Is Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta a top 100 ATG?

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  1. MMJoe

    MMJoe Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If Vito Antuofermo is in the 100 ATG, then yes. Both are in the higher echelon of chins. Both couldn't punch for **** and couldn't hold onto the title for **** either. I'm not saying either is great, I'm saying Jake LaMotta is not > Vito Antuofermo.
     
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  2. McGrain

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    80 - Jim Driscoll
    81 - Panama Al Brown
    82 - Pascual Perez
    83 - Lloyd Marshall
    84 – Jake LaMotta
    85 - Juan Manuel Marquez
    86 – Wilfred Benitez
    87 – Nonpareil Jack Dempsey
    88 – Erik Morales
    89 – Marco Antonio Barrera
    90 - Young Griffo
     
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  3. freedom2013

    freedom2013 Boxing Junkie banned

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    No.

    LaMotta's win over Robinson is like Rahman's win over Lewis.

    Keep in time SRR weighed only 144 1/2 pounds, and was below 140 for many of his fights before that. LaMotta was a much bigger man at 160 3/4. Robinson had two wins over Lamotta around that time 1942/43 and three more wins over LaMotta in later years.

    One win over an ATG does not make someone an all-time great.
     
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