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Bob Murphy vs Jake LaMotta — record, stats and common opponents compared

Bob Murphy

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Jake LaMotta

Bob Murphy (0-2 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.

Murphy

Tracked record

0–2

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

LaMotta leads 1–0

Bob Murphy and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Bob Murphy and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1952Jun 11Series
Bob MurphyFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jake LaMottaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

Murphy 1 · LaMotta 5 of 6 measurable rows
MurphyLaMotta
Record†
0-283-19-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
80.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
0
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—36.14%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—36%
Times stopped‡max 4
1 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.1
0.1
8.1 (edge)
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
Bob Murphy: No height on file
Jake LaMotta: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Bob Murphy: No reach on file
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Agenot held
Bob Murphy: No date of birth
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Stance
Bob Murphy: Not recorded
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox

Bob Murphy 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
Bob Murphy0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Bob Murphy: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Murphy yet.

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 — Bob Murphy 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

Bob Murphy last boxed on Oct 23, 1973 — 19,354 days ago. Murphy had lost two straight.LL

LaMotta Jun 1952Finnegan Oct 19730.1 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 Bob Murphy and Jake LaMotta ever fought each other?
Yes. Bob Murphy and Jake LaMotta met once on June 11, 1952, and Jake LaMotta won by UD.
The meeting

LJun 11, 1952 · LaMotta · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Murphy or LaMotta?
Bob Murphy is 0-2 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 %

Murphy0–20%

LaMotta83–19–480.2%

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

Murphy0

LaMotta3036.1%

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

Murphy2bouts

LaMotta106bouts

How They Win ↓

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