SRR fought Lamotta twice in 21 days and WOW even had a tuneup fight in between!

texasboi15

Sugar Ray Robinson fought Jake Lamotta for the second time on Feb. 5 1943.

He lost to Lamotta by unanimous decision.

Two weeks later on Feb. 19 he fought and beat Jackie Wilson as a tune up fight.

ONE WEEK after beating Wilson he fights Lamotta again on Feb. 26 1943 and defeats him by unanimous decision.

3 fights in 21 days...amazing

ThePrince

One of the key reasons Boxing has completely fallen off from it's pedestal in the American sports scene. Guys used to fight all the time, including the superstars. You're lucky to see the top guys fight 2x per year, if that. The money has gotten so big that they can do that and make $40-60 million a year that way.

I'm not even asking for what SRR did, just give me like 4 or 5 fights per year from the stars of the sport. Impossible with the way promotions, PPV, revenue, etc works these days but still... throw a fan a bone

Kylecee

Yea the reason they fought that often was to feed their family and to survive. Sugar Ray didn't fight that much because he loved the sport. He fought to have money for groceries. If he was making money like elite boxers today then trust me he wouldn't have nearly as many fights as he does

TheHolyCross

who the **** cares
anyone could have fights every week against bums

Mannie Phresh

if robinson fought today you wouldnt here of may or pac.

TheHolyCross

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Originally Posted by Mannie Phresh

if robinson fought today you wouldnt here of may or pac.

obviously im gonna be put on the cross for this but floyd would box the sht outta robinson

UD

Mannie Phresh

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Originally Posted by Ugh!

obviously im gonna be put on the cross for this but floyd would box the sht outta robinson

UD

mayweather wouldnt beat lamotta...

Sin City

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Originally Posted by ThePrince

One of the key reasons Boxing has completely fallen off from it's pedestal in the American sports scene. Guys used to fight all the time, including the superstars. You're lucky to see the top guys fight 2x per year, if that. The money has gotten so big that they can do that and make $40-60 million a year that way.

I'm not even asking for what SRR did, just give me like 4 or 5 fights per year from the stars of the sport. Impossible with the way promotions, PPV, revenue, etc works these days but still... throw a fan a bone

guys died much more often back then as well.. many stayed permanently damaged. I say 3 fights a year from each fighter is a good amount.

TheHolyCross

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Originally Posted by Mannie Phresh

mayweather wouldnt beat lamotta...

ofcourse he ****in would, have you ever seen lamotta fight? he's a bum and hyped just because he won one fight vs robinson

if robinson can outbox him obviously mayweather can too

lamotta was the baldomir of that era

Mannie Phresh

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Originally Posted by Ugh!

ofcourse he ****in would, have you ever seen lamotta fight? he's a bum and hyped just because he won one fight vs robinson

if robinson can outbox him obviously mayweather can too

lamotta was the baldomir of that era

thats goin in my sig ugh. f@cking classic.

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