I know that Jake Lamotta had some power, but why do some people say that he is one of the hardest punchers EVER? His exact record is 83 wins with 30 knockouts, 19 losses and 4 draws. He only knocked out about 28% of all his opponents! Why call him a power puncher?
2007-03-14 22:37:14 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Boxing
VERY GOOD, MY YOUNG PATAWAN. THE ANSWER IS OBVIOUS, LAMOTTA WAS NOT A POWER PUNCHER, PERIOD. HE COULD TAKE A GOOD PUNCH, THOUGH. PEOPLE HAVE WRONG OPINIONS AND INCORRECT FACTS ALL THE TIME. YOU HEAR ME MENTION THAT ON THIS FORUM AND WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS VIA-MAIL.
PERFECT EXAMPLE, SOMEONE IS COMPARING MAX BAER TO LAMOTTA. WRONG, WRONG, WRONG; BAER REALLY WAS A POWER PUNCHER.
A PERSON IS ALLOWED TO HAVE THEIR OPINION, HOWEVER WRONG BUT U CAN NOT HAVE YOUR OWN SET OF FACTS.
VERY GOOD QUESTION, MY BROTHER!!!!
2007-03-14 23:50:01 · answer #1 · answered by smitty 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Hi,
Jake lamotta, like a number of boxers, did himself no favours. He lived a life that was not designed to keep him at the top of his profession...hence a fairly large number of losses.
However, when he HAD trained properly he was able to put away boxers otherwise thought 'unstoppable' and his punching WAS (and still is) reckoned to be among the hardest ever.
In many ways you could compare him to Max Baer, who was a tremendously powerful puncher (in fact killed a man in the ring-some claim he killed two) He was world champion and had many 'easy' fights, yet he lost to other, less powerful boxers, because he would not train. He clowned around in the gym, playing for the reporters and fans.
His punching was VERY hard indeed.
There will always be speculation about boxers from different eras (would Ali have beaten Joe Louis, for example) and there will never be a satisfactory 'result' as the fighter cannot meet.
But, be assured, you would NOT have wanted Jake Lamotta to have 'landed you one'!
Good question, though.
Cheers,
BobSpain
2007-03-14 22:56:49 · answer #2 · answered by BobSpain 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Jake LaMotta was recognized as having the best chin in boxing. But there was much more to LaMotta than a granite chin. LaMotta was a clever boxer who executed the nuances of the game with fine precision. While he was able to absorb punches with little problem, he was also adept at rolling with punches to minimize the damage. He liked to play possum in the ring, lulling opponents into a false sense of confidence before unleashing his own attack. And, perhaps above all, he had a tremendous will to win. His aggressive, unrelenting style, earned him the nickname, "The Bronx Bull."
The movie Raging Bull was about him..
2007-03-15 15:52:26 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Lamotta got the majority of his reputation from fighting Sugar Ray Robinson. He was a pressure fighter who wore opponents down with intimidation and agression more so than skill, but his claim to fame was toughness more so than punching power. Lamotta was a fighter of historical significance because of a Robert DeNero movie as much as anything else, and marrying a playboy center fold didn't hurt his fame factor either. The blogbaba ranks Jake in the middle of the middle weight punchers.
2007-03-15 01:05:44 · answer #4 · answered by blogbaba 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The SHORT easy answer to that, is people pad their records with early fights. All he did was get lucky against big names. Hey, Douglas and Williams and McBride, are they big KO artists? No... just a matter of the names the get lucky enough to beat.
2007-03-14 23:06:09 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
jake lamotta is strong. he fights good. and i like him because he fights well. against other fighters.
2007-03-14 23:37:23 · answer #6 · answered by Eric H 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
he definitely is not one of the hardest punchers ever..no way/..rocky marciano on the other hand was
2007-03-15 04:16:41 · answer #7 · answered by italianone70 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋