Lamotta/Basilio-equal weights,A WAR,winner

"Equal weights" referring to some sort of pound-for-pound comparison?

 

P4P, Basilio's better defence, work-rate and fundamentals get him the decision. I can see them both going to A&E afterwards, though.

 

What a PPV!!!

 

^^ agreed...****, if we're talking in a p4p sense, i agree with itrymariti. if we're talking about a common weight, like middle, lamotta bullies him and takes a VERY close decision in a FOTD contender

 

lamotta would take tiger out.he, tiger is overrated

 

You saw what Fullmer did to Basillio. Lamotta would do far worse.

 

That, but the Raging Bull wins a very narrow decision against the smaller Onion Farmer to earn the right to get to get eaten by the Nigerian Tiger.

Really ironic, as tigers have never inhabited Africa.:think

 

What, give lateral movement, starve Basilio's work-rate and bombard him with speedy pot-shots from the outside? I don't see that happening.

 

Lamotta UD

 

i agree on all points:goodthe likes of marshall and ezzard charles would take tiger to boxing school

 

It's too hard to call, in a p4p sense, LaMotta might be stronger still. Basilio has better combos and for that is probably a 'better fighter', so to speak. LaMotta is not getting stopped, guaranteed, and I doubt LaMotta himself is stopping Basilio. I really like how LaMotta counters personally, he rolls and comes under and over with body shots and head shots respectively, it's quality, he's making himself a small target all the time. That kind of style miht not play too much of a role here though as this is simply war. I'm taking LaMotta, the strength comes into play late and he edges it there. It's strange because i might even rate Basilio slightly higher as a fighter.

 

Lamotta was better than fullmer in every sense. Stronger, Better Stamina, Better workrate, better defense, better chin, better skills, and he certainly took better angles than fullmer. If Basillio thought fullmer smothered him to death...he is in for a rude awakening when he faces a prime jake lamotta.