A couple years ago, when everyone was getting set for the long-awaited confrontation between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, we put together a list of the biggest welterweight fights, the matches at 147 which were most memorable and significant. Graziano got Zale when. After the Zale fight Marcel returned to Europe where he had a couple of non title fights stopping Dick Turpin and Lucien Krawczyk. LaMotta won the World Middleweight title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, Jake LaMotta in training for his 1949 bout with Marcel Cerdan. He can take it, but he isnt dishing it out. The Algerian-born Frenchman wasn't nearly so lucky, dislocating his shoulder and rendering the arm useless. Jake LaMotta connut l'une de ses heures de gloire le 16 juin 1949, Dtroit, en remportant le championnat du monde des poids moyens face au Franais Marcel Cerdan. Maybe he cant. LaMotta won the title by The dreaded word to hear in connection with a boxing match. Marvelous Marvin Hagler was the middleweight king; Thomas Hit Man Hearns held a version of the 154 title.
Lamotta vs Cerdan ??? - BoxRec However, LaMotta said he made $16,000 on the Cerdan fight by betting on himself. LaMotta vs. Marcel Cerdan (June 16, 1949) LaMotta became a world champion for the first time on this day. [9] One of LaMotta's cousins on his father's side was Richard LaMotta, who became an entrepreneur and creator of the Chipwich ice cream treat. [5], Jake's father forced the boy to fight other boys in order to entertain neighborhood adults, who threw pocket change into the ring. The difference is LaMotta also fought his fair share of ranked middleweights and light heavyweights. Cerdan was on his way back to the States to have his rematch with LaMotta when his plane crashed off the coast of Africa in the Portuguese colony of the Azores Islands. 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. [28] He appeared in several episodes of the NBC police comedy Car 54 Where Are You? I find that hard to believe Lamottas a tough guy. 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. (196163). And LaMotta isnt faking, not this time, and Cerdan knows it.
Step into the ring: The best bouts in movie history [22] The official score had LaMotta as winner by a knockout in 10 rounds because the bell had already rung to begin that round when Cerdan announced he was quitting. His free time is devoted to researching, writing about, and breathing boxing, and he has worked with other boxing websites and communities, including MyBoxing. But LaMotta refused to go down. LaMotta then lost the world middleweight title to Robinson during a savage beating -- known as the St Valentine's Day Massacre -- in 1951. Cerdan Cerdans corner stopped the fight between rounds nine and 10 to end LaMottas long championship quest. Amazon Stoffe Kinder,
Jake LaMotta vs. Marcel Cerdan, 1949-06-16 - YouTube Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. "Giacobe LaMotta," in: Dana R. Barnes (Ed. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. Aggressive from the opening bell, he knew just what punches, singly and in combination, to deliver. A left rocks the Clouter, but he responds with one of his own. The referee looks at his eyes. After the Zale fight Marcel returned to Europe where he had a couple of non title fights stopping Dick Turpin and Lucien Krawczyk. 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. 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June 16, 1949:Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan. He had poor results at first. LaMotta got up and was beaten against a corner by Nardico until the bell rang. Fox was known for his speed and delivering rapid blows, but he was no match for the slugger LaMotta. He doesnt care about the pain. LaMotta retained his title via unanimous decision. Hes getting tired, thinks LaMotta, he peaked too soon. Nardico, described in newspaper reports as "the fighting marine", landed some big left hooks in the fourth as the fight became a brawl. 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. But the former champ rallies and counters. LaMotta would indeed admit that he began moving more in round 2 because he was losing steam, but chiefly because he knew he had likely fractured his hand throwing a hook early in the fight. 11. Lamotta had won the Middleweight Title in 1949 against the great French Middleweight Marcel Cerdan in Detroit. The realization dawns a split second too late, as the Bronx Bull unloads lefts and rights at the taken-by-surprise Frenchman. The arena's organist tried (but failed) to calm down the crowd by playing the "Star Spangled Banner". The only legitimate MW contender Graziano ever defeated was Zale, who after the war was past his prime. Cerdan injured his left shoulder when he was thrown to the canvas by LaMotta in the first round. At that point it became clear something was wrong. People forget that LaMotta was beating the crap out of Cerdan BEFORE Cerdan ever hurt his shoulder and after he hurt his shoulder Cerdan continued to use the arm, films show this. In the last few rounds, LaMotta began to take a horrible beating and was soon unable to defend himself from Robinson's powerful blows. Cerdan injured his left shoulder when LaMotta threw him to the canvas in the first round. [Also See: Top 10 Middleweights of All-Time Where do LaMotta and Cerdan rank?]. That fight was stopped when Cerdan sustained an injury and was unable to continue. He testified that he had thrown his bout with Billy Fox so that the mob would arrange a title bout for him.[19]. The Algerian-born Frenchman wasnt nearly so lucky, dislocating his shoulder and rendering the arm useless. July 2, 1925: Harry Greb W15 Mickey Walker. A rematch was arranged, but while Cerdan was flying back to the United States to fight the rematch, his Air France Lockheed Constellation crashed in the Azores, killing everyone on board.[23]. And yetoff. All of those guys, Williams, Abrams, and Zale were past their prime when Cerdan fought them. He then ran a streak of 47 wins in a row between that first bout and 4 January 1939, when he lost for the first time, to Harry Craster by a disqualification in five rounds in London. Jake LaMotta, left, pounds Algerian Marcel Cerdan in third round of the world middleweight title bout in Detroit, Mich., June 16, 1949.
Jake Lamotta - The Official Licensing Website of Jake Lamotta [10], LaMotta learned to box while in a reformatory in upstate New York, where he'd been sent for attempted robbery. Hes freshand his blows sting. What would have happened in LaMotta-Cerdan II? A bad mistake, but one he wont repeat. LaMotta fell into the ropes and went down. LaMotta won the first round (in which he knocked Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. Islamic Center of Cleveland serves the largest Muslim community in Northeast Ohio. His injury aside (and he always had a ready excuse when he lost or looked bad and LaMotta injured his hand early in the fight as well) I dont see it happening. All 106 of his fights came by age 31, his last bout a split decision loss vs. Billy Killgore in 1954. 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. Cerdan's record was 113 wins and 4 losses, with 66 wins by knockout. One thing for certain is that LaMotta had more speed at this weight than Duran. The bout was even after three rounds, but Cerdan had separated his. Sept. 13, 1950: Jake LaMotta KO15 Laurent Dauthuille.