What is Joseph LaMotta's record?

Joseph LaMotta's professional record is 82-14-4 with 30 knockouts.

Middleweight · United States

Joseph LaMotta

82-14-4 30 KO · 1941–1954

Joseph LaMotta was a middleweight boxer from United States, born Oct 11, 1948. Record 82-14-4 with 30 knockouts over 1941–1954. Joseph LaMotta last fought Billy Kilgore on Apr 14, 1954 and lost by SD over 10 rounds.

BornOct 11, 1948

DiedSep 2, 1998

Country🇺🇸 United States, 🇮🇹 Italy

StanceOrthodox

Reach170 cm

NicknameThe Bronx Bull · The Raging Bull

DebutMar 3, 1941

Career1941–1954

Rounds boxed804

KO share37%

Born inNew York City, U.S.

TitlesNYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles 1950

Boxerbook rating1732 ± 325 · inactive since Apr 1954Why here ›

Confirmed bouts0 of 100

Career record

Record

82-14-4, 30 KOs · 1941–1954

Last result

Billy Kilgore

SD 10/10 · Auditorium, Miami Beach, 🇺🇸

1954-04-14 ›
✓ one source

The record

100 bouts, 1941–1954, newest first. Records under each bout are both boxers going in.

Billy Kilgore

SD 10/10 · Auditorium, Miami Beach, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 82-13-4 · Kilgore —

1954-04-14 ›
✓ one source

Al McCoy

KO 1/10 · Armory, Charlotte, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 81-13-4 · McCoy —

1954-04-03 ›
✓ one source

Johnny Pretzie

TKO 4/10 · Legion Arena, West Palm Beach, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 80-13-4 · Pretzie —

1954-03-11 ›
✓ one source

Danny Nardico 🇺🇸

RTD 7/10 · Coliseum, Coral Gables, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 80-12-4 · Nardico —

1952-12-31 ›
✓ one source

Bob Murphy

UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 79-12-4 · Murphy —

1952-06-11 ›
✓ one source

Gene Hairston 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 78-12-4 · Hairston —

1952-05-21 ›
✓ one source

Norman Hayes

UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 77-12-4 · Hayes —

1952-04-09 ›
✓ one source

Gene Hairston 🇺🇸

PTS 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 77-12-3 · Hairston —

1952-03-05 ›
✓ one source

Norman Hayes

SD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 77-11-3 · Hayes —

1952-01-28 ›
✓ one source

Irish Bob Murphy 🇺🇸

RTD 7/10 · Yankee Stadium, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 77-10-3 · Murphy —

1951-06-27 ›
✓ one source

Laurent Dauthuille 🇫🇷

Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles

KO 15/15 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 76-10-3 · Dauthuille —

1950-09-13 ›
✓ one source

Tiberio Mitri 🇮🇹

Retained NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles

UD 15/15 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 75-10-3 · Mitri —

1950-07-12 ›
✓ one source

Joe Taylor

UD 10/10 · State Fair Coliseum, Syracuse, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 74-10-3 · Taylor —

1950-05-04 ›
✓ one source

Chuck Hunter

TKO 6/10 · Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 73-10-3 · Hunter —

1950-03-28 ›
✓ one source

Dick Wagner

TKO 9/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 72-10-3 · Wagner —

1950-02-03 ›
✓ one source

Robert Villemain 🇫🇷

UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 72-9-3 · Villemain —

1949-12-09 ›
✓ one source

Marcel Cerdan 🇫🇷

Won NYSAC, NBA and The Ring middleweight titles

RTD 9/15 · Briggs Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 71-9-3 · Cerdan 110-3-0

1949-06-16 ›
✓ one source

Joey DeJohn

TKO 8/10 · State Fair Coliseum, Syracuse, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 70-9-3 · DeJohn —

1949-05-18 ›
✓ one source

O'Neill Bell

TKO 4/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 69-9-3 · Bell —

1949-04-18 ›
✓ one source

Robert Villemain 🇫🇷

SD 12/12 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 68-9-3 · Villemain —

1949-03-25 ›
✓ one source

Show all 100 bouts

Laurent Dauthuille 🇫🇷

UD 10/10 · Forum, Montreal, 🇨🇦

LaMotta 68-8-3 · Dauthuille —

1949-02-21 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Yarosz

UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 67-8-3 · Yarosz —

1948-12-03 ›
✓ one source

Vern Lester

SD 10/10 · Eastern Parkway Arena, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 66-8-3 · Lester —

1948-10-18 ›
✓ one source

Johnny Colan

TKO 10/10 · St. Nicholas Rink, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 65-8-3 · Colan —

1948-10-01 ›
✓ one source

Burl Charity

TKO 5/10 · Park Arena, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 64-8-3 · Charity —

1948-09-07 ›
✓ one source

Ken Stribling

TKO 5/10 · Griffith Stadium, District of Columbia, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 63-8-3 · Stribling —

1948-06-01 ›
✓ one source

Billy Fox 🇺🇸

TKO 4/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 63-7-3 · Fox —

1947-11-14 ›
✓ one source

Cecil Hudson

SD 10/10 · Comiskey Park, Chicago, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 63-6-3 · Hudson —

1947-09-03 ›
✓ one source

Tony Janiro 🇮🇹

UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 62-6-3 · Janiro —

1947-06-06 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Bell 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 61-6-3 · Bell —

1947-03-14 ›
✓ one source

Anton Raadik 🇪🇪

UD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 60-6-3 · Raadik —

1946-12-06 ›
✓ one source

O'Neill Bell

KO 2/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 59-6-3 · Bell —

1946-10-25 ›
✓ one source

Bob Satterfield 🇺🇸

KO 7/10 · Wrigley Field, Chicago, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 58-6-3 · Satterfield 13-2-1

1946-09-12 ›
✓ one source

Holman Williams 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 57-6-3 · Williams 141-23-10

1946-08-07 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Edgar

PTS 10/10 · University of Detroit Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 57-6-2 · Edgar —

1946-06-13 ›
✓ one source

Joe Reddick

UD 10/10 · Arena, Boston, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 56-6-2 · Reddick —

1946-05-24 ›
✓ one source

Marcus Lockman

UD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 55-6-2 · Lockman —

1946-03-29 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Bell 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 54-6-2 · Bell —

1946-01-11 ›
✓ one source

Charley Parham

TKO 6/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 53-6-2 · Parham —

1945-12-07 ›
✓ one source

Walter Woods

KO 8/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 52-6-2 · Woods —

1945-11-23 ›
✓ one source

Coolidge Miller

KO 3/10 · Park Arena, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 51-6-2 · Miller —

1945-11-13 ›
✓ one source

George Kochan

TKO 9/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 50-6-2 · Kochan —

1945-09-07 ›
✓ one source

José Basora

TKO 9/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 49-6-2 · Basora —

1945-08-10 ›
✓ one source

Tommy Bell 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 48-6-2 · Bell —

1945-07-06 ›
✓ one source

Bert Lytell 🇺🇸

SD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 47-6-2 · Lytell 18-4-2

1945-04-27 ›
✓ one source

Vic Dellicurti

UD 10/10 · St. Nicholas Rink, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 46-6-2 · Dellicurti —

1945-04-20 ›
✓ one source

George Costner 🇺🇸

KO 6/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 45-6-2 · Costner —

1945-03-26 ›
✓ one source

Lou Schwartz

KO 1/10 · U.S.O. Auditorium, Norfolk, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 44-6-2 · Schwartz —

1945-03-19 ›
✓ one source

George Kochan

TKO 9/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 43-6-2 · Kochan —

1944-11-03 ›
✓ one source

George Kochan

UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 42-6-2 · Kochan —

1944-09-29 ›
✓ one source

Lloyd Marshall 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 42-5-2 · Marshall 46-10-3

1944-04-21 ›
✓ one source

Lou Woods

SD 10/10 · Chicago Stadium, Chicago, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 41-5-2 · Woods —

1944-03-31 ›
✓ one source

Coley Welch 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Boston Garden, Boston, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 40-5-2 · Welch —

1944-03-17 ›
✓ one source

Ossie Harris

SD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 39-5-2 · Harris —

1944-02-25 ›
✓ one source

Ossie Harris

SD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 38-5-2 · Harris —

1944-01-28 ›
✓ one source

Fritzie Zivic 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 37-5-2 · Zivic 134-43-7

1944-01-14 ›
✓ one source

Fritzie Zivic 🇺🇸

SD 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 36-5-2 · Zivic 133-40-7

1943-11-12 ›
✓ one source

Johnny Walker

TKO 2/10 · Convention Hall, Philadelphia, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 35-5-2 · Walker —

1943-10-11 ›
✓ one source

José Basora

UD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 34-5-2 · Basora —

1943-09-17 ›
✓ one source

Fritzie Zivic 🇺🇸

SD 15/15 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 34-4-2 · Zivic 128-38-7

1943-07-12 ›
✓ one source

Fritzie Zivic 🇺🇸

SD 10/10 · Forbes Field, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 33-4-2 · Zivic 128-36-7

1943-06-10 ›
✓ one source

Tony Ferrara

KO 6/10 · Music Hall Arena, Cincinnati, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 32-4-2 · Ferrara —

1943-05-12 ›
✓ one source

Ossie Harris

UD 10/10 · Duquesne Gardens, Pittsburgh, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 31-4-2 · Harris —

1943-03-30 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Reeves 🇺🇸

KO 6/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 30-4-2 · Reeves —

1943-03-19 ›
✓ one source

Charley Hayes

TKO 6/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 29-4-2 · Hayes —

1943-01-22 ›
✓ one source

Jack Wilson 🇺🇸

PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 28-4-2 · Wilson —

1943-01-15 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Edgar

SD 10/10 · Olympia Stadium, Detroit, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 27-4-2 · Edgar —

1943-01-01 ›
✓ one source

Henryk Chmielewski 🇵🇱

UD 10/10 · Mechanics Building, Boston, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 26-4-2 · Chmielewski —

1942-11-06 ›
✓ one source

Bill McDowell

TKO 5/8 · Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 25-4-2 · McDowell —

1942-10-20 ›
✓ one source

Vic Dellicurti

PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 24-4-2 · Dellicurti —

1942-09-08 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Edgar

PTS 10/10 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 23-4-2 · Edgar —

1942-08-28 ›
✓ one source

Lorenzo Strickland

PTS 8/8 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 22-4-2 · Strickland —

1942-07-28 ›
✓ one source

José Basora

PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 22-3-2 · Basora —

1942-06-16 ›
✓ one source

Vic Dellicurti

PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 21-3-2 · Dellicurti —

1942-06-02 ›
✓ one source

José Basora

PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 21-3-1 · Basora —

1942-05-12 ›
✓ one source

Buddy O'Dell

PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 20-3-1 · O'Dell —

1942-04-21 ›
✓ one source

Lou Schwartz

KO 9/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 19-3-1 · Schwartz —

1942-04-07 ›
✓ one source

Lorenzo Strickland

PTS 10/10 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 18-3-1 · Strickland —

1942-03-18 ›
✓ one source

Frankie Jamison

PTS 8/8 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 17-3-1 · Jamison —

1942-03-03 ›
✓ one source

Frankie Jamison

PTS 8/8 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 16-3-1 · Jamison —

1942-01-27 ›
✓ one source

Nate Bolden

MD 10/10 · Marigold Gardens, Chicago, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 16-2-1 · Bolden —

1941-12-22 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Casa

PTS 6/6 · Madison Square Garden, New York, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 15-2-1 · Casa —

1941-11-14 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Reeves 🇺🇸

UD 10/10 · Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 15-1-1 · Reeves —

1941-10-20 ›
✓ one source

Lorenzo Strickland

PTS 8/8 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 14-1-1 · Strickland —

1941-10-07 ›
✓ one source

Jimmy Reeves 🇺🇸

SD 10/10 · Arena, Cleveland, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 14-0-1 · Reeves —

1941-09-24 ›
✓ one source

Cliff Koerkle

PTS 6/6 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 13-0-1 · Koerkle —

1941-08-11 ›
✓ one source

Joe Shikula

PTS 6/6 · Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 13-0-0 · Shikula —

1941-08-05 ›
✓ one source

Joe Baynes

PTS 6/6 · Queensboro Arena, Long Island City, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 12-0-0 · Baynes —

1941-07-15 ›
✓ one source

Johnny Morris

KO 3/6 · Starlight Park, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 11-0-0 · Morris —

1941-06-23 ›
✓ one source

Lorenzo Strickland

PTS 6/6 · Starlight Park, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 10-0-0 · Strickland —

1941-06-16 ›
✓ one source

Lorenzo Strickland

PTS 4/4 · Queensboro Arena, Woodhaven, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 9-0-0 · Strickland —

1941-06-09 ›
✓ one source

Johnny Morris

PTS 4/4 · New York Coliseum, Bronx, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 8-0-0 · Morris —

1941-05-27 ›
✓ one source

Johnny Cihlar

PTS 4/4 · Broadway Arena, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 7-0-0 · Cihlar —

1941-05-20 ›
✓ one source

Monroe Crewe

PTS 4/4 · Ridgewood Grove, Brooklyn, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 6-0-0 · Crewe —

1941-04-26 ›
✓ one source

Lorne McCarthy

PTS 4/4 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 5-0-0 · McCarthy —

1941-04-22 ›
✓ one source

Stanley Goicz

PTS 4/4 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 4-0-0 · Goicz —

1941-04-15 ›
✓ one source

Joe Fredericks

TKO 1/4 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 3-0-0 · Fredericks —

1941-04-08 ›
✓ one source

Johnny Morris

TKO 4/4 · Westchester County Center, White Plains, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 2-0-0 · Morris —

1941-04-01 ›
✓ one source

Tony Gillo

PTS 6/6 · Pyramid Mosque, Bridgeport, 🇺🇸

LaMotta 1-0-0 · Gillo —

1941-03-14 ›
✓ one source

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

No world title reigns recorded.

Facts

What is Joseph LaMotta's record?: Joseph LaMotta's professional record is 82-14-4 with 30 knockouts.
Who did Joseph LaMotta fight last?: Joseph LaMotta last fought Billy Kilgore on Apr 14, 1954 and lost by SD over 10 rounds.

Sources

Boxerbook ID 5978 · permanent link boxerbook.com/id/5978. Wikidata (CC0), English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Last fetched: 2026-10-11. Spot a mistake? Every bout page has a link to report it.

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