Record details

Jake LaMotta

"Bronx Bull"

Middleweight

Male

(Jake La Motta)
(Giacobbe La Motta)
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


1940
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Oct. 21	Helmuth Decker	Jamaica, New York	WKO 4
Brooklyn and New York City, New York, Diamond Belt Novice winner, 175 lbs
+ Nov. 20	Zeke Brown	Brooklyn, New York	WPTS 3
+ Nov. 27	Frederick Saunders	Brooklyn, New York	WPTS 3
+ Dec. 16	James Miller	New York City, New York	WKO 3
+ Dec. 23	Jack Reiter	Jamaica, New York	WPTS 5
+ Dec. 30	Luther McMillan	Jamaica, New York	WKO 2

1941
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 23	Al Foreman	Jamaica, New York	WPTS 5
+ Feb. 10	John Fowler	Jamaica, New York	WPTS 5
+ Feb. 17	Floyd Lemon	Jamaica, New York	WPTS 5

Professional record


1941
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 3	Charley Mackley	New York, USA	W 4
+ Mar. 14	Tony Gillo	Bridgeport, USA	W 6
+ Apr. 1	Johnny Morris	White Plains, USA	TKO 4
+ Apr. 8	Joe Fredericks	White Plains, USA	TKO 1
+ Apr. 15	Stanley Goicz	White Plains, USA	W 4
+ Apr. 22	Lorne McCarthy	White Plains, USA	W 4
+ Apr. 26	Monroe Crewe	Brooklyn, USA	W 4
+ May 20	Johnny Cihlar	Brooklyn, USA	W 4
+ May 27	Johnny Morris	Bronx, USA	W 4
+ June 9	Lorenzo Strickland	Woodhaven, USA	W 4
+ June 16	Lorenzo Strickland	Bronx, USA	W 6
+ June 23	Johnny Morris	Bronx, USA	KO 3
+ July 15	Joe Baynes	Long Island City, USA	W 6
= Aug. 5	Joe Shikula	Long Island City, USA	Draw 6
+ Aug. 11	Cliff Koerkle	Bronx, USA	W 6
- Sept. 24	Jimmy Reeves	Cleveland, USA	L 10
+ Oct. 7	Lorenzo Strickland	White Plains, USA	W 8
- Oct. 20	Jimmy Reeves	Cleveland, USA	L 10
+ Nov. 14	Jimmy Casa	New York, USA	W 6
- Dec. 22	Nate Bolden	Chicago, USA	L 10

1942
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 27	Frankie Jamison	Bronx, USA	W 8
+ Mar. 3	Frankie Jamison	Bronx, USA	W 8
+ Mar. 18	Lorenzo Strickland	Bronx, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 7	Lou Schwartz	Bronx, USA	KO 9
+ Apr. 21	Buddy O'Dell	Bronx, USA	W 10
= May 12	Jose Basora	Bronx, USA	Draw 10
+ June 2	Vic Dellicurti	Bronx, USA	W 10
- June 16	Jose Basora	Bronx, USA	L 10
+ July 28	Lorenzo Strickland	Bronx, USA	W 8
+ Aug. 28	Jimmy Edgar	New York, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 8	Vic Dellicurti	Bronx, USA	W 10
- Oct. 2	Sugar Ray Robinson	New York, USA	L 10
+ Oct. 20	Bill McDowell	Brooklyn, USA	TKO 5
+ Nov. 6	Henry Chmielewski	Boston, USA	W 10

1943
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 1	Jimmy Edgar	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Jan. 15	California Jackie Wilson	New York, USA	W 10
+ Jan. 22	Charley Hayes	Detroit, USA	TKO 6
+ Feb. 5	Sugar Ray Robinson	Detroit, USA	W 10
- Feb. 26	Sugar Ray Robinson	Detroit, USA	L 10
+ Mar. 19	Jimmy Reeves	Detroit, USA	KO 6
+ Mar. 30	Ossie Harris	Pittsburgh, USA	W 10
+ May 12	Tony Ferrara	Cincinnati, USA	KO 6
+ June 10	Fritzie Zivic	Pittsburgh, USA	W 10
- July 12	Fritzie Zivic	Pittsburgh, USA	L 15
+ Sept. 17	Jose Basora	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Oct. 11	Johnny Walker	Philadelphia, USA	TKO 2
+ Nov. 12	Fritzie Zivic	New York, USA	W 10

1944
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 14	Fritzie Zivic	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Jan. 28	Ossie Harris	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Feb. 25	Ossie Harris	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 17	Coley Welch	Boston, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 31	Lou Woods	Chicago, USA	W 10
- Apr. 21	Lloyd Marshall	Cleveland, USA	L 10
+ Sept. 29	George Kochan	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Nov. 3	George Kochan	Detroit, USA	TKO 9

1945
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 23	Sugar Ray Robinson	New York, USA	L 10
+ Mar. 19	Lou Schwartz	Norfolk, USA	KO 1
+ Mar. 26	George Costner	Chicago, USA	KO 6
+ Apr. 20	Vic Dellicurti	New York, USA	W 10
+ Apr. 27	Bert Lytell	Boston, USA	W 10
+ July 6	Tommy Bell	New York, USA	W 10
+ Aug. 10	Jose Basora	New York, USA	TKO 9
+ Sept. 17	George Kochan	New York, USA	TKO 9
- Sept. 26	Sugar Ray Robinson	Chicago, USA	L 12
+ Nov. 13	Coolidge Miller	Bronx, USA	KO 3
+ Nov. 23	Walter Woods	Boston, USA	KO 8
+ Dec. 7	Charley Parham	Chicago, USA	TKO 6

1946
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Jan. 11	Tommy Bell	New York, USA	W 10
+ Mar. 29	Marcus Lockman	Boston, USA	W 10
+ May 24	Joe Reddick	Boston, USA	W 10
= June 13	Jimmy Edgar	Detroit, USA	Draw 10
+ Aug. 7	Holman Williams	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ Sept. 12	Bob Satterfield	Chicago, USA	KO 7
+ Oct. 25	O'Neill Bell	Detroit, USA	KO 2
+ Dec. 6	Anton Raadik	Chicago, USA	W 10

1947
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 14	Tommy Bell	New York, USA	W 10
+ June 6	Tony Janiro	New York, USA	W 10
- Sept. 3	Cecil Hudson	Chicago, USA	L 10
- Nov. 14	Billy Fox	New York, USA	TKO by 4

1948
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ June 1	Ken Stribling	Washington, USA	TKO 5
+ Sept. 7	Burl Charity	Bronx, USA	TKO 5
+ Oct. 1	Johnny Colan	New York, USA	TKO 10
+ Oct. 18	Vern Lester	Brooklyn, USA	W 10
+ Dec. 3	Tommy Yarosz	New York, USA	W 10

1949
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 21	Laurent Dauthuille	Montreal, Canada	L 10
+ Mar. 25	Robert Villemain	New York, USA	W 12
+ Apr. 18	O'Neill Bell	Detroit, USA	KO 4
+ May 18	Joey DeJohn	Syracuse, USA	TKO 8
+ June 16	Marcel Cerdan	Detroit, USA	TKO 10
(Won World Middleweight Title)
- Dec. 9	Robert Villemain	New York, USA	L 10

1950
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Feb. 3	Dick Wagner	Detroit, USA	TKO 9
+ Mar. 28	Chuck Hunter	Cleveland, USA	TKO 6
+ May 4	Joe Taylor	Syracuse, USA	W 10
+ July 12	Tiberio Mitri	New York, USA	W 15
(Retained World Middleweight Title)
+ Sept. 13	Laurent Dauthuille	Detroit, USA	KO 15
(Retained World Middleweight Title)

1951
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Feb. 14	Sugar Ray Robinson	Chicago, USA	TKO by 13
(Lost World Middleweight Title)
- June 27	Bob Murphy	Bronx, USA	TKO by 7

1952
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
- Jan. 28	Norman Hayes	Boston, USA	L 10
= Mar. 5	Gene Hairston	Detroit, USA	Draw 10
+ Apr. 9	Norman Hayes	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ May 21	Gene Hairston	Detroit, USA	W 10
+ June 11	Bob Murphy	Detroit, USA	W 10
- Dec. 31	Danny Nardico	Coral Gables, USA	TKO by 7


1953 Inactive

1954
Date	Opponent	Place	Result
+ Mar. 11	Johnny Pretzie	West Palm Beach, USA	TKO 4
+ Apr. 3	Al McCoy	Charlotte, USA	KO 1
- Apr. 14	Billy Kilgore	Miami Beach, USA	L 10

Summary