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.
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.
Bill McDowell vs Jake LaMotta — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jake LaMotta leads 1–0- Jake LaMotta wonLaMotta vs McDowellOct 20, 1942 · TKO · R5
The Numbers
- 3-11-1
- Record
- 83-19-4 (edge)
- 23.3%
- Win %
- 80.2% (edge)
- 0
- Wins by knockout
- 30 (edge)
- —
- KO rate
- 36.14%
- 0%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- 36% (edge)
- 5
- Times stopped
- 4 (edge)
- 0
- Title reigns
- 2 (edge)
- 2.2
- Bouts per year
- 8.1 (edge)
- 15
- Bouts tracked
- 106
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
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- Height
- 5′8″ (173 cm)
- —
- Reach
- 67″ (170 cm)
- —
- Age
- 104
- —
- Stance
- Orthodox
- —
- Division
- Middleweight
- —
- Nationality
- United States
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyBill McDowell · 3 wins
KO/TKO
0
Decision
3
Other
0
Jake LaMotta · 83 wins
KO/TKO
30
Decision
53
Other
0
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (15 and 106 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
3 sharedBill McDowell
WPTS · Jul 1945LUD · Mar 1945LTKO R6 · Mar 1942Jake LaMotta
WUD · Jan 1944WSD · Nov 1943LSD · Jul 1943WSD · Jun 1943
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Bill McDowell
WLWLL
W1 streak · last fought Jul 16, 1945
Jake LaMotta
LWWLW
L1 streak · last fought Apr 14, 1954
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Bill McDowell or Jake 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Bill McDowell or Jake LaMotta?
- Bill McDowell has 0 knockout wins and Jake LaMotta has 30. Jake LaMotta has more.
- Do Bill McDowell and Jake 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Bill McDowell and Jake 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.