Fight:23984

Jake LaMotta 162 lbs beat Lou Woods 155 lbs by SD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1944-03-31
• Location: Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Attendance: 7,000; Gate: $18,704

"Woods used a left jab to hold the bull-like rushes of his Italian foe at bay....

During the eighth round the Sarge barely missed dropping Joltin' Jake. Woods took the offensive at the outset and opened Jake's left eye with right-hand smashes. Midway during ths round, the Detroiter jolted LaMotta with a succession of rights and the Easterner held on. However, just before the bell ended the round, a barrage delivered by Jake floored Woods for a two-count.

In the ninth Woods went down again for a nine-count. These two knockdowns apparently were the deciding factors in the officials' tabulations in awarding LaMotta the laurels."

by Chicago reporter Gene Engel, as reprinted in (IBRO Journal Issue No. 80, p. 102)