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Billy Fox vs Jake LaMotta — record, stats and common opponents compared

🇺🇸LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT

Billy Fox

Cross-division

🇺🇸MIDDLEWEIGHT

Jake LaMotta

Billy Fox (49-9-1) 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Fox

49

Wins48 KO · 98%

9

Losses

1

Draw4 tracked bouts

LaMotta

83

Wins30 KO · 36%

19

Losses

4

Draws106 tracked bouts

Head to Head

Fox leads 1–0

Billy Fox and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; Fox leads 1–0.

Billy Fox and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; Fox leads 1–0.
Met1947Nov 14Series
Billy FoxFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jake LaMottaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

Fox 6 · LaMotta 2 of 8 measurable rows
FoxLaMotta
Record
49-9-1 (edge)83-19-4
Win %0–100%
83.9% (edge)
80.2%
Wins by knockoutmax 48
48 (edge)
30
KO rate0–100%
97.96% (edge)
36.14%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†0–100%
100% (edge)
36%
Times stopped†max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year‡max 8.1
3.9
8.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
4
106

† 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
Billy Fox: No height on file
Jake LaMotta: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Billy Fox: No reach on file
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Agenot held
Billy Fox: No date of birth
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Stance
Billy Fox: Orthodox
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox

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

Light Heavyweight against Middleweight. The two are listed in different weight classes, so the tape measures them as they stand rather than as a matchup.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Billy Fox2 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Billy Fox: 2 tracked wins — 2 by KO/TKO (100%). Counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

2 by KO/TKO 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 — Billy Fox 4, Jake LaMotta 106 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

No opponents in common across the bouts Kill The Body has tracked for these two.

Current Form

Oldest left · newest right

Billy Fox last boxed on Mar 5, 1948 — 28,720 days ago. Fox had won two in a row before losing by stoppage to Gus Lesnevich.LWWL

Lesnevich Feb 1947Levine Jun 1947LaMotta Nov 1947Lesnevich Mar 19483.9 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 Billy Fox and Jake LaMotta ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Fox and Jake LaMotta met once on November 14, 1947, and Billy Fox won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WNov 14, 1947 · Fox · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Fox or LaMotta?
Billy Fox is 49-9-1 and Jake LaMotta is 83-19-4. Billy Fox has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

Fox49–9–183.9%

LaMotta83–19–480.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Fox or LaMotta?
Billy Fox has 48 knockout wins and Jake LaMotta has 30. Billy Fox has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Fox4898%

LaMotta3036.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Fox and LaMotta have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Fox and Jake LaMotta have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Fox and LaMotta?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Billy Fox and 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Fox4bouts

LaMotta106bouts

How They Win ↓

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