How in the heck did jake lamotta.....

Couple of things:

1. Satterfield was still fighting at middleweight. And at 6'2", and weighing 164 lbs, he probably looked like a new born fawn struggling to stand on his hind legs.

2. Lamotta was a veteran of some 70 fights, while Satterfield had but 16 or 17 bouts.

3. Satterfield was never known for having a solid chin, regardless what weight he fought at.

 

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Jake LaMotta was a badass. One of the greatest chins in the history of the sport. LaMotta himself was more of a lightheavy who sweated down to be in the middleweight picture.

As far as punching power I dont think Jake was featherfisted but from what I understand he had brittle hands. He focused on the body with great force.

 

His chin was a great neutralizer against punchers and he had a underrated defense, he was also aggressive. Satterfield dominated a prime Nino Valdes, KO'd Bob Baker in 1 and KO'd a 31-1 Cleveland Williams among others but Jake was a different class of fighter

 

Yes.....fine movie....

 

You´re right.....wtf.....I edited my post to not spoil for those who haven´t seen the movie......

 

Jake's power was sufficient to deck SRR in two consecutive bouts. Did anybody else drop Robby more than once? (I can't find any indication that any other single opponent had Ray on the floor more than a single time.) LaMotta was a veteran of 72 punch for pay contests following a decorated amateur career. Satterfield spent WW II in the US Army, and didn't even begin his professional career until the outcome of that conflict was well in hand. He was in just his second year of professional competition.

A body attack from the Bull reportedly was lethal in sapping Bob's strength, and LaMotta was actually a couple pounds heavier than he for this one. Satterfield had never prevailed over a distance longer than his fifth round knockout of Johnny Clark, and he'd been decked at least three times in previous bouts. The one time he'd gone ten rounds, 140-21-10 Holman Williams took him to school, and the only time he went the eight round limit, he had to get up in the seventh to settle for a draw. LaMotta was just the fifth scheduled ten rounder he'd ever participated in, while Jake had won over that same distance about 25 times. He'd gone the limit with Filthy Fritzie four times, including an SD loss over the championship distance. Think about this for a second. Jake had accumulated 45 rounds of experience against the sleazy Mr. Zivic (and 52 rounds against Robinson), while Bombardier Bob had less than 40 total rounds of professional action behind him when entering the ring to square off with the Bronx animal.

It was a tough minded era when America's Greatest Generation was at it's peak, but still, this pairing probably shouldn't have been made. It might be more remarkable that Satterfield did as well and lasted as long as he did. LaMotta had produced no less than four ninth round stoppages by this time. Bob was doomed to gas against an opponent like that. He was still over a year away from becoming a serviceable ten round fighter.

 

When Jake beat SRR in the early 40's, I think it was about 162-63 Jake and 145-46 Ray. They fought again two weeks later (can you believe that!) and Ray won a lopsided UD (roughly same weight).

 

Robinson won a very close controversial decision. LaMotta dropped him again worse.

 

He's still kickin it hard!