Among his list of achievements to date was beating a prime Sugar Ray Robinson back in 1943, the first man to do so. A match of two great champions, though Dempsey was long past his best days. LaMotta's first title defense was against Tiberio Mitri in 1950, he retained his title by winning via split decision. Robinson later stated, "He really hurt me with a left in the seventh round. [20], LaMotta won the World Middleweight title on June 16, 1949, in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. It was 15 furious rounds between two of the very best to ever lace em up, both in their primes. Hell, Sister Regina of the Child Jesus could throw a better left. 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. LaMotta won the World Middleweight title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, Jake LaMotta in training for his 1949 bout with Marcel Cerdan. Due to his aggressive, unrelenting style he was known as "The Bronx Bull. LaMotta was born on the Lower East Side of New York City on July 10, 1922, to Italian parents, Elizabeth (Merluzzo) and Joseph LaMotta. 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. Just 2 months later however and Cerdan would win back the European Middleweight title in a rematch. But yeah, in terms of action, those two are classics. 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. On December 31, 1952, LaMotta had his next fight against Danny Nardico. Dauthuille had previously beaten LaMotta by decision before LaMotta became world champion. LaMotta was the top rated middleweight contender and one very tough customer. LaMotta's autobiography was adapted into the 1980 Martin Scorsese film Raging Bull. LaMotta surprises Cerdan in the eighth, taking on the role of aggressor. This page was last edited on 21 February 2023, at 04:32. After the Zale fight Marcel returned to Europe where he had a couple of non title fights stopping Dick Turpin and Lucien Krawczyk. Among his list of achievements to date was beating a prime Sugar Ray Robinson back in 1943, the first man to do so. Acted in the movie, The Hustler (1961) with Paul Newman. But Cerdans timing seems off. Graziano spent his entire career beating up on welterweights and lightweights (and some of those were fixed). Cerdan, the middleweight divisions answer to Rocky Marciano, was a swarmer. LaMotta got up and was beaten against a corner by Nardico until the bell rang. Something about glory being fleeting. He uses his fists the way a bull hooks with its horns. 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. LaMotta went on to defeat Cerdan to become the new middleweight champion. [33], In February 1998, LaMotta's elder son, Jake LaMotta Jr., died of liver cancer. LaMotta was awarded a win by TKO and the Middleweight Championship of the World. HMs would make a long list. Marcel Cerdan revels in his victory. His hitting was almost non-stop, regardless of where he was in the ring or how he was positioned in respect to his challenger. There was a crowd of 22,183 at Briggs Stadium. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. 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. Also in production was a sequel to Raging Bull, although MGM filed suit to halt the project, saying that LaMotta did not have the right to make a sequel. Marcel Cerdan, French boxing legend, KO'd the supposedly unbeatable Tony Zale in 1948 to win the middleweight title, but a dislocated shoulder forced him to surrender it to Jake LaMotta in 1949. After boxing, LaMotta worked as a bar and nightclub owner and appeared in 15 films. And all are answered with a vengeance. LaMotta damaged his left hand in the fifth round, but still landed 104 punches in the ninth round, whereas Cerdan hardly threw a punch. A third match between the two took place on March 19, 1943, in Detroit, Michigan. Patient, taking punches and absorbing pain, he would wait for just the right moment to release his inner bull, delivering pinpoint-accurate blows on his unsuspecting opponent. Sept. 29, 2001: Bernard Hopkins TKO 12 Felix Trinidad. LaMotta fell into the ropes and went down. LaMotta damaged his left hand in the fifth round, but still landed 104 punches in the ninth round, whereas Cerdan hardly threw a punch. [35] John later became an actor, and one of his roles was as "Duke", who ran the bar of that name featured in the television comedy series Frasier. [10], LaMotta learned to box while in a reformatory in upstate New York, where he'd been sent for attempted robbery. Jake LaMotta 158 lbs lost to Sugar Ray Robinson 145 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10. 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. LaMotta vs. Cerdan LaMotta won the world title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. He stands, but he doesnt delivernot yet. Clarence has divided his career between public relations and retail. Abrams was at the tail end of his career and would only win one more fight. At that point it became clear something was wrong. Butwhat if the plane hadnt crashed? Valentines Massacre was the sixth and final chapter in the great rivalry between Robinson and The Bronx Bull, the match attracting a big crowd to Chicago Stadium and a huge audience on home television. All 106 of his fights came by age 31, his last bout a split decision loss vs. Billy Killgore in 1954. Burt surgar thinks Cerdan is the better fight would have easily beat Lamotta. LaMotta appeared in a 50-minute New York stage production, Lady and the Champ, in July 2012. But Nardico never got to fight for the title -- his greatest moment was to be the LaMotta knockdown -- and instead faced Joe Maxim in his next fight and lost on points. Aug. 19, 1926: Tiger Flowers W15 Harry Greb. He retired in 1956 with 50 wins, 13 losses and four draws and died in 2010. The triumph of Michael B. 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Robinson finally retired in 1965 after five reigns as world middleweight champion and . LaMotta had four daughters, including Christi by his second wife Vikki LaMotta and Stephanie by his fourth wife Dimitria. A bad mistake, but one he wont repeat. Victory would supposedly have earned LaMotta a shot at the new world light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore in a title fight in February in St Louis. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. After the Zale fight Marcel returned to Europe where he had a couple of non title fights stopping Dick Turpin and Lucien Krawczyk. At the fourth bell, the Clouter appears to follow his usual angry-bees approach to devastation and victory. Heres hoping Canelo vs Golovkin is so thrilling and remarkable that it finds itself in contention with these all-time great battles. After suffering his first loss in boxing, what now for Jake Paul? He successfully defended the France Middleweight title twice before moving on to capture the vacant European Middleweight title in 1947. Speed is the big factor LaMotta vs Duran at 160 is a great fight. He rolled with punches, minimizing their force and damage when they landed, but he was also able to absorb many blows. He was a better boxer than Graziano, and Tony went life and death with Rocky in three fights. It was the record-setting superfight that few at the time saw coming, with Leonard unexpectedly emerging from retirement to challenge the dominant and undisputed middleweight champion who had not lost a fight in 11 years. Marcel Cerdan on a 1969 UAE stamp Cerdan began boxing professionally on 4 November 1934 in Meknes, Morocco, beating Marcel Bucchianeri by a decision in six rounds. LaMotta won the fight in Detroit and was declared middleweight champion of the world . But the former champ rallies and counters. More info belowLittle introduction needs to be made for Jake LaMotta. The only legitimate MW contender Graziano ever defeated was Zale, who after the war was past his prime. And not only fought, but gave LaMotta a hard time. Aggressive from the opening bell, he knew just what punches, singly and in combination, to deliver. In 1951, LaMotta again faced Robinson at Chicago Stadium on the 14 February. Just 2 months later however and Cerdan would win back the European Middleweight title in a rematch. 7. 3. Some fifty thousand were on-hand to witness what was, by all reports, a truly great fight, the match becoming more intense and fast-paced as the rounds went by. Legacy. The difference is LaMotta also fought his fair share of ranked middleweights and light heavyweights. He covers up, and Cerdan pounds him like a rug. 2018 Islamic Center of Cleveland. His hitting was almost non-stop, regardless of where he was in the ring or how he was positioned in respect to his challenger. Rounds five and six are center-of-the-ring slugfests, each fighter giving as good as he gets, hitting, dancing away, coming back to give and get some more, both avoiding the killing zone that are the ropes and corners. 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. LaMotta's record at the time was 72-13-3.Marcel Cerdan is a relatively forgotten fighter in the history of boxing which is a shame, because he was actually a very talented welterweight and middleweight competitor from France with an incredible 111 wins and only 3 losses, 2 of which were by DQ. [12] Robinson was knocked down for a nine-count in Round 7. Clarence has divided his career between public relations and retail. The gross gate was $150,762 and the net gate was $127,810. He had poor results at first. However, LaMotta said he made $16,000 on the Cerdan fight by betting on himself. The gross gate was $150,762 and the net gate was $127,810. He was only once sent to the canvas in 106 fights. At that point it became clear something was wrong. At that point it became clear something was wrong. Lisez Jake LaMotta 43 Success Facts - Everything you need to know about Jake LaMotta de Debra Mccormick disponible chez Rakuten Kobo. LaMotta handed Robinson the first loss in his Hall of Fame career on Feb. 5, 1943, winning by . If you are impressed by that I guess it depends on how highly you rate Graziano. . Something about glory being fleeting. 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. Jack Lamotta parle de Cerdan. 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. Suspecting the fight was fixed, the New York State Athletic Commission withheld purses for the fight and suspended LaMotta. But, whats this? Marvelous Marvin Hagler was the middleweight king; Thomas Hit Man Hearns held a version of the 154 title. In 1938 he won the France Welterweight title, successfully defending it twice before winning the European Welterweight title in 1939. Both men would suffer injuries hindering their performance during this brutal fight. LaMotta defeated Cerdan of France to win the middleweight title in Detroit. The Cerdan-LaMotta bout was held at Briggs Stadium in Detroit, and was the first fight under the banner of the International Boxing Club a But in the seventh Cerdan does indeed punch LaMotta toward the ropes. LaMotta with a black eye by decision in a great contest. Jake LaMotta, left, pounds Algerian Marcel Cerdan in third round of the world middleweight title bout in Detroit, Mich., June 16, 1949. He can take it, but he isnt dishing it out. LaMotta would retire from the sport in 1954 with a 83-19-4 record. 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. World Middleweight Champion. Jack Lamotta parle de Cerdan. The Raging Bull got up, apparently no worse for wear. And yetoff. Marcel Cerdan (111-4-0, 65 KOs), European middleweight champ, faced world champion Tony Zale for the title on September 21, 1948 (Ring Magazines Fight of the Year). [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 1949 World Middleweight title fight between Champion Marcel Cerdan and The Bronx Bull Jake LaMotta. Cerdan injured his left shoulder when he was thrown to the canvas by LaMotta in the first round. LaMotta gives up his attempts to counter. If LaMotta comes in in shape and focused and doesnt have too much trouble making weight the best Cerdan is going to do is head into the late rounds with a lead and get stopped but I dont even see that happening. LaMotta started his career back in 1941 as a light-heavyweight before quickly trimming down and finding fame as a middleweight. LaMotta won the first round (also knocking Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. Cerdan's first defense of the belt, would be against Jake LaMotta.Although the footage above doesn't clearly show it, both fighters were injured at various points during the bout vastly affecting their performance. Cerdan prepares to defend himself against an oncoming Jake Lamotta. The Fight: Cerdan's speed and clever, whirlwind style made Basilio miss in the 2nd round. 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. I began to panic a little. Zale was as shot as shot gets when he fought Cerdan and his performance showed that. Its almost imperceptible. Sadaqah Fund But sheer guts can only take one so far, and the Clouter couldnt come out for the 10th. 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]. Jake LaMotta: "The Bronx Bull" beat a long list of terrific fighters, including one of the greatest of all middleweights, Ray Robinson . Hell, Sister Regina of the Child Jesus could throw a better left. At that point it became clear something was wrong. Zale vs Cerdan. has whispered in his ear. This fight was scheduled for 15 rounds and was for the middleweight title. A native New Yorker, Clarence George is a lifelong aficionado of the Sweet Science. [24] This fight was named Fight of the Year for 1950 by The Ring magazine. Cerdan looks great but all the films we have of him are against Euro stiffs and once good fighters past their prime. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. A 10-round rematch took place February 5, 1943, at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. LaMotta wins World Middleweight Title. (Check). Cerdan started his illustrious career back in 1934 as a welterweight. The 1949 World Middleweight title fight between Champion Marcel Cerdan and "The Bronx Bull" Jake LaMotta. LaMotta moved up to light heavyweight after losing his world middleweight title. But in the seventh Cerdan does indeed punch LaMotta toward the ropes. The man they called The Bronx Bull had in fact dropped a ten round decision to Dauthuille the year before in Montreal, but then four months later he defeated Marcel Cerdan for the world title. An Essential For Jake LaMotta lovers. 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. 9. 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 . Theyre as clear as ham in aspic. He was a brawler, sure, but also clever. LaMotta's first title defense was against Jake LaMotta, left, pounds Algerian Marcel Cerdan in third round of the world middleweight title bout in Detroit, Mich., June 16, 1949.