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Bill McDowell vs Jake LaMotta — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bill McDowell

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Jake LaMotta

Bill McDowell (3-11-1 across 15 tracked bouts) and Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met once. They share 3 common opponents.

McDowell

Tracked record

3–11–1

counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

LaMotta

83

Wins30 KO · 36%

19

Losses

4

Draws106 tracked bouts

Heads up: at least one of these records is a tracked record — the wins and losses Kill The Body has ingested so far, not an independently verified career total. Treat the comparison as a read on the bouts we hold, not a settled ledger.

Head to Head

LaMotta leads 1–0

Bill McDowell and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Bill McDowell and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1942Oct 20Series
Bill McDowellFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jake LaMottaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

McDowell 0 · LaMotta 7 of 7 measurable rows
McDowellLaMotta
Record†
3-11-183-19-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
23.3%
80.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
0
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—36.14%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
0%
36% (edge)
Times stopped‡max 5
5
4 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.1
2.2
8.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
15
106

† One or both records are tracked, not career-verified. · ‡ Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total. · § Across each fighter's tracked career span. · Bars are scaled per row — percentages on 0–100, counts against the larger of the two. Every figure is also printed as text.

Tale of the Tape

Heightnot held
Bill McDowell: No height on file
Jake LaMotta: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Bill McDowell: No reach on file
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Agenot held
Bill McDowell: No date of birth
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Stance
Bill McDowell: Not recorded
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox

Bill McDowell left, Jake LaMotta right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Bill McDowell3 wins · from 15 tracked bouts

Bill McDowell: 3 tracked wins — 3 on the cards (100%). Counted from 15 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

3 on the cards 100%

Jake LaMotta83 wins · from 106 tracked bouts

Jake LaMotta: 83 tracked wins — 30 by KO/TKO (36%) and 53 on the cards (64%). Counted from 106 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

30 by KO/TKO 36%53 on the cards 64%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Bill McDowell 15, Jake LaMotta 106 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

3 shared

3 shared · LaMotta better on 2 · even on 1

McDowell

Opponent

LaMotta

  • Bill McDowell

    Loss, PTS

    1940

    WilliamsLaMotta better

    Jake LaMotta

    Win, UD

    1946

  • Bill McDowell

    1–2 against

    Win, PTS

    1945

    Loss, UD

    1945

    Loss, TKO 6

    1942

    ZivicLaMotta better

    Jake LaMotta

    3–1 against

    Win, UD

    1944

    Win, SD

    1943

    Loss, SD

    1943

    Win, SD

    1943

  • Bill McDowell

    Loss, TKO 6

    1943

    MarshallEven

    Jake LaMotta

    Loss, UD

    1944

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Bill McDowell last boxed on Jul 16, 1945 — 29,679 days ago. McDowell had won once since losing a decision to Fritzie Zivic.LLWLW

Jannazzo Jun 1943Marshall Aug 1943Garcia Jan 1945Zivic Mar 1945Zivic Jul 19452.2 tracked bouts per year

Jake LaMotta had won two in a row before losing a decision to Billy Kilgore. LaMotta last boxed on Apr 14, 1954.WLWWL

Murphy Jun 1952Nardico Dec 1952Pretzie Mar 1954McCoy Apr 1954Kilgore Apr 19548.1 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Bill McDowell and Jake LaMotta ever fought each other?
Yes. Bill McDowell and Jake LaMotta met once on October 20, 1942, and Jake LaMotta won by TKO in round 5.
The meeting

LOct 20, 1942 · LaMotta · TKO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, McDowell or LaMotta?
Bill McDowell is 3-11-1 across the 15 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Jake LaMotta is 83-19-4. Jake LaMotta has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

McDowell3–11–123.3%

LaMotta83–19–480.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, McDowell or LaMotta?
Bill McDowell has 0 knockout wins and Jake LaMotta has 30. Jake LaMotta has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

McDowell0

LaMotta3036.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do McDowell and LaMotta have any common opponents?
Bill McDowell and Jake LaMotta share 3 common opponents: Holman Williams, Fritzie Zivic and Lloyd Marshall. Jake LaMotta fared better against 2 of them.
3 shared opponents

Holman WilliamsLW

Fritzie Zivic1–23–1

Lloyd MarshallLL

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on McDowell and LaMotta?
This comparison is drawn from 15 bouts tracked for Bill McDowell and 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

McDowell15bouts

LaMotta106bouts

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