Jake LaMotta
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Middleweight · United States

Jake LaMotta

83-19-4 30 KO · 1941–1954

Jake LaMotta is a middleweight boxer from United States, born Jul 10, 1922. Record 83-19-4 with 30 knockouts over 1941–1954. World titles: WBA middleweight (1949–1951). Jake LaMotta last fought Billy Kilgore on Apr 14, 1954 and lost by SD over 10 rounds.

Also: Τζέικ ΛαΜόττα · Џејк Ламота · Джейк Ла Мота
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BornJul 10, 1922
DiedSep 19, 2017
Country🇺🇸 United States
Height173 cm
TitlesWBA middleweight 1949
Boxerbook rating1739 ± 325 · inactive since Apr 1954Why here ›
Confirmed bouts15 of 106

The record

106 bouts, 1941–1954, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.
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Billy Kilgore
SD 10/10 · Auditorium, Miami Beach, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 83-18-4 · Kilgore —
1954-04-14 ›
✓ one source
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Al McCoy
KO 1/10 · Armory, Charlotte, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 82-18-4 · McCoy —
1954-04-03 ›
✓ one source
W
Johnny Pretzie
TKO 4/10 · Legion Arena, West Palm Beach, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 81-18-4 · Pretzie —
1954-03-11 ›
✓ one source
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Danny Nardico 🇺🇸
RTD 7/10 · Coliseum, Coral Gables, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 81-17-4 · Nardico —
1952-12-31 ›
✓ one source
W
Bob Murphy
UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 80-17-4 · Murphy —
1952-06-11 ›
✓ one source
W
Gene Hairston 🇺🇸
UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 79-17-4 · Hairston —
1952-05-21 ›
✓ one source
W
Norman Hayes
UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 78-17-4 · Hayes —
1952-04-09 ›
✓ one source
D
Gene Hairston 🇺🇸
PTS 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 78-17-3 · Hairston —
1952-03-05 ›
✓ one source
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Norman Hayes
SD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 78-16-3 · Hayes —
1952-01-28 ›
✓ one source
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RTD 7/10 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 78-15-3 · Murphy —
1951-06-27 ›
✓ one source
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Won NYSAC, NBA and The Ring middleweight titles
TKO 13/15 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 78-14-3 · Robinson 125-2-2
1951-02-14 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles
KO 15/15 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 77-14-3 · Dauthuille —
1950-09-13 ›
✓ one source
W
Tiberio Mitri 🇮🇹
Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles
UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 76-14-3 · Mitri —
1950-07-12 ›
✓ one source
W
Joe Taylor
UD 10/10 · State Fair Coliseum, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 75-14-3 · Taylor —
1950-05-04 ›
✓ one source
W
Chuck Hunter
TKO 6/10 · Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 74-14-3 · Hunter —
1950-03-28 ›
✓ one source
W
Dick Wagner
TKO 9/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 73-14-3 · Wagner —
1950-02-03 ›
✓ one source
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UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 73-13-3 · Villemain —
1949-12-09 ›
✓ one source
W
Marcel Cerdan 🇫🇷
Won NYSAC, NBA and The Ring middleweight titles
RTD 9/15 · Briggs Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 72-13-3 · Cerdan 110-3-0
1949-06-16 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Joey DeJohn
TKO 8/10 · State Fair Coliseum, Syracuse, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 71-13-3 · DeJohn —
1949-05-18 ›
✓ one source
W
O'Neill Bell
TKO 4/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 70-13-3 · Bell —
1949-04-18 ›
✓ one source
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SD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 69-13-3 · Villemain —
1949-03-25 ›
✓ one source
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UD 10/10 · Forum, Montreal, 🇨🇦
LaMotta 69-12-3 · Dauthuille —
1949-02-21 ›
✓ one source
W
Tommy Yarosz
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 68-12-3 · Yarosz —
1948-12-03 ›
✓ one source
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Vern Lester
SD 10/10 · Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 67-12-3 · Lester —
1948-10-18 ›
✓ one source
W
Johnny Colan
TKO 10/10 · St. Nicholas Rink, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 66-12-3 · Colan —
1948-10-01 ›
✓ one source
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Burl Charity
TKO 5/10 · Park Arena, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 65-12-3 · Charity —
1948-09-07 ›
✓ one source
W
Ken Stribling
TKO 5/10 · Griffith Stadium, District of Columbia, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 64-12-3 · Stribling —
1948-06-01 ›
✓ one source
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Billy Fox 🇺🇸
TKO 4/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 64-11-3 · Fox —
1947-11-14 ›
✓ one source
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Cecil Hudson
SD 10/10 · Comiskey Park, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 64-10-3 · Hudson —
1947-09-03 ›
✓ one source
W
Tony Janiro 🇮🇹
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 63-10-3 · Janiro —
1947-06-06 ›
✓ one source
W
Tommy Bell 🇺🇸
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 62-10-3 · Bell —
1947-03-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Anton Raadik 🇪🇪
UD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 61-10-3 · Raadik —
1946-12-06 ›
✓ one source
W
O'Neill Bell
KO 2/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 60-10-3 · Bell —
1946-10-25 ›
✓ one source
W
KO 7/10 · Wrigley Field, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 59-10-3 · Satterfield 13-2-1
1946-09-12 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
UD 10/10 · University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 58-10-3 · Williams 141-23-10
1946-08-07 ›
✓✓ two sources
D
Jimmy Edgar
PTS 10/10 · University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 58-10-2 · Edgar —
1946-06-13 ›
✓ one source
W
Joe Reddick
UD 10/10 · Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 57-10-2 · Reddick —
1946-05-24 ›
✓ one source
W
Marcus Lockman
UD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 56-10-2 · Lockman —
1946-03-29 ›
✓ one source
W
Tommy Bell 🇺🇸
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 55-10-2 · Bell —
1946-01-11 ›
✓ one source
W
Charley Parham
TKO 6/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 54-10-2 · Parham —
1945-12-07 ›
✓ one source
W
Walter Woods
KO 8/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 53-10-2 · Woods —
1945-11-23 ›
✓ one source
W
Coolidge Miller
KO 3/10 · Park Arena, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 52-10-2 · Miller —
1945-11-13 ›
✓ one source
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SD 12/12 · Comiskey Park, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 52-9-2 · Robinson 59-2-1
1945-09-26 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
George Kochan
TKO 9/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 51-9-2 · Kochan —
1945-09-07 ›
✓ one source
W
José Basora
TKO 9/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 50-9-2 · Basora —
1945-08-10 ›
✓ one source
W
Tommy Bell 🇺🇸
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 49-9-2 · Bell —
1945-07-06 ›
✓ one source
W
Bert Lytell 🇺🇸
SD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 48-9-2 · Lytell 18-4-2
1945-04-27 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Vic Dellicurti
UD 10/10 · St. Nicholas Rink, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 47-9-2 · Dellicurti —
1945-04-20 ›
✓ one source
W
KO 6/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 46-9-2 · Costner —
1945-03-26 ›
✓ one source
W
Lou Schwartz
KO 1/10 · U.S.O. Auditorium, Norfolk, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 45-9-2 · Schwartz —
1945-03-19 ›
✓ one source
L
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 45-8-2 · Robinson 55-2-0
1945-02-23 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
George Kochan
TKO 9/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 44-8-2 · Kochan —
1944-11-03 ›
✓ one source
W
George Kochan
UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 43-8-2 · Kochan —
1944-09-29 ›
✓ one source
L
UD 10/10 · Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 43-7-2 · Marshall 46-10-3
1944-04-21 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Lou Woods
SD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 42-7-2 · Woods —
1944-03-31 ›
✓ one source
W
UD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 41-7-2 · Welch —
1944-03-17 ›
✓ one source
W
Ossie Harris
SD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 40-7-2 · Harris —
1944-02-25 ›
✓ one source
W
Ossie Harris
SD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 39-7-2 · Harris —
1944-01-28 ›
✓ one source
W
Fritzie Zivic 🇺🇸
UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 38-7-2 · Zivic 134-43-7
1944-01-14 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Fritzie Zivic 🇺🇸
SD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 37-7-2 · Zivic 133-40-7
1943-11-12 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
TKO 2/10 · Convention Hall, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 36-7-2 · Walker —
1943-10-11 ›
✓ one source
W
José Basora
UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 35-7-2 · Basora —
1943-09-17 ›
✓ one source
L
Fritzie Zivic 🇺🇸
SD 15/15 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 35-6-2 · Zivic 128-38-7
1943-07-12 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Fritzie Zivic 🇺🇸
SD 10/10 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 34-6-2 · Zivic 128-36-7
1943-06-10 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Tony Ferrara
KO 6/10 · Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 33-6-2 · Ferrara —
1943-05-12 ›
✓ one source
W
Ossie Harris
UD 10/10 · Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 32-6-2 · Harris —
1943-03-30 ›
✓ one source
W
Jimmy Reeves 🇺🇸
KO 6/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 31-6-2 · Reeves —
1943-03-19 ›
✓ one source
L
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 31-5-2 · Robinson 42-2-0
1943-02-26 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 30-5-2 · Robinson 41-0-0
1943-02-05 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Charley Hayes
TKO 6/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 29-5-2 · Hayes —
1943-01-22 ›
✓ one source
W
Jack Wilson 🇺🇸
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 28-5-2 · Wilson —
1943-01-15 ›
✓ one source
W
Jimmy Edgar
SD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 27-5-2 · Edgar —
1943-01-01 ›
✓ one source
W
UD 10/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 26-5-2 · Chmielewski —
1942-11-06 ›
✓ one source
W
Bill McDowell
TKO 5/8 · Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 25-5-2 · McDowell —
1942-10-20 ›
✓ one source
L
UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York City, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 25-4-2 · Robinson 35-0-0
1942-10-02 ›
✓✓ two sources
W
Vic Dellicurti
PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 24-4-2 · Dellicurti —
1942-09-08 ›
✓ one source
W
Jimmy Edgar
PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 23-4-2 · Edgar —
1942-08-28 ›
✓ one source
W
Lorenzo Strickland
PTS 8/8 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 22-4-2 · Strickland —
1942-07-28 ›
✓ one source
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José Basora
PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 22-3-2 · Basora —
1942-06-16 ›
✓ one source
W
Vic Dellicurti
PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 21-3-2 · Dellicurti —
1942-06-02 ›
✓ one source
D
José Basora
PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 21-3-1 · Basora —
1942-05-12 ›
✓ one source
W
Buddy O'Dell
PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 20-3-1 · O'Dell —
1942-04-21 ›
✓ one source
W
Lou Schwartz
KO 9/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 19-3-1 · Schwartz —
1942-04-07 ›
✓ one source
W
Lorenzo Strickland
PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 18-3-1 · Strickland —
1942-03-18 ›
✓ one source
W
Frankie Jamison
PTS 8/8 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 17-3-1 · Jamison —
1942-03-03 ›
✓ one source
W
Frankie Jamison
PTS 8/8 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 16-3-1 · Jamison —
1942-01-27 ›
✓ one source
L
Nate Bolden
MD 10/10 · Marigold Gardens, Chicago, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 16-2-1 · Bolden —
1941-12-22 ›
✓ one source
W
Jimmy Casa
PTS 6/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 15-2-1 · Casa —
1941-11-14 ›
✓ one source
L
Jimmy Reeves 🇺🇸
UD 10/10 · Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 15-1-1 · Reeves —
1941-10-20 ›
✓ one source
W
Lorenzo Strickland
PTS 8/8 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 14-1-1 · Strickland —
1941-10-07 ›
✓ one source
L
Jimmy Reeves 🇺🇸
SD 10/10 · Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 14-0-1 · Reeves —
1941-09-24 ›
✓ one source
W
Cliff Koerkle
PTS 6/6 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 13-0-1 · Koerkle —
1941-08-11 ›
✓ one source
D
Joe Shikula
PTS 6/6 · Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 13-0-0 · Shikula —
1941-08-05 ›
✓ one source
W
Joe Baynes
PTS 6/6 · Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 12-0-0 · Baynes —
1941-07-15 ›
✓ one source
W
Johnny Morris
KO 3/6 · Starlight Park, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 11-0-0 · Morris —
1941-06-23 ›
✓ one source
W
Lorenzo Strickland
PTS 6/6 · Starlight Park, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 10-0-0 · Strickland —
1941-06-16 ›
✓ one source
W
Lorenzo Strickland
PTS 4/4 · Queensboro Arena, Woodhaven, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 9-0-0 · Strickland —
1941-06-09 ›
✓ one source
W
Johnny Morris
PTS 4/4 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 8-0-0 · Morris —
1941-05-27 ›
✓ one source
W
Johnny Cihlar
PTS 4/4 · Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 7-0-0 · Cihlar —
1941-05-20 ›
✓ one source
W
Monroe Crewe
PTS 4/4 · Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 6-0-0 · Crewe —
1941-04-26 ›
✓ one source
W
Lorne McCarthy
PTS 4/4 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 5-0-0 · McCarthy —
1941-04-22 ›
✓ one source
W
Stanley Goicz
PTS 4/4 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 4-0-0 · Goicz —
1941-04-15 ›
✓ one source
W
Joe Fredericks
TKO 1/4 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 3-0-0 · Fredericks —
1941-04-08 ›
✓ one source
W
Johnny Morris
TKO 4/4 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 2-0-0 · Morris —
1941-04-01 ›
✓ one source
W
Tony Gillo
PTS 6/6 · Pyramid Mosque, Bridgeport, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 1-0-0 · Gillo —
1941-03-14 ›
✓ one source
W
Charley Mackley
PTS 4/4 · St. Nicholas Rink, New York, 🇺🇸
LaMotta 0-0-0 · Mackley —
1941-03-03 ›
✓ one source

Ratings now

Not in any current ranking.

World titles

1949-06-16 – 1951-02-14

Facts

What is Jake LaMotta's professional record?
Jake LaMotta's professional record is 83-19-4 with 30 knockouts.
Who did Jake LaMotta fight last?
Jake LaMotta last fought Billy Kilgore on Apr 14, 1954 and lost by SD over 10 rounds.
Which world titles has Jake LaMotta held?
Jake LaMotta has held 1 world title reign: WBA middleweight (1949–1951).

Sources

Boxerbook ID 10792 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/10792. Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), photo from Wikimedia Commons. Last fetched: 2026-10-11. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.

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