Discussion in 'Classic Boxing Forum' started by Melankomas, Jan 31, 2023. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. Share Tweet. LaMotta vs. Cerdan LaMotta won the world title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. The legendary St. By betting on himself, LaMottas $6,000 windfall in addition to his $19,171.50 purse allowed him to make up the $20,000 he paid to get the title shot. Cerdan prepares to defend himself against an oncoming Jake Lamotta. [17] LaMotta won the first round (in which he knocked Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. Both men would suffer injuries hindering their . Gavilan vs Olson, Cerdan vs Zale, Tiger vs Fullmer, LaMotta vs Dauthuille, Fullmer vs Basilio, Hopkins vs DeLaHoya, LaMotta vs Cerdan, Monzon vs Valdez, Ketchel vs Papke, etc. (You must log in or sign up to reply here. LaMotta went on to defeat Cerdan to become the new middleweight champion. He had the uncanny ability to absorb a tremendous amount of punishment and was known to use this to his advantage by playing possum, acting hurt of tired, before pouncing and unleashing a barrage of devastating blows. Its easytoo easy. The fight was stopped by the referee in the 13th round, declaring it a TKO victory for Robinson. He returned to the States to make the first defense of the title against Jake LaMotta on June 6, 1949 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. It was clear to the crowd of 3,318 that there would be no new dawns in LaMotta's career in the new year. Aug. 19, 1926: Tiger Flowers W15 Harry Greb. In 1938 he won the France Welterweight title, successfully defending it twice before winning the European Welterweight title in 1939. I agree Cerdan was a natural WW for most of his career. I know from personal experience the agony of a dislocated shoulder (a pain dreamed up by the Marquis de Sade himself), and its nothing short of jaw-dropping that Cerdan continued the fight for another eight rounds one-armed and in terrible pain. Cerdan, who lost only 4 of 113 professional bouts, was killed in a plane crash on his way back to the U.S. for a rematch with LaMotta. Tony lost his last fight to Cerdan. Cerdan can be seen only throwing right hands for a majority of the footage, while LaMotta didn't appear too concerned about his injury it was affecting how hard he could throw his lefts. LaMotta was one of the first boxers to adopt the "bully" style of fighting, in that he always stayed close and in punching range of his opponent, by stalking him around the ring, and sacrificed taking punches himself in order to land his own shots. The difference is LaMotta also fought his fair share of ranked middleweights and light heavyweights. His last defense of the European Welterweight title occurred in 1942 when he TKO'd Spain's Welterweight Champion Jose Ferrer (26-1-4) in the 1st round. He was convicted and served six months on a chain gang, although he maintained his innocence. Both men would suffer injuries hindering their performance during this brutal fight. His hitting was almost non-stop, regardless of where he was in the ring or how he was positioned in respect to his challenger. A funny experience.". LaMotta fought Sugar Ray Robinson in Robinson's middleweight debut at Madison Square Garden, New York, October 2, 1942. I take the fact that Zale had to fight Graziano three times life or death to prove who was better as evidence that Zale was past his prime. Fighter Would Have Been At Stake On September 21,1948 Marcel Cerdan defeated Tony Zale and won the Middleweight Championship of the World. LaMotta won the first round (in which he knocked Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. Jake LaMotta, who died yesterday from complications due to pneumonia, was boxings oldest living former champion and a direct link to the Golden Age of prizefighting, a time when boxing gyms and fight clubs proliferated in every major city, when every division boasted a plethora of warriors worthy of the Hall of Fame, and when the best fought the best, and on a Cerdan floored him in the 3rd and Basilio counterattacked, putting the Frenchman down twice. 8. The LaMotta team played in Sterling Oval which was located between 165th and 164th Streets between Clay and Teller Avenue. Among his list of achievements to date was beating a prime Sugar Ray Robinson back in 1943, the first man to do so. He married his seventh wife, his longtime fiance Denise Baker, on January 4, 2013. Cerdan prepares to defend himself against an oncoming Jake Lamotta. Feb. 14, 1951: Sugar Ray Robinson TKO13 Jake LaMotta. In 1938 he won the France Welterweight title, successfully defending it twice before winning the European Welterweight title in 1939. LaMotta's next defense came on September 13, 1950, against Laurent Dauthuille. To accurately portray the younger LaMotta, De Niro trained with LaMotta until LaMotta felt he was ready to box professionally. (Check). To the amazement of oddsmakers, boxing analysts, and fans, the Casablanca Clouter took the title from the Man of Steel, who couldnt come out for the 12th. Butwhat if the plane hadnt crashed? He refused and was beaten to a pulp before he finally took the count. The sixth and final fight between LaMotta and Robinson took place at Chicago Stadium. LaMotta later said in his autobiography that the decision was widely criticized by several newspapers and boxing publishers. 2 months after that, Cerdan would cause an upset in the boxing world by beating the tough and talented Tony Zale (67-17-2) for the NBA World Middleweight title when Zale's corner threw in the towel after 11 rounds. Edith Piaf Lhymne lamour. Just 2 months later however and Cerdan would win back the European Middleweight title in a rematch. At that point it became clear something was wrong. LaMotta vs. Robinson I-V [edit LaMotta managed to knock out Cerdan in 10 short rounds, originally a rematch was planned, but Cerdan sadly died in a plane crash. Jake LaMotta: "The Bronx Bull" beat a long list of terrific fighters, including one of the greatest of all middleweights, Ray Robinson . LaMotta won the World Middleweight title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. In 1948 he suffered his first legitimate loss when Cyrille Delannoit (47-7-3) beat him over 15 rounds to claim the European Middleweight title (although Cerdan was suffering from lumbago). June 16, 1949:Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan. Islamic Center of Cleveland serves the largest Muslim community in Northeast Ohio. The film, Raging Bull, released in 1980, was initially only a minor box office success, but eventually received overwhelming critical acclaim for both director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro, who gained about 60 pounds during the shooting of the film to play the older LaMotta in later scenes. The realization dawns a split second too late, as the Bronx Bull unloads lefts and rights at the taken-by-surprise Frenchman. [8] His mother was born in the United States to Italian immigrants, while his father was an immigrant from Messina, Sicily, who came with family including his brother Joseph. Sept. 29, 2001: Bernard Hopkins TKO 12 Felix Trinidad. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. Cerdan dislocated his arm in the first round, apparently damaged in the knockdown, and gave up before the start of the 10th round. 7. Zale vs Cerdan. Heres hoping Canelo vs Golovkin is so thrilling and remarkable that it finds itself in contention with these all-time great battles. Le Sable In English. Although the Bronx Bull had suffered previous defeats and bad beatings, LaMotta had never gone down before his light-heavyweight title eliminator with Danny Nardico. He testified that he had thrown his bout with Billy Fox so that the mob would arrange a title bout for him.[19]. Some connect, sure, but most are picked off. As a result it was a brutal changing-of-the-guard fight, with the powerful Ruby battering Dempsey so badly that spectators, and even Fitzsimmons himself, begged the proud champion to surrender. Madison Square Garden was jammed for the third and final confrontation between The Georgia Deacon and The Smoke City Wildcat. After 15 hard-fought rounds the decision went to Flowers, and while the pro-Greb crowd didnt like it one bit, most at ringside agreed with the verdict. Cerdan, the middleweight divisions answer to Rocky Marciano, was a swarmer. He knocked LaMotta down for the only time in his career (not counting his thrown 1947 fight) by a right hand in the seventh round. And LaMotta isnt faking, not this time, and Cerdan knows it. On November 14, 1947, LaMotta was knocked out in the fourth round by Billy Fox. The movie captured LaMotta's life, which was just as turbulent outside as inside the ring. How much had LaMotta's last and most famous fight with Sugar Ray Robinson taken out of him and contributed to this crushing defeat? The two-fisted pounding LaMotta endured in rounds 12 and 13 was nothing short of brutal before the referee finally stopped it and Robinson won the world middleweight title for the first time. Until then, the thrown fight and a payment of $20,000 to the Mafia got LaMotta his title bout against Marcel Cerdan in Detroit in 1949, which he won when Cerdans corner threw in the towel in the ninth. Zale vs Cerdan. The Fight: Cerdan's speed and clever, whirlwind style made Basilio miss in the 2nd round. Honorable mentions list is a mile long, for quality Id like to put forward: Toney vs McCallum I, Eubank vs Benn I & the Canelo vs Triple G fightthey were all great fights. Who is next for Joshua Buatsi after beating Daniel Dos Santos? After boxing, LaMotta worked as a bar and nightclub owner and appeared in 15 films. Jesus Christ, a couple of jabs and he's going to fall down? [12] Robinson was knocked down for a nine-count in Round 7. LaMotta appeared in a 50-minute New York stage production, Lady and the Champ, in July 2012. He made little use of his left hand and took a bad beating before retiring in his corner after the tenth round. He later vacated the Welterweight title and won the France Middleweight title in 1945. Chaos erupted after the decision was announced. Fixed! Cerdan fought only three more times after winning the championship, once in London, once in Casablanca and finally in the first defense of his title against Jake LaMotta on June 16, 1949 in Detroit. 9 in the world light-heavyweight rankings -- four places behind 25-year-old Nardico who had lost his previous fight and had a record of 42-8-4. The 1949 World Middleweight title fight between Champion Marcel Cerdan and \"The Bronx Bull\" Jake LaMotta. LaMotta is recognized as having had one of the best chins in boxing. In the last few rounds, LaMotta began to take a horrible beating and was soon unable to defend himself from Robinson's powerful blows. He was 33. The autobiographical details include his life as a young teenage criminal; his reformation in prison; his extensive career as an amateur and professional boxer; his struggles with organized crime who kept a boxing title out of reach; and his jealous obsession with his wife, Vikki. But the former champ rallies and counters. He uses his fists the way a bull hooks with its horns. French boxer Marcel Cerdan and Jake LaMotta. Jan. 14, 1891: Bob Fitzsimmons KO 13 Jack (The Nonpareil) Dempsey. In the third, Cerdan drives LaMotta toward the ropes, planning to deliver the kind of massive uppercut that finished Zale in the 11th round of their championship bout. In 1948 he suffered his first legitimate loss when Cyrille Delannoit (47-7-3) beat him over 15 rounds to claim the European Middleweight title (although Cerdan was suffering from lumbago). I was a little dazed and decided to stay on the deck." [12] LaMotta knocked Robinson down in the first round of the fight. Clarence has divided his career between public relations and retail. Boxing pound-for-pound rankings: Bivol keeps winning and moving up; Haney earns top 10 spot, A megafight is set: Here's what's at stake when Gervonta Davis faces Ryan Garcia in April, Gervonta Davis' arrest history: Timeline of abuse and hit-and-run charges and denials, Steve Bunce's British Boxing Preview to 2018, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information. Jake LaMotta, who died earlier this year aged 95, had a headache before New Year's Eve 1952 was over after he was knocked off his feet for the first time in his career. LaMotta won the World Middleweighttitle on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating FrenchmanMarcel Cerdan. LaMotta damaged his left hand in the fifth round, but still landed 104 punches in the ninth round, whereas Cerdan hardly threw a punch. All three judges for the fight were local and all were well respected. The fight in effect ended in the first round, when LaMotta wrestled Cerdan to the canvas and damaged the Frenchman's shoulder. With the use of constant stalking, brawling and inside fighting, he developed a reputation for being a "bully"; he was what is often referred to today as a swarmer and a slugger. Didn't Zale just come off a win against Graziano a few months before his loss to Cerdan? 10. The bout was even after three rounds, but Cerdan had separated his. EXCLUSIVE: Lerrone Richards: Moving up the levels, One to Watch: Britains Rising Star Dalton Thunder Smith, McCarthy: Im ready for a world title shot, but not overlooking Jur, Billam-Smith: McCarthy knows Im not easy work, I can get him out of there, Hearn: We want to know by the end of this week if were fighting Fury, Back Stronger: June 5 undercard announced includes Tommy Fury. He was a brawler, sure, but also clever. Both were very aggressive come-forward fighters. July 16, 1947: Rocky Graziano TKO 6 Tony Zale. With a thick skull and jaw muscles, LaMotta was able to absorb incredible amounts of punishment over the course of his career, and is thought to have one of the greatest chins in boxing history. LaMotta, who lived a turbulent life in and out of the ring, was managed by his brother Joey. He uses his fists the way a bull hooks with its horns. Commentators could be heard saying "No man can take this kind of punishment!" Please help by adding reliable sources. By the fifteenth round, Dauthuille was ahead on all scorecards (7268, 7466, 7169) and seemed to be about to repeat a victory against LaMotta. [9] In the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, his sixth bout with Robinson, LaMotta suffered numerous severe blows to the head. LaMotta, who won the world middleweight crown from France's Marcel Cerdan in 1949, fought Robinson six times and became the first man to beat boxing's best ever with a 10-round decision win in 1943. Whether these brawlers are pummeling a competitor with brutal jabs, hooks and uppercuts, leveling opponents with roundhouse kicks or grappling a foe to the mat, they've all made us feel their . Among his list of achievements to date was beating a prime Sugar Ray Robinson back in 1943, the first man to do so. LaMotta won the world title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. Jake defeated Cerdan in his last fight. All told, LaMotta took home an unknown share of $14,000 for the title win, while Cerdan pulled in roughly $50,000. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. Graziano overcame a terrible pounding in the early going, as well as a nasty cut and swellings around both eyes, to come roaring back and almost knock Zale out of the ring before the referee halted the brutal war. He was ranked 52nd on Ring Magazine's list of the "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years",[2] and also ranked amongst its list of the 10 greatest middleweights of all time. 1. Jake LaMotta vs Marcel Cerdan . And, once more, the champ unleashes a barrage. LaMottas 89 th fight was his first title shot and he won the welterweight championship over Marcel Cerdan in 1949 when the champion didnt come out for the 10 th round. Sadly, no official film was made of the blood and thunder brawl that took place in front of a huge crowd at Chicago Stadium, which set a new indoor-gate record, but the majority of lucky souls who witnessed the legendary trilogy betweenThe Man Of Steel and Rocky Bob regarded their second slugfest as themost exciting and action-packed. At that point it became clear something was wrong. As the result of a shove more than a blow, the champ and his challenger tumbled to the mat. After the Zale fight Marcel returned to Europe where he had a couple of non title fights stopping Dick Turpin and Lucien Krawczyk. On November 14, 1947, LaMotta was knocked out in four rounds by Billy Fox. LaMotta gives up his attempts to counter. He retired in 1956 with 50 wins, 13 losses and four draws and died in 2010. LaMotta was the top rated middleweight contender and one very tough customer. LaMotta won the world title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. All involved agreed the fix was obvious and their staging inept. Cerdan looks great but all the films we have of him are against Euro stiffs and once good fighters past their prime. ). After losing to Nardico, LaMotta retired before returning for three more fights in 1954. Both men would suffer injuries hindering their. Robinson won by a technical knockout in the 13th round, when the fight was stopped. Almost 40 000 crowded into New Yorks Yankee Stadium to see welterweight world champ Basilio challenge middleweight champ Sugar Ray, the fight also broadcast to 170 closed-circuit theatres. LaMotta won the World Middleweight title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. Hollywood executives approached LaMotta with the idea of a movie about his life, based on his 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My Story. Jack Lamotta parle de Cerdan. With time running out, LaMotta unloaded a fearsome barrage of big punches to topple the Frenchman who was counted out with just 13 seconds left on the clock. LaMotta won the World Middleweight title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. Now with the championship on the line Dauthuille was in command, racking up the points and amassing a huge lead in a tough, bruising battle. Feb. 14, 1951: Sugar Ray Robinson TKO13 Jake LaMotta. has whispered in his ear. Graziano spent his entire career beating up on welterweights and lightweights (and some of those were fixed). A left rocks the Clouter, but he responds with one of his own. Campeonato mundial del peso medio. The family lived briefly in Philadelphia before returning to New York and settling in the Bronx. Cerdan injured his left shoulder when he was thrown to the canvas by LaMotta LaMotta won the first round (also knocking Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. Butwhat if the plane hadnt crashed? I think Lamotta still would have won, the guy cant be knocked out, he has the power, and a lot of heart as she showed against laurenthill dauthillle. Valentines Jake LaMotta Total fights: 106 Wins: 83Wins by KO: 30even though he was not a very big puncher.he could dish out a vicious beating as well as take one An overhand right smashes into LaMottas nose. He is a member, along with LaMotta and Zale, of the International Boxing Hall of Fame. LaMotta went on to defeat Cerdan to become the new middleweight champion. It was 15 furious rounds between two of the very best to ever lace em up, both in their primes. At that point it became clear something was wrong. During World War II, he was rejected for military service due to a childhood mastoid operation on one of his ears which affected his hearing.[5][11]. He can take it, but he isnt dishing it out. At that point it became clear something was wrong. Both men would suffer injuries hindering their performance during this brutal fight. He returned to the States to make the first defense of the title against Jake LaMotta on June 6, 1949 at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. 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