Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta (3rd meeting)

Jake LaMotta 161 lbs lost to Ray Robinson 145 lbs by UD in round 10 of 10

• Date: 1943-02-26
• Location: Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan, USA
• Referee: Sam Hennessey 49-51
• Judge: Joe Lenahan 44-56
• Judge: Frank Fisher 47-53

Notes

• Robinson was a 6 to 5 favorite.
• A crowd of 15,149 produced a gate of $60,710.
• Each fighter received $15,000.
• The Associated Press reported: "Sugar Ray's strategy was superb. From the opening bell he kept jabbing his famed lightning left into Jacob's face. When LaMotta rushed in to open a body attack, Sugar Ray stepped back and greeted him with a blistering right uppercut. This gave him a wide early lead."
• Robinson was floored in the seventh round for an eight-count. Robinson later said, "He really hurt me with a left in the seventh round. I was a little dazed and decided to stay on the deck."
• The referee gave Robinson five rounds, LaMotta three, and called two even. Neither judge gave LaMotta more than two rounds.

External Link

• "Robinson Beats Jake LaMotta" by Watson Spoelstra, February 28, 1943 - The Associated Press