Jake LaMotta vs. Sugar Ray...

Sugar and Gruel. This one wouldn't taste sweet at the end.

Over the championship distance, I believe Jake takes a close but clear UD. He could switch to southpaw, and I think he wouldn't hesitate when realizing that posed some issues for Ray. SRL couldn't hurt Duran or Geraldo, so he's certainly not going to be able to hurt a former amateur LHW champion with LaMotta's legendary ruggedness. In a first time affair, I might actually place money on Jake. He'd walk through whatever Ray had, and continue marching after him. Robby indicated that fight five with LaMotta, a 12 round SD win, was the toughest of their half dozen battles for him, then stayed away for nearly six more years before Jake became a weight drained defending champion. SRL's middleweight resume is too barren, and his true quality at 160 is somewhat cloudy and shrouded in mystery. It was only with Hagler when pushing 31 that we ever even saw him as a full fledged MW, for only the second time with another 160 pounder.

Ray would have to outmaneuver him, because he's got nothing else to keep Jake off him with. SRL was more of a boxer-puncher though, not a stick and move specialist. While he was perfectly capable of hitting and running, I think he'd opt to engage with LaMotta, then find himself entangled by a mixture of strength, toughness and stamina too daunting to overcome, and too compelling to extricate himself. Once he jumped into that deep trench and committed himself, Jake wouldn't afford him the chance to climb back out into open territory.

 

he got 25 stoppages because he was very fast and he got combinations, but he did hit like a butterfly with a single shot. jake lamotta was naturally stronger than duran,leonard ,hearns or marvin hagler. and more durable.he was better pressure boxer than marvin, he had great stamina,la motta might well beat leonard.and i would not be surprised if he would do it
d was a ruthless finisher:deal

 

the guy who did pick "leonard by ko"know **** about boxing or he is simply a hater or a leonard fanboy

 

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Greene is already practically out on his feet with that one extremely short left hook, it only takes one more to completely close the show.

 

Hahaha! There is always one dumb*ss out there on every poll.

 

honestly.... do you think that leonard was a hard puncher with a single shot?

robinson was by far harder puncher than leonard, and robinson could not ko lamotta. robinson was much better tha leonard in everything. absolutely everything

 

:rofl:rofl

 

this is a tough pick. lamotta himself was a cutie with slick skills (when he wanted to use them) and leonard despite VASTLY superior speed and combinations, often resorted to brawling. sure, he avoided it against hagler but he liked to fight. leonard was faster, techincally better, but did not have lamotta's physical strength. i think PP mentioend raging bull and how it's clouded judgement; lamotta was regularly outboxed and his KO power was average at best at the elite level. he was strong but not a big hitter

over 12, SRL
over 15, Lamotta

 

He definitely didn't punch "like a butterfly" and I provided evidence on film to show that. I never said Leonard could K.O. Lamotta or that he hit harder than Robinson so I don't know what you're going on with.

 

Ray Leonard UD.

 

if hagler couldnt ko him lamottas not hagler was alot faster powerful and slicker then lamotta marvin could switch from lefty to righty and was a very crafty fighter and much better mw then lamotta

 

the more i think about it, the more i have to learn towards this. i have to say (may get slaughtered for this) lamotta is kinda overrated at times

 

leonard did hit like a butterfly compared with robinson and it is a fact :deal

 

That is... kind of ignorant, actually.

 

NOT, THE FACTS ARE I WATCHED EVERY FIGHT OF SUGAR RAY LEONARD AND HE GOT GREAT AND FAST COMBINATIONS, BUT HIS HITTING POWER WAS A JOKE COMPARED WITH THE ROBINSON´S . IF YOU ARE SAYING THAT LEONARD WAS "A PUNCHER" YOU ARE THE ONLY IGNORANT HERE. OBVIOUSLY HE DIDN´T HIT LIKE A BUTTERFLY IT IS JUST AN EXPRESSION, BUT YOUR BRAIN IS TOO OBSOLETE TO UNDERSTAND IT, ROBINSON DID HIT MUCH HARDER THAN HIM. :deal POSSIBLY YOU WERE THE PUNK WHO DID PICK "LEONARD BY KO" lol