The decision, however, went to Sugar Ray, bringing us to their fourth fight, another ten rounder held at Madison Square Garden on February 23, 1945. Again LaMotta knocked down Robinson, this time for an eight-count with a left to the head in round seven. Robinson and LaMotta fought again at the same place just three weeks later. Robinson was still outside the ring, his legs across the bottom rope when the bell sounded, ending the round as referee Sam Hennessey's count reached nine. It was Robinson's first loss after forty straight wins as a pro.
Sugar Ray won a ten-round unanimous decision, but LaMotta came back to outpoint Robinson at Detroit's Olympia Arena four months later, knocking Ray through the ropes with a right to the body and a left to the head near the end of round eight. LaMotta and Robinson were both twenty-one years old when they met for the first time at Madison Square Garden on October 2, 1942. Now, for the first time, you will see the fourth Robinson-LaMotta fight through the great Don Dunphy's unforgettable blow-by-blow radio commentary direct from ringside at Madison Square Garden in New York.
Only the last of those six Robinson-LaMotta fights was ever filmed. Robinson won five, but LaMotta says that he was robbed of the decision on a couple of occasions, and that the final score should have been three wins each. Sugar Ray, the Harlem Dancing Master, and LaMotta, the so aptly called ∻ronx Bull fought each other a total of six times. Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier were one great example Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta were another. LaMotta, a full-fledged middleweight, was a brawler who crouched low and tried to bull his way inside.Ĭontrasting styles make for the great rivalries in boxing. Sugar Ray, a welter at this time, was a sharpshooter, a boxer-puncher who could hit from every angle. Sugar Ray and Jake were completely different kinds of fighters. The never filmed fight between Jake LaMotta, boxing's famous Raging Bull, and Sugar Ray Robinson, boxing's all-time greatest pound-for-pound fighter. Sugar Ray Robinson versus Jake LaMotta IV
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