This content is protected Obviously not much to say about this one. The clip is short, but long enough that we get the idea. LaMotta dominates with speedy two-fisted attacks, but Cerdan replies every so often with a hard shot of his own. Cerdan is clearly handicapped by his cracked shoulder, whereas LaMotta doesn't appear to have any problems with his hand, but maybe he was just that tough. That's one thing that bothers me about boxrec's article on the fight. They talk about how LaMotta beat a cripple, yet overlook that LaMotta may have cracked his own hand, despite actually stating it in the article. Needless to say, I would love to see the whole fight. It's among my top fights of all time I would love to see but will never get to. Enjoy what we have and say whatever you have a mind to.
I remember reading an interview where LaMotta talked about how much he resented the fact that people spent so much time talking about Cerdan’s shoulder ...LaMotta planned on giving Cerdan a rematch before his untimely death
It wouldn't have needed to take place a year later to be any good. Of course, that is, assuming neither was injured before they met again. I bet a rematch between them would have been filmed though.
Jack couldn't crack an egg. Of course they'd fight again, and conceivably, three to five more matches.
how can you be bothered by a report, when it is plain to see it's all right hands Cerdan is throwing. he was clearly handicapped. that footage also shows the reality of the throwdown in the 1st. as Ron, says Jake wasn't a KO puncher, generally speaking, and Cerdan's strength & toughness is obvious as he continues to try and fight of a two handed opponent. all I can say is LaMotta was lucky Cerdan wasn't able too, two fistedly fire back.
yeah I understand that, but Boxers hands are a constant problem and can be seriously injured yes, but damn near every Boxer has fough through a hurt or sore hand, that's why hands are Taped & Bound. it doesn't compare to a disabled shoulder injury. I hear what your saying, I have never known it to be overlooked, but rather 'compared' in Context, to how a one arm fighters chances are greatly reduced against an otherwise abled fighter. Ice hockey players too, used to also discover bad injuries too, after the game, when loosening off and taking their skates off, yet played right through them. quite different to a torn knee or hip injury. just the contextual reality to the injuries.
William, I was in a discussion a couple of years back with someone claiming Jake had a broken hand somewhere during the fight. So I dug and dug at the time to try to ascertain what happened. It bugged me because no one was writing about it. One would think in a fight like this there would be some text on it. Moreover, I could never find a pic post-fight of LaMotta in a cast. And I was looking at pics days after the fight. Well, finally I found mention of it. As it turns out, Jake did not break his hand. He ended up with a bruised knuckle on his left hand, that was it. I'm not saying that too wasn't painful, just one of those myths that got blown out of proportion. Like the '15 minutes' of a break Ali got between the 4th and 5th rounds of his first bout with Cooper, which actually ended up being 11 seconds.
It is difficult to make much of a judgment except Cerdan is fighting mostly with only his right hand. Whatever LaMotta's injury, it didn't appear to have an impact on his fighting style. Cerdan was within a month of his 33rd birthday, LaMotta within a month of his 27th birthday. So Cerdan was not that much younger than the Tony Zale he defeated. LaMotta was in his prime. And the gap in age between Cerdan and LaMotta was significantly greater than had been the gap between Zale and Cerdan. I think it very difficult therefore to judge either man. LaMotta was out of boxing by the time he reached the age Cerdan is here. It is interesting to compare LaMotta to Charles Humez. They had six common opponents. Tiberio Mitri--Humez W 10, KO 3, LaMotta W 15 Laurent Dauthuille--Humez W 10, LaMotta L 10, KO 15 Norman Hayes--Humez W 10, LaMotta L 10, W 10 Tony Janiro--Humez KO 5, LaMotta W 10 Gene Hairston--Humez W 10, LaMotta D 10, W 10 So Humez went 6-0 with 2 KO's. LaMotta went 5-2-1 with 0 KO's, and really struggled with this group. He had to make one of the all-time great pull it out of the fire comebacks to get his one win over Dauthuille. In fairness, LaMotta fought a younger and better Janiro, but the other opponents were within about a year of so by both men. LaMotta was not that old, 27 to 30, and yet he couldn't match the record of this European champion.
