Middleweight · Golden Age (1920–1959)
Jake LaMotta
"The Bronx Bull"
83
Wins
19
Losses
4
Draws
30
KOs
36%
KO %
- Born
- 1922
- Died
- 2017
- Nationality
- USA
- Career
- 1941–1954
The iron-chinned brawler immortalised in 'Raging Bull,' first man to beat Sugar Ray Robinson.
Titles & Honours
- World Middleweight Champion (1949–1951)
Career Timeline
1941–1954- Milestone
First recorded professional bout
vs Charley Mackley · W PTS
- Milestone
25th recorded win
vs Vic Dellicurti · PTS. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Signature fight
vs Sugar Ray Robinson
W PTS10 Sugar Ray Robinson (1943) · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Signature fight
vs Sugar Ray Robinson
W PTS10 Sugar Ray Robinson (1943) · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Milestone
50th recorded win
vs Tommy Bell · UD. Newspaper decisions excluded.
- Title history
Title reign begins
World Middleweight Champion (1949–1951). Year from profile title history; exact title-winning bout not identified.
- Signature fight
vs Marcel Cerdan
W RTD10 Marcel Cerdan (1949) · Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Signature fight
vs Laurent Dauthuille
W KO15 Laurent Dauthuille (1950) · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S.
- Milestone
Latest recorded bout
vs Billy Kilgore · L SD. Not necessarily the retirement date.
Derived from the current archive and profile honours. Title-reign years are not exact bout dates; title claims are not independently verified. Signature fights use existing profile selections, or clearly labelled wins over other archived fighters when no selections exist. Year-only dates retain their original precision.
Photo Archive
2 archival photographs under their original licences.
Fight-by-Fight Record
| Date | Result | Opponent | Method | Round | Venue |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1941-03-03 | W | Charley Mackley | PTS | 4 | St. Nicholas Rink, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-03-14 | W | Tony Gillo | PTS | 6 | Pyramid Mosque, Bridgeport, Connecticut, U.S. |
| 1941-04-01 | W | Johnny Morris | TKO | 4 | Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-04-08 | W | Joe Fredericks | TKO | 1 | Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-04-15 | W | Stanley Goicz | PTS | 4 | Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-04-22 | W | Lorne McCarthy | PTS | 4 | Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-04-26 | W | Monroe Crewe | PTS | 4 | Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-05-20 | W | Johnny Cihlar | PTS | 4 | Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-05-27 | W | Johnny Morris | PTS | 4 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-06-09 | W | Lorenzo Strickland | PTS | 4 | Queensboro Arena, Woodhaven, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-06-16 | W | Lorenzo Strickland | PTS | 6 | Starlight Park, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-06-23 | W | Johnny Morris | KO | 3 | Starlight Park, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-07-15 | W | Joe Baynes | PTS | 6 | Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-08-05 | D | Joe Shikula | PTS | 6 | Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, Queens, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-08-11 | W | Cliff Koerkle | PTS | 6 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-09-24 | L | Jimmy Reeves | SD | 10 | Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1941-10-07 | W | Lorenzo Strickland | PTS | 8 | Westchester County Center, White Plains, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-10-20 | L | Jimmy Reeves | UD | 10 | Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1941-11-14 | W | Jimmy Casa | PTS | 6 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1941-12-22 | L | Nate Bolden | MD | 10 | Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1942-01-27 | W | Frankie Jamison | PTS | 8 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-03-03 | W | Frankie Jamison | PTS | 8 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-03-18 | W | Lorenzo Strickland | PTS | 10 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-04-07 | W | Lou Schwartz | KO | 9 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-04-21 | W | Buddy O'Dell | PTS | 10 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-05-12 | D | José Basora | PTS | 10 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-06-02 | W | Vic Dellicurti | PTS | 10 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-06-16 | L | José Basora | PTS | 10 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-07-28 | W | Lorenzo Strickland | PTS | 8 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-08-28 | W | Jimmy Edgar | PTS | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-09-08 | W | Vic Dellicurti | PTS | 10 | New York Coliseum, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-10-02 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-10-20 | W | Bill McDowell | TKO | 5 | Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| 1942-11-06 | W | Henryk Chmielewski | UD | 10 | Mechanics Building, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 1943-01-01 | W | Jimmy Edgar | SD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1943-01-15 | W | California Jackie Wilson | PTS | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1943-01-22 | W | Charley Hayes | TKO | 6 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1943-02-05 | W | Sugar Ray Robinson | UD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1943-02-26 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | UD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1943-03-19 | W | Jimmy Reeves | KO | 6 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1943-03-30 | W | Ossie Harris | UD | 10 | Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1943-05-12 | W | Tony Ferrara | KO | 6 | Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1943-06-10 | W | Fritzie Zivic | SD | 10 | Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1943-07-12 | L | Fritzie Zivic | SD | 15 | Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1943-09-17 | W | José Basora | UD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1943-10-11 | W | Johnny Walker | TKO | 2 | Convention Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| 1943-11-12 | W | Fritzie Zivic | SD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1944-01-14 | W | Fritzie Zivic | UD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1944-01-28 | W | Ossie Harris | SD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1944-02-25 | W | Ossie Harris | SD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1944-03-17 | W | Coley Welch | UD | 10 | Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 1944-03-31 | W | Lou Woods | SD | 10 | Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1944-04-21 | L | Lloyd Marshall | UD | 10 | Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1944-09-29 | W | George Kochan | UD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1944-11-03 | W | George Kochan | TKO | 9 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1945-02-23 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1945-03-19 | W | Lou Schwartz | KO | 1 | U.S.O. Auditorium, Norfolk, Virginia, U.S. |
| 1945-03-26 | W | George Costner | KO | 6 | Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1945-04-20 | W | Vic Dellicurti | UD | 10 | St. Nicholas Rink, New York, U.S. |
| 1945-04-27 | W | Bert Lytell | SD | 10 | Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 1945-07-06 | W | Tommy Bell | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1945-08-10 | W | José Basora | TKO | 9 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1945-09-07 | W | George Kochan | TKO | 9 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1945-09-26 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | SD | 12 | Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1945-11-13 | W | Coolidge Miller | KO | 3 | Park Arena, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1945-11-23 | W | Walter Woods | KO | 8 | Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 1945-12-07 | W | Charley Parham | TKO | 6 | Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1946-01-11 | W | Tommy Bell | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1946-03-29 | W | Marcus Lockman | UD | 10 | Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 1946-05-24 | W | Joe Reddick | UD | 10 | Arena, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 1946-06-13 | D | Jimmy Edgar | PTS | 10 | University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1946-08-07 | W | Holman Williams | UD | 10 | University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1946-09-12 | W | Bob Satterfield | KO | 7 | Wrigley Field, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1946-10-25 | W | O'Neill Bell | KO | 2 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1946-12-06 | W | Anton Raadik | UD | 10 | Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1947-03-14 | W | Tommy Bell | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1947-06-06 | W | Tony Janiro | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1947-09-03 | L | Cecil Hudson | SD | 10 | Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1947-11-14 | L | Billy Fox | TKO | 4 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1948-06-01 | W | Ken Stribling | TKO | 5 | Griffith Stadium, District of Columbia, U.S. |
| 1948-09-07 | W | Burl Charity | TKO | 5 | Park Arena, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1948-10-01 | W | Johnny Colan | TKO | 10 | St. Nicholas Rink, New York, U.S. |
| 1948-10-18 | W | Vern Lester | SD | 10 | Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
| 1948-12-03 | W | Tommy Yarosz | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1949-02-21 | L | Laurent Dauthuille | UD | 10 | Forum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada. |
| 1949-03-25 | W | Robert Villemain | SD | 12 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1949-04-18 | W | O'Neill Bell | TKO | 4 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1949-05-18 | W | Joey DeJohn | TKO | 8 | State Fair Coliseum, Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| 1949-06-16 | W | Marcel Cerdan | RTD | 9 | Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1949-12-09 | L | Robert Villemain | UD | 10 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1950-02-03 | W | Dick Wagner | TKO | 9 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1950-03-28 | W | Chuck Hunter | TKO | 6 | Arena, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. |
| 1950-05-04 | W | Joe Taylor | UD | 10 | State Fair Coliseum, Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
| 1950-07-12 | W | Tiberio Mitri | UD | 15 | Madison Square Garden, New York, U.S. |
| 1950-09-13 | W | Laurent Dauthuille | KO | 15 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1951-02-14 | L | Sugar Ray Robinson | TKO | 13 | Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 1951-06-27 | L | Irish Bob Murphy | RTD | 7 | Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| 1952-01-28 | L | Norman Hayes | SD | 10 | Boston Garden, Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| 1952-03-05 | D | Eugene Hairston | PTS | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1952-04-09 | W | Norman Hayes | UD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1952-05-21 | W | Eugene Hairston | UD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1952-06-11 | W | Bob Murphy | UD | 10 | Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| 1952-12-31 | L | Danny Nardico | RTD | 7 | Coliseum, Coral Gables, Florida, U.S. |
| 1954-03-11 | W | Johnny Pretzie | TKO | 4 | Legion Arena, West Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. |
| 1954-04-03 | W | Al McCoy | KO | 1 | Armory, Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S. |
| 1954-04-14 | L | Billy Kilgore | SD | 10 | Auditorium, Miami Beach, Florida, U.S. |
Showing 106 of 106 recorded fights · last updated 2026-10-11. Imported record tables are not independently verified and may be incomplete. Early-era logs include newspaper decisions (NWS), which are not counted in the official totals above.
Record notes
Fight record last retrieved: 2026-10-11. Title histories remain subject to archival review.
Historical-era totals differ between record-keeping conventions (newspaper decisions, exhibitions).
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