian boxer, who defeated “Young” Stribling in London, apparently eats according to his proportions. However, his food .is rationed, as his manager, M. Leon Lee, is afraid Carnora will become weighty. His breakfast menu on the day before he fought and defeated Jack Stanley in Imiu 48soc comprised the following;—Three grape fruit, two large soles, l-jlb steak, two eggs, peaches and cream, four cups of tea, and a cigarette. The rations for luncheon consisted of a generous helping of hors d’ceuvre, a large lemon sole, two helpings of roast beef, with Yorkshire pudding and vegetables, fruit salad, cheese, and a pint of ale. It is believed that the London hotel staff was not exactly sorry when he left for his training camp. He ate as much food at a meal as two men, and there was scarcely a chair on which he could sit in comfort. To provide him with adequate sleeping accommodation two double beds were placed side by side, so that ho could sleep crosswise with one set of bed clothes for bis body and the other covering his legs. Before he loft Camera said there was not much happiness in being the world’s biggest boxer. At the luncheon table, for instance, ho had to spreadeagle his legs, because from the knee downwards they were higher than the (able. Camera said: “ I cannot enter a shop and buy clothing like an ordinary man. Nothing fits me. Everything must be specially made. I wear a 21in collar, a size 16 boot, and a jacket measuring 58in round the chest. “ Everywhere I go I am stared at—in Paris crowds of small boys follow me. I cannot take a theatre stall, because the seat is too small for me. For the same reason I am unable to ride on top of an omnibus, and it is only with difficulty that I can squeeze into the average car.” Ho, has a chest measurement of 54in (normal), is 64in round the shoulders, and has a forearm 16in round the thickest part. Ho has a brother, aged 16. who 6ft Sin, weighs 15st, and is growing fast.