Jake LaMotta Record

83-19-4

Total Fights	106
Wins	83
Losses	19
Draws	4
No-Contests	0

Title Wins	3
Title Defenses	2
Title-Fight KOs	2
KO Wins	30
KO Losses	4

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What is Jake LaMotta's boxing record?

In a professional boxing career spanning 13 years and one month, Jake LaMotta fought 106 times with 83 wins, 19 losses, and 4 draws.

LaMotta retired from professional boxing with a record of 83-19-4, which included three middleweight world-title wins and two successful title defense fights. He had a 28.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 30 of his total 106 fights being knockout wins, two of which were in title fights. LaMotta suffered four knockout losses in his career, one of which was against Sugar Ray Robinson in a middleweight title fight.

His last fight was a 10-round split decision defeat to Billy Kilgore on April 14, 1954.

Some of LaMotta's best fights and notable victories include wins over four Hall-of-Famers (Marcel Cerdan, Holman Williams, Fritzie Zivic, and Sugar Ray Robinson), Laurent Dauthuille, Chuck Hunter, Dick Wagner, Tiberio Mitri, George Costner, and Bob Satterfield.

#	Date	Age	Opponent	Res	Via
106	Apr 14, 1954	31	Billy Kilgore	Loss	SD
105	Apr 3, 1954	31	Al McCoy	Win	KO1
104	Mar 11, 1954	31	Johnny Pretzie	Win	TKO4
103	Dec 31, 1952	30	Danny Nardico	Loss	RTD7
102	Jun 11, 1952	29	Bob Murphy	Win	UD
101	May 21, 1952	29	Gene Hairston	Win	UD
100	Apr 9, 1952	29	Norman Hayes	Win	UD
99	Mar 5, 1952	29	Gene Hairston	Draw	PTS
98	Jan 28, 1952	29	Norman Hayes	Loss	SD
97	Jun 27, 1951	28	Bob Murphy	Loss	RTD7
96	Feb 14, 1951	28	Sugar Ray Robinson	Loss ^*	TKO13
95	Sep 13, 1950	28	Laurent Dauthuille	Win ^*	KO15
94	Jul 12, 1950	28	Tiberio Mitri	Win ^*	UD
93	May 4, 1950	27	Joe Taylor	Win	UD
92	Mar 28, 1950	27	Chuck Hunter	Win	TKO6
91	Feb 3, 1950	27	Dick Wagner	Win	TKO9
90	Dec 9, 1949	27	Robert Villemain	Loss	UD
89	Jun 16, 1949	26	Marcel Cerdan	Win ^*	RTD9
88	May 18, 1949	26	Joey DeJohn	Win	TKO8
87	Apr 18, 1949	26	O'Neill Bell	Win	TKO4
86	Mar 25, 1949	26	Robert Villemain	Win	SD
85	Feb 21, 1949	26	Laurent Dauthuille	Loss	UD
84	Dec 3, 1948	26	Tommy Yarosz	Win	UD
83	Oct 18, 1948	26	Vern Lester	Win	SD
82	Oct 1, 1948	26	Johnny Colan	Win	TKO10
81	Sep 7, 1948	26	Burl Charity	Win	TKO5
80	Jun 1, 1948	25	Ken Stribling	Win	TKO5
79	Nov 14, 1947	25	Billy Fox	Loss	TKO4
78	Sep 3, 1947	25	Cecil Hudson	Loss	SD
77	Jun 6, 1947	24	Tony Janiro	Win	UD
76	Mar 14, 1947	24	Tommy Bell	Win	UD
75	Dec 6, 1946	24	Anton Raadik	Win	UD
74	Oct 25, 1946	24	O'Neill Bell	Win	KO2
73	Sep 12, 1946	24	Bob Satterfield	Win	KO7
72	Aug 7, 1946	24	Holman Williams	Win	UD
71	Jun 13, 1946	23	Jimmy Edgar	Draw	PTS
70	May 24, 1946	23	Joe Reddick	Win	UD
69	Mar 29, 1946	23	Marcus Lockman	Win	UD
68	Jan 11, 1946	23	Tommy Bell	Win	UD
67	Dec 7, 1945	23	Charley Parham	Win	TKO6
66	Nov 23, 1945	23	Walter Woods	Win	KO8
65	Nov 13, 1945	23	Coolidge Miller	Win	KO3
64	Sep 26, 1945	23	Sugar Ray Robinson	Loss	SD
63	Sep 7, 1945	23	George Kochan	Win	TKO9
62	Aug 10, 1945	23	Jose Basora	Win	TKO9
61	Jul 6, 1945	22	Tommy Bell	Win	UD
60	Apr 27, 1945	22	Bert Lytell	Win	SD
59	Apr 20, 1945	22	Vic Dellicurti	Win	UD
58	Mar 26, 1945	22	George Costner	Win	KO6
57	Mar 19, 1945	22	Lou Schwartz	Win	KO1
56	Feb 23, 1945	22	Sugar Ray Robinson	Loss	UD
55	Nov 3, 1944	22	George Kochan	Win	TKO9
54	Sep 29, 1944	22	George Kochan	Win	UD
53	Apr 21, 1944	21	Lloyd Marshall	Loss	UD
52	Mar 31, 1944	21	Lou Woods	Win	SD
51	Mar 17, 1944	21	Coley Welch	Win	UD
50	Feb 25, 1944	21	Ossie Harris	Win	SD
49	Jan 28, 1944	21	Ossie Harris	Win	SD
48	Jan 14, 1944	21	Fritzie Zivic	Win	UD
47	Nov 12, 1943	21	Fritzie Zivic	Win	SD
46	Oct 11, 1943	21	Johnny Walker	Win	TKO2
45	Sep 17, 1943	21	Jose Basora	Win	UD
44	Jul 12, 1943	21	Fritzie Zivic	Loss	SD
43	Jun 10, 1943	20	Fritzie Zivic	Win	SD
42	May 12, 1943	20	Tony Ferrara	Win	KO6
41	Mar 30, 1943	20	Ossie Harris	Win	UD
40	Mar 19, 1943	20	Jimmy Reeves	Win	KO6
39	Feb 26, 1943	20	Sugar Ray Robinson	Loss	UD
38	Feb 5, 1943	20	Sugar Ray Robinson	Win	UD
37	Jan 22, 1943	20	Charley Hayes	Win	TKO6
36	Jan 15, 1943	20	California Jackie Wilson	Win	PTS
35	Jan 1, 1943	20	Jimmy Edgar	Win	SD
34	Nov 6, 1942	20	Henryk Chmielewski	Win	UD
33	Oct 20, 1942	20	Bill McDowell	Win	TKO5
32	Oct 2, 1942	20	Sugar Ray Robinson	Loss	UD
31	Sep 8, 1942	20	Vic Dellicurti	Win	PTS
30	Aug 28, 1942	20	Jimmy Edgar	Win	PTS
29	Jul 28, 1942	20	Lorenzo Strickland	Win	PTS
28	Jun 16, 1942	19	Jose Basora	Loss	PTS
27	Jun 2, 1942	19	Vic Dellicurti	Win	PTS
26	May 12, 1942	19	Jose Basora	Draw	PTS
25	Apr 21, 1942	19	Buddy O'Dell	Win	PTS
24	Apr 7, 1942	19	Lou Schwartz	Win	KO9
23	Mar 18, 1942	19	Lorenzo Strickland	Win	PTS
22	Mar 3, 1942	19	Frankie Jamison	Win	PTS
21	Jan 27, 1942	19	Frankie Jamison	Win	PTS
20	Dec 22, 1941	19	Nate Bolden	Loss	MD
19	Nov 14, 1941	19	Jimmy Casa	Win	PTS
18	Oct 20, 1941	19	Jimmy Reeves	Loss	UD
17	Oct 7, 1941	19	Lorenzo Strickland	Win	PTS
16	Sep 24, 1941	19	Jimmy Reeves	Loss	SD
15	Aug 11, 1941	19	Cliff Koerkle	Win	PTS
14	Aug 5, 1941	19	Joe Shikula	Draw	PTS
13	Jul 15, 1941	19	Joe Baynes	Win	PTS
12	Jun 23, 1941	18	Johnny Morris	Win	KO3
11	Jun 16, 1941	18	Lorenzo Strickland	Win	PTS
10	Jun 9, 1941	18	Lorenzo Strickland	Win	PTS
9	May 27, 1941	18	Johnny Morris	Win	PTS
8	May 20, 1941	18	Johnny Cihlar	Win	PTS
7	Apr 26, 1941	18	Monroe Crewe	Win	PTS
6	Apr 22, 1941	18	Lorne McCarthy	Win	PTS
5	Apr 15, 1941	18	Stanley Goicz	Win	PTS
4	Apr 8, 1941	18	Joe Fredericks	Win	TKO1
3	Apr 1, 1941	18	Johnny Morris	Win	TKO4
2	Mar 14, 1941	18	Tony Gillo	Win	PTS
1	Mar 3, 1941	18	Charley Mackley	Win	PTS

* World-title fight

Boxing career

Jake LaMotta (The Raging Bull) was an American professional boxer. He was born in Manhattan, New York, U.S. on July 10, 1922. He was a middleweight world champion. He died on September 19, 2017 at the age of 95 years. LaMotta was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 1990. His professional boxing career spanned more than 13 years — from 1941 to 1954.

LaMotta made his professional boxing debut against Charley Mackley at the age of 18 on March 3, 1941, defeating Mackley via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 12 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 3 wins via stoppage.

He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on June 16, 1949 after 88 professional fights, against Marcel Cerdan for the middleweight NBA and The Ring titles. He defeated Cerdan via 9th round RTD to become the middleweight champion of the world.

LaMotta won one world title at middleweight. For all the details about LaMotta's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.

LaMotta had a total of 19 losses in his professional boxing career.

His last professional fight was a non-title bout against Billy Kilgore at 31 years of age, on April 14, 1954. LaMotta lost the fight via 10 round split decision.

Championships

LaMotta had a total of four world-title fights, which includes winning three world titles and two successful title defenses. He won three of these fights and lost one.

Title Wins

Jake LaMotta fought for a middleweight world title in two fights and won both the times, winning one of them via way of stoppage. He won one middleweight belt.

Date	Opponent	Division	Titles Won	Method
Jul 12, 1950	Tiberio Mitri	Middleweight	NYSAC^*	UD
Jun 16, 1949	Marcel Cerdan	Middleweight	NBA, The Ring	RTD

* Vacant title

Title Defenses

Jake LaMotta had three middleweight world-title defense fights. He won two of them and lost once.

Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.

Date	Opponent	Division	Titles Defended	Method
Sep 13, 1950	Laurent Dauthuille	Middleweight	The Ring	KO
Jul 12, 1950	Tiberio Mitri	Middleweight	The Ring	UD

Title Losses

Jake LaMotta lost one world-title defense fight, and lost one title in the fight.

Date	Opponent	Division	Titles Lost	Method
Feb 14, 1951	Sugar Ray Robinson	Middleweight	The Ring	TKO

Highlights

LaMotta fought a total of 106 times during his professional career, which includes 4 world-title fights at the middleweight division. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These two fights are the highlight of his career.

February 5, 1943: Jake LaMotta puts on the first remarkable performance of his career, defeating Sugar Ray Robinson via 10th round unanimous decision.
June 16, 1949: LaMotta wins his first world titles by defeating Marcel Cerdan via 9th round RTD. He is now the NBA and The Ring middleweight world champion.

FAQs

How many KOs does Jake LaMotta have on his record?
LaMotta knocked out 30 of his 106 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 28.3%. Of his total 83 wins, 30 of them were via KO (36.1%).
What was Jake LaMotta's first world title win?
LaMotta's first world-title win were the NBA and The Ring belts at middleweight. He defeated Marcel Cerdan via 9 round RTD to win the titles.
How many world titles did Jake LaMotta win?
LaMotta won one world title at middleweight.
How many title defenses did Jake LaMotta make?
LaMotta had a total of three title defense fights. He was successful two times and lost one time.

Jake LaMotta Record

What is Jake LaMotta's boxing record?

Boxing career

Championships

Title Wins

Title Defenses

Title Losses

Highlights

FAQs

How many KOs does Jake LaMotta have on his record?

What was Jake LaMotta's first world title win?

How many world titles did Jake LaMotta win?

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