La Motta vs Ketchel

I could see this going the way of the Papke fights. Close, vicious, and split.

 

I think LaMotta really beats him up ..

 

My knee jerk reaction would be to side with Lamotta but in researching my book on Ketchel's death and years of the mw division between his death and greb ive come to appreciate him. He was a special fighter. I dont think he was the god some make him out to be but he certainly wasnt a pushover for anyone. Between his punch, endurance, and toughness id say he could give jake a good fight and might split a series. That being said jake was ridiculously tough, was a vicious bodypuncher, and in his prime very busy and aggressive. Itd be a hummer imo.

 

Ketchel is one of the scariest looking fighters ever.they could fight over any distance from 10 to 20 rounds and I could see it going the distance every time.
LaMotta was a lot cleverer than given credit for, when he wanted.
Over 10, 12, 15 and 20 rounds I'll sit on the fence and say 2-2

 

Sit on the fence then

 

Lamotta's chin nullify's Stanley's power and wears him down late UD for Jake

 

LaMotta has the strength and defense to outpoint Ketchel...I think he would concentrate on the body. LaMotta decision for me.

 

Ketchel would stop La Motta. LaMotta was good but Ketchel was great.

 

I pick jake, the bigger, stronger man with better technique and the chin to take away ketchell's power.

papke didn't really outbox him.

 

Ketchel was a brute, huge power and big swings, butcher better describes him than assassin
But Lamottas the more skilled fighter here and has a granite chin, I could see him having success the same way Papke did, being more tricky than Ketchel and being a tough mother****er, being outboxed dosent mean on the outside, you can be outboxed up close and I think Lamotta could do that to Ketchel

Styles make fights, using the he was good but the others great thing here is kinda meh, calling Lamotta just "good'' and thats the reason dosent really mean much in this one

 

I don't think Stanley would even put a dent in LaMotta. LaMotta fought SRR 5 times and didn't go down once.

LaMotta by late stoppage.