jake lamotta vs rocky graziano

jimbraddock · Post by **jimbraddock** » 23 Jan 2006, 17:56

lamotta is a good puncher i dont know much about graziano tell me what ya think

barry · Post by **barry** » 23 Jan 2006, 18:23

I like Graziano, but LaMotta would have tore him up!

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 23 Jan 2006, 19:15

I feel strongly about this one too. I have Lamotta destroying Graziano.I think Rocky knew it also, There was an attempt I believe to set up a fight between these two,but Rocky wasnt real interested. I heard this somewhere, cant remeber where though.

BoxBuzz · Post by **BoxBuzz** » 23 Jan 2006, 19:43

Big Graziano Fan here, In fact I shall be dining in his establishment sometime soon. However Jake takes him apart, glad it didnt happen.

The Scranton Assassin · Post by **The Scranton Assassin** » 23 Jan 2006, 20:51

This fight was actualy set up but Rocky broke his hand punching a tree (some say to avoid gatting destroyed bay Jake) and the fight was canceled.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 23 Jan 2006, 21:00

BoxBuzz wrote:Big Graziano Fan here, In fact I shall be dining in his establishment sometime soon. However Jake takes him apart, glad it didnt happen.

Rocky was a very charismatic guy\fighter. Seemed like good people too.Classic story of Boxing helping a guy beat the streets.

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 24 Jan 2006, 02:26

..there talk of a match between the two, but it wasn't really serious...just keeping their names in the news during a quiet stretch. lamotta would have battered him all around the ring and both knew it, as well as just about everbody else . rocky liked to come in at around 155 and though a good right hand puncher wasn't nearly strong enough or rugged enough to stay in there with jake.

surf-bat · Post by **surf-bat** » 27 Jan 2006, 19:38

jimbraddock wrote:lamotta is a good puncher i dont know much about graziano tell me what ya think

In fact LaMotta was a very light puncher, as his 30 ko's in 130 bouts attests to. I see no reason to think that Rocky couldn't have gone the distance with him and given him a good fight. Everyone else did.

Oh, and Hi! I'm new to this forum. Great topics here!

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 28 Jan 2006, 02:23

..welcome, nero...lamotta was not a great kayo puncher...but he wasn't a light puncher either. could batter you pretty good. as for he and rocky..forget it...rocky's punches would bounce off jake...(the ones that landed...jake was cuter than most people think in riding with them) and lamotta was a bull strong middleweight...rocky not so much so...jake would pummel him all around the ring and stop him. jake knew so..rocky knew so...the guys along jacob's beach knew so....and..i repeat...the talk was just that..talk.

surf-bat · Post by **surf-bat** » 28 Jan 2006, 17:50

Jaclem wrote:..welcome, nero...lamotta was not a great kayo puncher...but he wasn't a light puncher either. could batter you pretty good. as for he and rocky..forget it...rocky's punches would bounce off jake...(the ones that landed...jake was cuter than most people think in riding with them) and lamotta was a bull strong middleweight...rocky not so much so...jake would pummel him all around the ring and stop him. jake knew so..rocky knew so...the guys along jacob's beach knew so....and..i repeat...the talk was just that..talk.

Fritzie Zivic(a great fighter, but a WELTERweight) said that he would give you 2 to 1 odds that if LaMotta hit a fly the fly would get up and hit back. That's pretty telling. I agree with you that Rocky would lose to Jake and that LaMotta could take Graziano's best, but it definitely wouldn't be the stoppage that people here envision. Look at Jake's record. 30 ko's in 106 fights!! This is NOT a KO puncher. Just about every good fighter he faced went the distance with him. Why not Rocky?

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 28 Jan 2006, 21:00

..rocky was a good fighter....but not a REALLY REALLY good fighter..a middleweight who was the scourge of the welterweight division. though, to be fair he would be fighting mostly as a junior middle....155 or so was a good weight for him. i think jake's all out body attack on him would end it before 15...if nothing else rocky would succumb to exhaustion.

but hey...the match was never made....so..we'll never know, will we?

Jaclem · Post by **Jaclem** » 28 Jan 2006, 21:02

..oops..i forgot to mention fritzie...if fritzie stuck his thumbs in the eyes of a fly...the fly would still have a few hundred others to see him with, thus taking away 50% of fritzie's attack.

put your money on the fly.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 28 Jan 2006, 21:21

Jaclem wrote:..oops..i forgot to mention fritzie...if fritzie stuck his thumbs in the eyes of a fly...the fly would still have a few hundred others to see him with, thus taking away 50% of fritzie's attack.

put your money on the fly.

It was said Fritzie Zivic could start a fight in an empty room. Pugnacious guy he was.

Nile4000 · Post by **Nile4000** » 29 Jan 2006, 14:26

when was this fight supposed to take place?

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