Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta

Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta
DateOctober 2, 1942 – February 14, 1951
Title(s) on the lineNYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight titles (1951)
Tale of the tape
Boxer Sugar Ray Robinson Jake LaMotta
Nickname Sugar Raging Bull
Hometown Ailey, Georgia New York City
Pre-fight record 121–1–2 78–14–3
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg) 160 lb (73 kg)
Style Orthodox Orthodox
Recognition NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring welterweight champion NYSAC, NBA, and The Ring middleweight champion

Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta had a historic boxing rivalry, fighting each other on six separate occasions between 1942 and 1951. Robinson won the series 5–1, although many of the fights were close, with LaMotta handing Robinson his first ever loss (which remained his only loss for nearly a decade). The most famous of their encounters was their sixth and final fight, a world middleweight title match later dubbed The Saint Valentine's Day Massacre due to its brutality, with the champion LaMotta taking tremendous punishment from Robinson in the later rounds.

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