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Jake LaMotta

Jake LaMotta held the NYSAC, WBA and The Ring middleweight world titles between 1949 and 1951. LaMotta was the undisputed middleweight world champion from 1949 to 1951.

World title bouts
4
Record in world title bouts (won–lost)
3–1
World titles held
3
Longest world title reign (NYSAC middleweight, 1949–1951)
1 year, 7 months

World title reigns and bouts

Jan 1949 – Jan 1952

MiddleweightNYSAC
1949age 26AprJulOctage 271950AprJulOctage 281951AprJulOctage 291952
1949195019511952

WonLostDrawn or no contest

Timeline of world title events

  1. 1952

  2. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta No. 5 at light heavyweight in its annual ratings

  3. 1951

  4. Sugar Ray Robinson beats Jake LaMotta via knockout 13/15

    Middleweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  5. 1950

  6. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta the middleweight champion in its annual ratings

  7. Jake LaMotta beats Laurent Dauthuille via knockout 15/15

    Middleweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  8. Jake LaMotta beats Tiberio Mitri via unanimous decision 15/15

    Middleweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  9. 1949

  10. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta the middleweight champion in its annual ratings

  11. Jake LaMotta beats Marcel Cerdan via corner retirement 9/15

    Middleweight · NYSAC, WBA and The Ring

  12. 1948

  13. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta No. 3 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  14. 1947

  15. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta No. 5 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  16. 1946

  17. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta No. 1 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  18. 1945

  19. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta No. 3 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  20. 1944

  21. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta No. 2 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  22. 1943

  23. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta No. 1 at middleweight in its annual ratings

  24. 1942

  25. The Ring magazine rates Jake LaMotta No. 6 at middleweight in its annual ratings