Jake LaMotta Vs Julian Jackson -Middle?

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  1. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    Another non heavyweight match!

    How's the raging bull square up against the lethal punching power of Jackson?

    I like Jake here to absorb the best and stopping him late.
     
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  2. mr. magoo

    mr. magoo VIP Member Full Member

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    I’m tempted to pick Jackson. But like you say, Lamotta could really take a shlt pounding. I don’t know
     
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  3. Fireman Fred

    Fireman Fred Active Member Full Member

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    Lamotta by late stoppage.

    Jackson could punch but his power would do nothing to Lamotta´s jaw. Big punchers like Bob Sattefield (ranked heavyweight), Bob Murphy (light-heavy) and Joey DeJohn couldn´t dent his chin, he kayoed Satterfield and DeJohn, outpointed Murphy (giving him a real pounding late on) in the return after losing the 1st match on cuts.

    He´d take the early rounds but Lamotta would grind him down with body shots and taken him out inside 13 rounds.

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  4. Eddie Ezzard

    Eddie Ezzard Boxing Addict Full Member

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    The Ring did a feature back in 90 pitting punchers against chins. Cyclone Hart v Vito Antuofermo, Tex Cobb v Earnie Shavers were two of the match ups. Invariably the chin won.

    Punchers tend to lack stamina. It's a no-brainer once you withstand the power. It's the classic rock paper scissors. Boxer beats chin bears puncher beats boxer and so on.

    There will be exceptions but that's thread unto itself, surely.

    So, yes, in this thread LaMotta wins. But he'd have had a horrible night with Herol Graham or Terry Norris.
     
  5. thistle

    thistle Boxing Junkie

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    not sure, but Jake did fight a few Welters and lose, whom today would have been Lightweights,

    Jackson is a bigger man, whom then would have been a L-HW cum HW, I'll take the general rule of "a Good Big Un 'usually' beats a Good Little Un".

    the young Satterfield of LaMotta isn't the Satterfield of Bob Satterfield.

    I personally think Jake is overated somewhat, not that he was't a great fighter, he was.

    but he isn't the mythological hero Jake LaMotta, that some have him today.
     
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  6. BCS8

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    So the mission plan is to walk into Julian Jackson and eat all of his punches face-first? Ought to work wonderfully, almost as well as other masterful plans like throwing petrol on a fire to put it out, and stopping a moving train with bare hands.

    Edit: thinking about this a bit more, LaMotta crowding Jackson right in the trenches might be the way to go for him. JJ seemed to generate his biggest power with space to throw. LaMotta chewing up that space and smothering his power could work. Maybe.
     
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  7. Mod-Mania

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  8. Reinhardt

    Reinhardt Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    LaMotta kills him, when Jackson can't KO Jake he takes a beating
     
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  9. SwarmingSlugger

    SwarmingSlugger Active Member Full Member

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    Anything can happen with a puncher the likes of Jackson, however I think LaMotta overpowers and bullies him into a mid rounds ko. Jake was very strong for a MW and his body attack alone would spell doom for Julian.
     
  10. Boxed Ears

    Boxed Ears this my daddy's account (RIP daddy) Full Member

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    Let's say they were both allowed to fight Joe Louis at the same time...
     
  11. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    The chin and the punch, the eternal question, what is your answer?
     
  12. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    In this particular case, I think the chin wins out.
     
  13. Fergy

    Fergy Walking Dead Full Member

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    With Tony Galento as the ref?
     
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