Jake LaMotta vrs Rocky Marciano

[Caractacus]

was listening to the audio commentery on RAGING BULL
the other week, and on it
La Motta said that he wanted the fight back around 1954
Jake La Motta at 170 lbs and Rocky Marciano at 188 lbs.

[HomicideHenry]

This is the first I've ever heard of Jake LaMotta wanting to fight Rocky Marciano I do know there was a brief attempt to have Sugar Ray Robinson fight Rocky Marciano and the Sugar Man had the foresight to tell people he was not interested because Rocky Marciano would have killed him.

I'm not going to comment on how the hypothetical would have even gone because I want to see proof that this was even talked about even remotely serious.

[goose 5]

Marciano stops him very early.

[gilgamesh]

Even if Lamotta's chin holds up enough for him to stay on his feet they'd have to stop this early because he'd be getting bludgeoned.