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The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia -- Lineal Champion

Jake LaMotta
(Giacobe LaMotta)
(the "Bronx Bull")

BORN July 10 1921; Bronx, New York, New York (Some sources report 1922)
HEIGHT 5-8
WEIGHT 154-175 lbs
MANAGER Mike Capriano, Joey LaMotta
TRAINER Al Silvani
RECORD 83-19-4 (30 KO)

 

LaMotta was a tough individual - extremely tough; As rugged as he was, he was not a knockout hitter but a man who fought in a crafty way; He was the first man to defeat the great "Sugar" Ray Robinson and was willing enough to tangle with Ray on six occasions; During his career, he won the Middleweight Championship of the World

Jake defeated such men as Robinson, Marcel Cerdan, Fritzie Zivic, Holman Williams, Bob Satterfield, Tony Janiro, Laurent Dauthuille, Anton Raadik, Tommy Yarosz, Robert Villemain, Dick Wagner and Tiberio Mitri

Herb Goldman ranked LaMotta as the #7 All-Time Middleweight; Jake was inducted into the Ring Boxing Hall of Fame in 1985 and the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990

1941
Mar  3 Charley Mackley            New York, NY                      W  4
Mar 14 Tony Gillo                 Bridgeport, Ct                    W  6
Apr  1 Johnny Morris              White Plains, NY                 KO  4
Apr  8 Joe Fredericks             White Plains, NY                 KO  1
Apr 15 Stanley Goicz              White Plains, NY                  W  4
Apr 24 Lorne McCarthy             White Plains, NY                  W  4
Apr 26 Monroe Crewe               Brooklyn, NY                      W  4
May 20 Johnny Cihlar              Brooklyn, NY                      W  4
May 27 Johnny Morris              New York, NY                      W  4
Jun  9 Lorenzo Strickland         Woodhaven, NY                     W  4
Jun 16 Lorenzo Strickland         New York, NY                      W  6
Jun 23 Johnny Morris              New York, NY                     KO  3
Jul 15 Joe Baynes                 Long Island City, NY              W  6
Aug  5 Joe Shikula                Long Island City, NY              D  6
Aug 11 Cliff Koerkle              New York, NY                      W  6
Sep 24 Jimmy Reeves               Cleveland, Oh                     L 10
Oct  7 Lorenzo Stickland          White Plains, NY                  W  8
Oct 20 Jimmy Reeves               Cleveland, Oh                     L 10
Nov 14 Jimmy Casa                 New York, NY                      W  6
Dec 22 Nate Bolden                Chicago, Il                       L 10

1942
Jan 27 Frankie Jamison            New York, NY                      W  8
Mar  3 Frankie Jamison            New York, NY                      W  8
Mar 18 Lorenzo Stickland          New York, NY                      W 10
Apr  7 Lou Schwartz               New York, NY                     KO  9
Apr 21 Buddy O'Dell               New York, NY                      W 10
May 12 Jose Basora                New York, NY                      D 10
Jun  2 Vic Dellicurti             New York, NY                      W 10
Jun 16 Jose Basora                New York, NY                      L 10
Jul 28 Lorenzo Strickland         New York, NY                      W  8
Aug 28 Jimmy Edgar                New York, NY                      W 10
Sep  8 Vic Dellicurti             New York, NY                      W 10
Oct  2 "Sugar" Ray Robinson       New York, NY                      L 10
Oct 20 "Wild" Bill McDowell       New York, NY                     KO  5
Nov  6 Henry Chmielewski          Boston, Ma                        W 10

1943
Jan  2 Jimmy Edgar                Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Jan 15 Jackie Wilson              New York, NY                      W 10
Jan 22 Charles Hayes              Detroit, Mi                      KO  6
Feb  5 "Sugar" Ray Robinson       Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Feb 26 "Sugar" Ray Robinson       Detroit, Mi                       L 10
Mar 19 Jimmy Reeves               Detroit, Mi                      KO  6
Mar 30 Ossie Harris               Pittsburgh, Pa                    W 10
May 12 Tony Ferrara               Cincinnati, Oh                   KO  6
Jun 10 Fritzie Zivic              Pittsburgh, Pa                    W 10
Jul 12 Fritzie Zivic              Pittsburgh, Pa                    L 15
Sep 17 Jose Basora                Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Nov 12 Fritzie Zivic              New York, NY                      W 10
Dec 29 George Kochan                                              SCH   
          -This bout was scheduled but cancelled;
           Kochan's military post was changed

1944
Jan 14 Fritzie Zivic              Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Jan 28 Ossie Harris               Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Feb 25 Ossie Harris               Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Mar 17 Coley Welch                Boston, Ma                        W 10
Mar 31 "Sergeant" Lou Woods       Chicago, Il                       W 10
Apr 21 Lloyd Marshall             Cleveland, Oh                     L 10
Sep 29 George Kochan              Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Nov  3 George Kochan              Detroit, Mi                      KO  9

1945
Feb 23 "Sugar" Ray Robinson       New York, NY                      L 10
Mar 19 Lou Schwartz               Norfolk, Va                      KO  1
Mar 28 George "Sugar" Costner     Chicago, Il                      KO  6
Apr 19 Vic Dellicurti             New York, NY                      W 10
Apr 27 Bert Lytell                Boston, Ma                        W 10
Jul  6 Tommy Bell                 New York, NY                      W 10
Aug 10 Jose Basora                New York, NY                     KO  9
Sep 17 George Kochan              New York, NY                     KO  9
Sep 26 "Sugar" Ray Robinson       Chicago, Il                       L 12
Nov 13 Coolidge Miller            New York, NY                     KO  3
Nov 23 Walter Woods               Boston, Ma                       KO  8
Dec  7 Charley Parham             Chicago, Il                      KO  6

1946
Jan 11 Tommy Bell                 New York, NY                      W 10
Mar 29 Marcus Lockman             Boston, Ma                        W 10
May 24 Joe Reddick                Boston, Ma                        W 10
Jun 13 Jimmy Edgar                Detroit, Mi                       D 10
Aug  7 Holman Williams            Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Sep 12 Bob Satterfield            Chicago, Il                      KO  7
Oct 25 O'Neill Bell               Detroit, Mi                      KO  2
Dec  6 Anton Raadik               Chicago, Il                       W 10

1947
Mar 14 Tommy Bell                 New York, NY                      W 10
Jun  6 Tony Janiro                New York, NY                      W 10
Sep  3 Cecil Hudson               Chicago, Il                       L 10
Nov 14 Billy Fox                  New York, NY                     LK  4
          -LaMotta took a dive in this fight in exchange for a title shot

1948
Jun  1 Ken Stribling              Washington, DC                   KO  5
Sep  7 Burl Charity               New York, NY                     KO  6
Oct  1 Johnny Colan               New York, NY                     KO 10
Oct 18 Vern Lester                Brooklyn, NY                      W 10
Dec  3 Tommy Yarosz               New York, NY                      W 10

1949
Feb 21 Laurent Dauthuille         Montreal, Que, Can                L 10
Mar 25 Robert Villemain           New York, NY                      W 12
Apr 18 O'Neill Bell               Detroit, Mi                      KO  4
May 18 Joey DeJohn                Syracuse, NY                     KO  8
Jun 16 Marcel Cerdan              Detroit, Mi                      KO 10
          -Middleweight Championship of the World
Dec  9 Robert Villemain           New York, NY                      L 10

1950
Feb  3 Dick Wagner                Detroit, Mi                      KO  9
Mar 28 Chuck Hunter               Cleveland, Oh                    KO  6
May  4 Joe Taylor                 Syracuse, NY                      W 10
Jul 12 Tiberio Mitri              New York, NY                      W 15
          -Middleweight Championship of the World
Sep 13 Laurent Dauthuille         Detroit, Mi                      KO 15
          -Middleweight Championship of the World

1951
Feb 14 "Sugar" Ray Robinson       Chicago, Il                      LK 13
          -Middleweight Championship of the World
Jun 27 "Irish" Bob Murphy         New York, NY                     LK  7

1952
Jan 28 Norman Hayes               Boston, Ma                        L 10
Mar  5 Eugene Hairston            Detroit, Mi                       D 10
Apr  9 Norman Hayes               Detroit, Mi                       W 10
May 21 Eugene Hairston            Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Jun 11 "Irish" Bob Murphy         Detroit, Mi                       W 10
Dec 31 Danny Nardico              Coral Gables, Fl                 LK  8

1954
Mar 11 Johnny Pretzie             West Palm Beach, Fl              KO  4
Apr  3 Al McCoy                   Charlotte, NC                    KO  1
Apr 10 Billy Kilgore              Miami Beach, Fl                   L 10


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization
 

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