Jake LaMotta wanted to fight Joe Louis

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  1. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    He thought that he had what it took to beat Joe Louis. LaMotta did have a godlike chin.
     
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  2. BCS8

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    La Motta would have been better off jumping in front of a bus. Much faster end.
     
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  3. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    What if not a bus but fire truck?
     
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  4. Greg Price99

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    Given natural WW Zivic (we can forgive LaMotta for losing to SRR whilst Ray was barely over the WW limit) and Laurent Dauthuille both beat a prime LaMotta on official scorecards, and some feel a past prime Holman Williams, Bert Lytell (SD) & Robert Villemain (SD) deserved the decisions against Jake, a fight against Joe Louis would not have gone well for him.
     
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  5. BCS8

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    No doubt it would work out the same
     
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  6. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    I don't think LaMotta has a shot against any version of Louis
     
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    Greg Price99 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Are you feeling ok, Mel? ;)
     
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  8. Melankomas

    Melankomas Prime Jeffries would demolish a grizzly in 2 Full Member

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    I'm picking Joe Louis to win a fight, I'm not sure what's wrong with me today :crazylick:
     
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    Over a substantially smaller fighter, no less. This just isn't like you, Mel.
     
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    I;ve never read that ,what I've seen is he told his Brother "look a the size of my hands," and his Brother said," so what?" Jake said ,"it means I'l never be big enough to fight Joe Louis".
    It's a scene included in Raging Bull
     
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  11. Saintpat

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    Jim Flynn as special referee!
     
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  12. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Yeah and then he said he could beat Joe Louis.
     
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  13. mcvey

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    Well I haven't read that,
     
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  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Does McVey think he could beat Joe Louis?
     
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    Same family.
     
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