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littlepug wrote:has lamotta any surviving opponents ?

Just the 96 years young now Jake

tobyh5 wrote:Greg Page v Tim Witherspoon

This rematch could not be made because Greg Page is no longer with us. Sadly, he died in 2009.

SteveO wrote:

tobyh5 wrote:Greg Page v Tim Witherspoon

This rematch could not be made because Greg Page is no longer with us. Sadly, he died in 2009.

Yeah mate, I was just posting long time between rematches that had happened rather than ones that could happen.

Ok I cannot find a death date for one of Lamottas opponents, O'Neill Bell (every google search comes up with the murder of his namesake).

So I am going for Jake Lamotta v O'Neill Bell - First fight 18th April 1949, 68 years between fights if they kick off again

Terry Downes is Britain's oldest surviving world champion at 81. Put him in with fellow middleweight Jake (who turns 96 tomorrow) and you have a combined age of 177 years.

Check out British schedule there's a bout lined up for 2029 a hundred years after they first met serious !

tobyh5 wrote:Ok I cannot find a death date for one of Lamottas opponents, O'Neill Bell (every google search comes up with the murder of his namesake).

So I am going for Jake Lamotta v O'Neill Bell - First fight 18th April 1949, 68 years between fights if they kick off again

Bloody hell I forgot about him being murdered.

Atlanta is a dangerous place for ex boxers.

Taansend wrote:

tobyh5 wrote:Ok I cannot find a death date for one of Lamottas opponents, O'Neill Bell (every google search comes up with the murder of his namesake).

So I am going for Jake Lamotta v O'Neill Bell - First fight 18th April 1949, 68 years between fights if they kick off again

Bloody hell I forgot about him being murdered.

Atlanta is a dangerous place for ex boxers.

I had too and when I saw a death date come up I was confused at first, then remembered it. Him and Forrest paid a big price for living there