A4 Picture Of Muhammad Ali And Joe Frazier £20.Allegedly LaMotta had passed on taking a dive against Tony Janiro in June 1947 for $100,000, instead opting to work the fix against Fox in exchange for the mob organizing a shot at the middleweight crown down the road.

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A4 Picture Of Joe Louis vs Max Schmeling II £20.00 Add to basket.A4 Picture Of Henry Cooper £20.00 Add to basket.Valentine’s Day Massacre” after the 1929 shootout involving gangster Al Capone’s hitmen leaving a car mechanic and seven of Bugs Moran’s men in a pool of blood. As LaMotta watched Robinson celebrate his win, he spoke through his swollen and bloodied lips, ‘you never put me down Ray, you never put me down.’īecause of the severe beating LaMotta endured in the later rounds this fight became known as “The St. The referee Frank Sikora stepped in and stopped the fight. In between the punches, LaMotta said, ‘you can’t put me down.’ Robinson backed up LaMotta against the ropes and threw a series of punches which jolted LaMotta’s head in all directions. The pairs most famous fight ended in the 13 th round when Robinson unleashed a punishing, merciless assault. Robinson played the part of the matador against the Raging Bull.

Knowing this, Robinson’s strategy was to make LaMotta work hard in the early rounds, then take advantage as he tired. The day before the fight LaMotta was six pounds over the weight limit. February 14 th 1951 at Chicago Stadium, Chicago Illinois, USA, Sugar Ray Robinson challenged Jake LaMotta for the World Middleweight Championship.

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