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

Billy Kilgore

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Jake LaMotta

Billy Kilgore (1-1 across 2 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 no common opponents in Kill The Body's bout data.

Kilgore

Tracked record

1–1

counted from 2 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

Kilgore leads 1–0

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

Billy Kilgore and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; Kilgore leads 1–0.
Met1954Apr 14Series
Billy KilgoreFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Jake LaMottaFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

Kilgore 1 · LaMotta 5 of 6 measurable rows
KilgoreLaMotta
Record†
1-183-19-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
50%
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 4
0 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§not comparable
—8.1
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
2
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
Billy Kilgore: No height on file
Jake LaMotta: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Billy Kilgore: No reach on file
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Agenot held
Billy Kilgore: No date of birth
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Stance
Billy Kilgore: Not recorded
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox

Billy Kilgore 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
Billy Kilgore1 win · from 2 tracked bouts

Billy Kilgore: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 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 — Billy Kilgore 2, 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 Kilgore last boxed on Jul 7, 1954 — 26,402 days ago. Kilgore had won one in a row before losing a decision to Joey Giardello.WL

LaMotta Apr 1954Giardello Jul 1954

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 Kilgore and Jake LaMotta ever fought each other?
Yes. Billy Kilgore and Jake LaMotta met once on April 14, 1954, and Billy Kilgore won by SD.
The meeting

WApr 14, 1954 · Kilgore · SD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Kilgore or LaMotta?
Billy Kilgore is 1-1 across the 2 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 %

Kilgore1–150%

LaMotta83–19–480.2%

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

Kilgore0

LaMotta3036.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Kilgore and LaMotta have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Billy Kilgore and Jake LaMotta have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Kilgore and LaMotta?
This comparison is drawn from 2 bouts tracked for Billy Kilgore and 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Kilgore2bouts

LaMotta106bouts

How They Win ↓

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