Jake Lamotta In Todays Middleweight Era: How Easy Does He Reign?

[Canelo Phresh]

He is that....

thats all i needed to know thanks lol

[Tyson.]

LaMotta is a top 20 middlweight all time.

He has one of, if not the best chin of all time. He would beat any middlweight today. Martinez had toruble with Pavliks power just imagine what LaMotta would do.

[Heeb]

Sexy Sergio beats Lamotta, but i think Lamotta can beat every other middleweight u meantioned, Williams im not sure...like it or not Williams is a tremendous fighter.

Martinez struggled with Pavlik...I can't imagine him beating LaMotta.

[The Hammer]

Have you ever heard of Marcel Cerdan? Didn't think so.

One of my favorites of all time, I have several videos of his fights.

Cerdan suffered a shoulder injury when LaMotta illegally shoved him to the canvas. We need to take that into consideration, and as well consider that Cerdan was sick at that time.

[Kball15]

I disagree completely.

LaMotta was a bull of a man but he benfited a TON from fighting in the time that he fought.

He basically depended on 15 round fights and his chin. And not only that but he could come into the ring 2 or 3 weight divisions above what he should have come in at and just used his strength to win fights.

Not a lot of people know this but when LaMotta beat Robinson he weighed in at middleweight... AT THE WEIGH IN.

I mean it was a different time. A lot of guys back then Just wouldn't be able to cut it today. Their skills were too primitive and used very little of the essential techniques of today.

LaMotta was a great fighter and an obvious HOFer, I'm not denying that, but like i said it was a different time in boxing

[Gorilla Dogs]

the mw division sucks. only great fighter is martinez. pirog is pretty good but he will lose if he faces sergio

[ts33]

Going back about 5 years - How would he have fared against the likes of Hopkins? or even J Taylor?

[Calilloyd]

Going back about 5 years - How would he have fared against the likes of Hopkins? or even J Taylor?

He would beat Taylor. Not sure about Hopkins though. I would give Hopkins the edge if you're talking about prime aginst prime.

[crold1]

You clearly don't know what you're talking about. You're getting your information from boxrec. Have you ever heard of Marcel Cerdan? Didn't think so.

He also beat Lytell, fought Marshall to the wall, beat Zivic and Williams, and had Robinson down in more than one fight with their fourth(?) having arguments for LaMotta getting a little jobbed. LaMotta was a proven great. There isn't a Middleweight right now proven more than pretty good.

[Doctor_Tenma]

I've never been impressed with LaMotta to be honest.