He gets up slowly, awkwardly, like a marionette guided by an inept puppeteer. Islamic Center of Cleveland serves the largest Muslim community in Northeast Ohio. Marigold Gardens, Chicago, Illinois, U.S. "Giacobe LaMotta," in: Dana R. Barnes (Ed. In the third, Cerdan drives LaMotta toward the ropes, planning to deliver the kind of massive uppercut that finished Zale in the 11th round of their championship bout. The dreaded word to hear in connection with a boxing match. Cerdan fought Williams in his Cerdans adopted hometown and won a decision many thought he didnt deserve as well and as was typical with him when he struggled he claimed he had a bad hand for the fight. April 6, 1987: Sugar Ray Leonard W12 Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Cerdan grows in confidence. Your email address will not be published. On February 14, 2021 Of all the most memorable rivalries in the long history of boxing, that between Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta stands apart. But Cerdans timing seems off. LaMotta won the title by The dreaded word to hear in connection with a boxing match. June 16, 1949:Briggs Stadium, Detroit, Michigan. Fixed! 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. By betting on himself, LaMottas $6,000 windfall in addition to his $19,171.50 purse allowed him to make up the $20,000 he paid to get the title shot. 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. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. So no, when Zale beats Graziano I dont take that as evidence that he wasnt shot. Jake LaMotta vs. Billy Fox. He had poor results at first. Cerdan started his illustrious career back in 1934 as a welterweight. Cerdan was a 2 to 1 favorite. Aggressive from the opening bell, he knew just what punches, singly and in combination, to deliver. LaMotta's first title defense was against Tiberio Mitri in 1950, he retained his title by winning via split decision. But, whats this? At that point it became clear something was wrong. He was only once sent to the canvas in 106 fights. [10], LaMotta learned to box while in a reformatory in upstate New York, where he'd been sent for attempted robbery. Never the less, Cerdan was made a two to one betting favorite. Tottering, he falls on his face. LaMotta won the first round (also knocking Cerdan down), Cerdan the second and the third was even. He admitted having raped a woman, having beaten his wives, and coming close to beating a man to death during a robbery. Robinson finally retired in 1965 after five reigns as world middleweight champion and . After a count of nine, Nardico pounded LaMotta furiously in a corner for a minute, with the the Bronx Bull holding on to the top rope for support and then staggered back to his corner at the end of the round. LaMotta won the world title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. LaMottas 89 th fight was his first title shot and he won the welterweight championship over Marcel Cerdan in 1949 when the champion didnt come out for the 10 th round. Cerdan apparently dislocated his arm early in the bout, but it was still a good one, with . The realization dawns a split second too late, as the Bronx Bull unloads lefts and rights at the taken-by-surprise Frenchman. LaMotta went on to defeat Cerdan to become the new middleweight champion. Both men would suffer injuries hindering their . LaMotta managed to knock out Cerdan in 10 short rounds, originally a rematch was planned, but Cerdan sadly died in a plane crash. La Motta, Jake with Carter, Joseph and Savage, Peter (1970). LaMotta vs Robert Villemain during their 12 . A native New Yorker, Clarence George is a lifelong aficionado of the Sweet Science. LaMotta, who had a record of 81-17-4 at the time, was ranked No. LaMotta won the world title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. He successfully defended the France Middleweight title twice before moving on to capture the vacant European Middleweight title in 1947. Cerdan's record was 113 wins and 4 losses, with 66 wins by knockout. Cerdan Cerdans corner stopped the fight between rounds nine and 10 to end LaMottas long championship quest. 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. The movie captured LaMotta's life, which was just as turbulent outside as inside the ring. He stands, but he doesnt delivernot yet. A sell-out crowd at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, and millions on closed-circuit television, witnessed one of the most thrilling brawls in boxing history with both warriors stunned in a hellacious opening round, perhaps the greatest since Dempsey vs Firpo, before a cut Hagler rallied to batter The Motor City Cobra into helplessness in round three. LaMotta won the first round (also knocking Cerdan down), Cerdan the second and the third was even. As a result it was a brutal changing-of-the-guard fight, with the powerful Ruby battering Dempsey so badly that spectators, and even Fitzsimmons himself, begged the proud champion to surrender. has whispered in his ear. But the push is unstoppable. 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. Cerdan's corner threw in the towel after 9 rounds and the World Middleweight title awarded to Jake LaMotta.A rematch was scheduled between the 2 boxers however in October 1949, Cerdan died in a plane crash on his way back to the USA. Campeonato mundial del peso medio. One of the greatest and biggest superfights in the legendary Four Kings series, Hagler vs Hearns became a truly huge event after Sugar Ray Leonard retired and then both men notched wins over Roberto Duran. Cerdan got $51,124 and LaMotta was paid $19,171.50. There was a crowd of 22,183 at Briggs Stadium. Even then, LaMotta said, he had to kick in $20,000 of his own $1,000 more than the purse he got for beating Cerdan in Detroit. [28] He appeared in several episodes of the NBC police comedy Car 54 Where Are You? LaMotta won the first round (in which he knocked Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. Its almost imperceptible. But the former champ rallies and counters. He retired in 1956 with 50 wins, 13 losses and four draws and died in 2010. [Also See: Top 10 Middleweights of All-Time Where do LaMotta and Cerdan rank?]. The Fight: Cerdan's speed and clever, whirlwind style made Basilio miss in the 2nd round. LaMotta got up and was beaten against a corner by Nardico until the bell rang. Heres hoping Canelo vs Golovkin is so thrilling and remarkable that it finds itself in contention with these all-time great battles. 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. The champ fights back, connecting with a solid right. LaMotta's corner stopped the bout before the eighth round began. LAMOTTA VS. MARCEL CERDAN, JUNE 16, 1949 LaMotta defeated Cerdan of France to win the middleweight title in Detroit. In 1948 he suffered his first legitimate loss when Cyrille Delannoit (47-7-3) beat him over 15 rounds to claim the European Middleweight title (although Cerdan was suffering from lumbago). Some connect, sure, but most are picked off. Cerdan was on his way back to the States to have his rematch with LaMotta when his plane crashed off the coast of Africa in the Portuguese colony of the Azores Islands. Cerdan injured his left shoulder when he was thrown to the canvas by LaMotta in the first round. LaMotta lost a much less controversial decision. Cerdan was thrown to the floor in round 1 injuring his left shoulder while LaMotta injured his left hand in the third or fourth. LaMotta won the world title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. [17] LaMotta won the first round (in which he knocked Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. However, LaMotta said he made $16,000 on the Cerdan fight by betting on himself. 2018 Islamic Center of Cleveland. 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. 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). The round ends with LaMotta puzzling over just what was going wrong, knowing only that he shouldnt have taken the tempting bait his opponent had so cleverly dangled before him. The American is tough, all right. One month later, LaMotta and Reeves fought again in the same arena. 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. The official score had LaMotta as winner by a knockout in 10 rounds because the bell had already rung to begin that round when Cerdan announced he was quitting. I agree Cerdan was a natural WW for most of his career. He died at a hospital near Miami on Sep. 19. (196163). Jake LaMotta: "The Bronx Bull" beat a long list of terrific fighters, including one of the greatest of all middleweights, Ray Robinson . [17] LaMotta won the first round (in which he knocked Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. The arena's organist tried (but failed) to calm down the crowd by playing the "Star Spangled Banner". July 16, 1947: Rocky Graziano TKO 6 Tony Zale. LAMOTTA VS. MARCEL CERDAN, JUNE 16, 1949. Four bouts and six weeks later, Cerdan beat his first world-ranked opponent, Saverio Turiello, in a . An overhand right smashes into LaMotta's nose. LaMotta and Robinson had their fifth bout at Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois on September 26, 1945. 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At that point it became clear something was wrong. 7. LaMotta won the LaMotta won the first round (in which he knocked Cerdan down), Cerdan the second, and the third was even. [19] De Niro won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance. 9. No "very nearly" about it. 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. I wouldn't call him shot. Maybe he cant. LaMotta then lost the world middleweight title to Robinson during a savage beating -- known as the St Valentine's Day Massacre -- in 1951. [27], After retiring from the ring, LaMotta owned and managed a bar at 1120 Collins Ave in Miami Beach. Jake LaMotta 158 lbs lost to Sugar Ray Robinson 145 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10. The referee looks at his eyes. [16] Robinson won again by a unanimous decision. [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 Algerian-born Frenchman wasn't nearly so lucky, dislocating his shoulder and rendering the arm useless. As for who got the $20,000, LaMotta said he didn't know, that he paid it through brother Joey." Associated Press - June 15, 1960 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. His fight with Cerdan was close. LaMotta vs. Cerdan. LaMotta gives up his attempts to counter. I know from personal experience the agony of a dislocated shoulder (a pain dreamed up by the Marquis de Sade himself), and its nothing short of jaw-dropping that Cerdan continued the fight for another eight rounds one-armed and in terrible pain. 10. He covers up, and Cerdan pounds him like a rug. Jack Lamotta parle de Cerdan. LaMotta won 83 of 106 paid bouts, was world middleweight champion between 1949 and 1951 and made two defences. He was 33. LaMotta won the World Middleweighttitle on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating FrenchmanMarcel Cerdan. I know from personal experience the agony of a dislocated shoulder (a pain dreamed up by the Marquis de Sade himself), and its nothing short of jaw-dropping that Cerdan continued the fight for another eight rounds one-armed and in terrible pain. He successfully defended the France Middleweight title twice before moving on to capture the vacant European Middleweight title in 1947. Robinson, Cerdan, Dauthille, Villemain, Irish Murphy and a great selection of good black fighters. Jake LaMotta, who died yesterday from complications due to pneumonia, was boxings oldest living former champion and a direct link to the Golden Age of prizefighting, a time when boxing gyms and fight clubs proliferated in every major city, when every division boasted a plethora of warriors worthy of the Hall of Fame, and when the best fought the best, and on a Cerdan floored him in the 3rd and Basilio counterattacked, putting the Frenchman down twice. LaMotta won the world title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta (July 10, 1922 - September 19, 2017) was an American professional boxer, former world middleweight champion, and stand-up comedian. Please use the links below for donations: In spite of his injury and in spite of a severe beating in the first round Cerdan won the second round big and the third and fifth by lesser margins. But sheer guts can only take one so far, and the Clouter couldnt come out for the 10th. LAMOTTA VS. MARCEL CERDAN, JUNE 16, 1949. title prompted Robinson to move up a class for the sixth match between the men. [9] In the Saint Valentine's Day Massacre, his sixth bout with Robinson, LaMotta suffered numerous severe blows to the head. LaMotta with a black eye by decision in a great contest. Raging Bull: My Story is a 1970 second edition of LaMotta's memoir. [37][38] LaMotta remained active on the speaking and autograph circuit, and published several books about his career, his life, and his fights with Robinson. has whispered in his ear. Marcel Cerdan revels in his victory. one of the biggest upsets in boxing history, Canelo vs Golovkin Stalemate: Lee Wylies Take, Top 12 All-Time Greatest Muhammad Ali Performances, Top 12 All-Time Greatest Heavyweight Punchers, Top 12 Reasons Why Muhammad Ali Is Forever The Greatest. I was supposed to be throwing a fight to this guy, and it looked like I was going to end up holding him on his feet By [the fourth round], if there was anybody in the Garden who didn't know what was happening, he must have been dead drunk. He knocked LaMotta down for the only time in his career (not counting his thrown 1947 fight) by a right hand in the seventh round. LaMotta made his first title defense against Tiberio Mitri on July 7, 1950, at Madison Square Garden, New York. July 16, 1947: Rocky Graziano TKO 6 Tony Zale. . Cerdan started his illustrious career back in 1934 as a welterweight. At that point it became clear something was wrong. He was a brawler, sure, but also clever. Fought Marcel Cerdan for the World Middleweight Championship in Detroit on June 16, 1949. 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. Robinson won the close fight by unanimous decision, using a dazzling left jab and jarring uppercuts. The Bronx Bull. In the last few rounds, LaMotta began to take a horrible beating and was soon unable to defend himself from Robinson's powerful blows. [5] Afterward he fought undefeated in amateur bouts, turning professional at age 19 in 1941. Among his list of achievements to date was beating a prime Sugar Ray Robinson back in 1943, the first man to do so. 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. Butwhats this? 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. Zale vs Cerdan. A massive throng sold-out the Polo Grounds in New York City to see if Sugar Ray could regain the title and a dramatic battle saw Turpin gain the upper hand and open a deep gash over Robinsons left eye. Highlights of the classic middleweight title bout in which the Bronx Bull Jake LaMotta scores a ten round technical knockout victory over the highly rated . Suspecting the fight was fixed, the New York State Athletic Commission withheld purses for the fight and suspended LaMotta. LaMotta, who lived a turbulent life in and out of the ring, was managed by his brother Joey. LaMotta won the World Middleweight title on June 16, 1949 in Detroit, Michigan, defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan. He can take it, but he isnt dishing it out. Required fields are marked *. I was a little dazed and decided to stay on the deck." The referee looks at his eyes. Hes freshand his blows sting. French boxer Marcel Cerdan and Jake LaMotta. Cerdan had made his American debut just two years earlier with a hard fought win over the very tough Georgie Abrams.