SPORT & NOTE
Jake LaMotta

Male

"Bronx Bull"
(Jake La Motta)
(Giacobbe La Motta)
Middleweight, USA, Bronx, New York
Born: July 10, 1921, Manhattan, New York, USA
Died: September 19, 2017, Aventura, Miami, Florida, USA
(died in a nursing home)
Height: 5ft 8in, mt 1,72
Weight: 170, 166, 158, 160, 162, 164 lbs

Brother of Joey LaMotta

Italian-American

Amateur Club: Teasdale A.C.

Amateur fights courtesy of Bob Yalen

Jake LaMotta was inducted into the
International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990


Amateur results

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1940
+ Oct. 21Helmuth DeckerJamaica, New York WKO 4
Brooklyn and New York City, New York, Diamond Belt Novice winner, 175 lbs
+ Nov. 20Zeke BrownBrooklyn, New York WPTS 3
+ Nov. 27Frederick SaundersBrooklyn, New York WPTS 3
+ Dec. 16James MillerNew York City, New York WKO 3
+ Dec. 23Jack ReiterJamaica, New York WPTS 5
+ Dec. 30Luther McMillanJamaica, New York WKO 2
1941
+ Jan. 23Al ForemanJamaica, New York WPTS 5
+ Feb. 10John FowlerJamaica, New York WPTS 5
+ Feb. 17Floyd LemonJamaica, New York WPTS 5

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1941
+ Mar. 3Charley MackleyNew York, USAW 4
+ Mar. 14Tony GilloBridgeport, USAW 6
+ Apr. 1Johnny MorrisWhite Plains, USATKO 4
+ Apr. 8Joe FredericksWhite Plains, USATKO 1
+ Apr. 15Stanley GoiczWhite Plains, USAW 4
+ Apr. 22Lorne McCarthyWhite Plains, USAW 4
+ Apr. 26Monroe CreweBrooklyn, USAW 4
+ May 20Johnny CihlarBrooklyn, USAW 4
+ May 27Johnny MorrisBronx, USAW 4
+ June 9Lorenzo StricklandWoodhaven, USAW 4
+ June 16Lorenzo StricklandBronx, USAW 6
+ June 23Johnny MorrisBronx, USAKO 3
+ July 15Joe BaynesLong Island City, USAW 6
= Aug. 5Joe ShikulaLong Island City, USADraw 6
+ Aug. 11Cliff KoerkleBronx, USAW 6
- Sept. 24Jimmy ReevesCleveland, USAL 10
+ Oct. 7Lorenzo StricklandWhite Plains, USAW 8
- Oct. 20Jimmy ReevesCleveland, USAL 10
+ Nov. 14Jimmy CasaNew York, USAW 6
- Dec. 22Nate BoldenChicago, USAL 10
1942
+ Jan. 27Frankie JamisonBronx, USAW 8
+ Mar. 3Frankie JamisonBronx, USAW 8
+ Mar. 18Lorenzo StricklandBronx, USAW 10
+ Apr. 7Lou SchwartzBronx, USAKO 9
+ Apr. 21Buddy O'DellBronx, USAW 10
= May 12Jose BasoraBronx, USADraw 10
+ June 2Vic DellicurtiBronx, USAW 10
- June 16Jose BasoraBronx, USAL 10
+ July 28Lorenzo StricklandBronx, USAW 8
+ Aug. 28Jimmy EdgarNew York, USAW 10
+ Sept. 8Vic DellicurtiBronx, USAW 10
- Oct. 2Sugar Ray RobinsonNew York, USAL 10
+ Oct. 20Bill McDowellBrooklyn, USATKO 5
+ Nov. 6Henry ChmielewskiBoston, USAW 10
1943
+ Jan. 1Jimmy EdgarDetroit, USAW 10
+ Jan. 15California Jackie WilsonNew York, USAW 10
+ Jan. 22Charley HayesDetroit, USATKO 6
+ Feb. 5Sugar Ray RobinsonDetroit, USAW 10
- Feb. 26Sugar Ray RobinsonDetroit, USAL 10
+ Mar. 19Jimmy ReevesDetroit, USAKO 6
+ Mar. 30Ossie HarrisPittsburgh, USAW 10
+ May 12Tony FerraraCincinnati, USAKO 6
+ June 10Fritzie ZivicPittsburgh, USAW 10
- July 12Fritzie ZivicPittsburgh, USAL 15
+ Sept. 17Jose BasoraDetroit, USAW 10
+ Oct. 11Johnny WalkerPhiladelphia, USATKO 2
+ Nov. 12Fritzie ZivicNew York, USAW 10
1944
+ Jan. 14Fritzie ZivicDetroit, USAW 10
+ Jan. 28Ossie HarrisDetroit, USAW 10
+ Feb. 25Ossie HarrisDetroit, USAW 10
+ Mar. 17Coley WelchBoston, USAW 10
+ Mar. 31Lou WoodsChicago, USAW 10
- Apr. 21Lloyd MarshallCleveland, USAL 10
+ Sept. 29George KochanDetroit, USAW 10
+ Nov. 3George KochanDetroit, USATKO 9
1945
- Feb. 23Sugar Ray RobinsonNew York, USAL 10
+ Mar. 19Lou SchwartzNorfolk, USAKO 1
+ Mar. 26George CostnerChicago, USAKO 6
+ Apr. 20Vic DellicurtiNew York, USAW 10
+ Apr. 27Bert LytellBoston, USAW 10
+ July 6Tommy BellNew York, USAW 10
+ Aug. 10Jose BasoraNew York, USATKO 9
+ Sept. 17George KochanNew York, USATKO 9
- Sept. 26Sugar Ray RobinsonChicago, USAL 12
+ Nov. 13Coolidge MillerBronx, USAKO 3
+ Nov. 23Walter WoodsBoston, USAKO 8
+ Dec. 7Charley ParhamChicago, USATKO 6
1946
+ Jan. 11Tommy BellNew York, USAW 10
+ Mar. 29Marcus LockmanBoston, USAW 10
+ May 24Joe ReddickBoston, USAW 10
= June 13Jimmy EdgarDetroit, USADraw 10
+ Aug. 7Holman WilliamsDetroit, USAW 10
+ Sept. 12Bob SatterfieldChicago, USAKO 7
+ Oct. 25O'Neill BellDetroit, USAKO 2
+ Dec. 6Anton RaadikChicago, USAW 10
1947
+ Mar. 14Tommy BellNew York, USAW 10
+ June 6Tony JaniroNew York, USAW 10
- Sept. 3Cecil HudsonChicago, USAL 10
- Nov. 14Billy FoxNew York, USATKO by 4
1948
+ June 1Ken StriblingWashington, USATKO 5
+ Sept. 7Burl CharityBronx, USATKO 5
+ Oct. 1Johnny ColanNew York, USATKO 10
+ Oct. 18Vern LesterBrooklyn, USAW 10
+ Dec. 3Tommy YaroszNew York, USAW 10
1949
- Feb. 21Laurent DauthuilleMontreal, CanadaL 10
+ Mar. 25Robert VillemainNew York, USAW 12
+ Apr. 18O'Neill BellDetroit, USAKO 4
+ May 18Joey DeJohnSyracuse, USATKO 8
+ June 16Marcel CerdanDetroit, USATKO 10
(Won World Middleweight Title)
- Dec. 9Robert VillemainNew York, USAL 10
1950
+ Feb. 3Dick WagnerDetroit, USATKO 9
+ Mar. 28Chuck HunterCleveland, USATKO 6
+ May 4Joe TaylorSyracuse, USAW 10
+ July 12Tiberio MitriNew York, USAW 15
(Retained World Middleweight Title)
+ Sept. 13Laurent DauthuilleDetroit, USAKO 15
(Retained World Middleweight Title)
1951
- Feb. 14Sugar Ray RobinsonChicago, USATKO by 13
(Lost World Middleweight Title)
- June 27Bob MurphyBronx, USATKO by 7
1952
- Jan. 28Norman HayesBoston, USAL 10
= Mar. 5Gene HairstonDetroit, USADraw 10
+ Apr. 9Norman HayesDetroit, USAW 10
+ May 21Gene HairstonDetroit, USAW 10
+ June 11Bob MurphyDetroit, USAW 10
- Dec. 31Danny NardicoCoral Gables, USATKO by 7
1953
Inactive
1954
+ Mar. 11Johnny PretzieWest Palm Beach, USATKO 4
+ Apr. 3Al McCoyCharlotte, USAKO 1
- Apr. 14Billy KilgoreMiami Beach, USAL 10

 

Summary

Total bouts: 106, Won: 83 (30 inside the limit), Lost: 19 (4 inside the limit), Draw: 4, NC: 0