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Buddy Jackson vs Joey LaMotta — record, stats and common opponents compared

Buddy Jackson

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Joey LaMotta

Buddy Jackson (0-4 across 4 tracked bouts) and Joey LaMotta (32-5-2) 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.

Jackson

Tracked record

0–4

counted from 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

LaMotta

32

Wins22 KO · 69%

5

Losses

2

Draws39 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

Buddy Jackson and Joey LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Buddy Jackson and Joey LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1945Feb 20Series
Buddy JacksonFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joey LaMottaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR11Meeting

The Numbers

Jackson 0 · LaMotta 5 of 5 measurable rows
JacksonLaMotta
Record†
0-432-5-2 (edge)
Win %0–100%
0%
84.6% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 22
0
22 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—68.75%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
—69%
Times stopped‡max 3
3
1 (edge)
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§max 22.4
0.2
22.4 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
4
39

† 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

Agenot held
Buddy Jackson: No date of birth
Joey LaMotta: Died aged 66
Stance
Buddy Jackson: Not recorded
Joey LaMotta: Orthodox

Buddy Jackson left, Joey 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
Buddy Jackson0 wins · from 4 tracked bouts

Buddy Jackson: no tracked wins in the 4 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Jackson yet.

Joey LaMotta32 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Joey LaMotta: 32 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (69%) and 10 on the cards (31%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 69%10 on the cards 31%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Buddy Jackson 4, Joey LaMotta 39 — 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

Buddy Jackson last boxed on Feb 20, 1945 — 29,827 days ago. Jackson had lost four straight.LLLL

Wills Aug 1922Godfrey Sep 1923Mandell Mar 1934LaMotta Feb 19450.2 tracked bouts per year

Joey LaMotta has lost three straight, after one straight win. LaMotta last boxed on Nov 5, 1946.LWLLL

Blackwood May 1946Boland Aug 1946Raadik Sep 1946Flores Oct 1946Flores Nov 194622.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Buddy Jackson and Joey LaMotta ever fought each other?
Yes. Buddy Jackson and Joey LaMotta met once on February 20, 1945, and Joey LaMotta won by KO in round 1.
The meeting

LFeb 20, 1945 · LaMotta · KO R1

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Jackson or LaMotta?
Buddy Jackson is 0-4 across the 4 bouts Kill The Body has tracked and Joey LaMotta is 32-5-2. Joey LaMotta has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

Jackson0–40%

LaMotta32–5–284.6%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Jackson or LaMotta?
Buddy Jackson has 0 knockout wins and Joey LaMotta has 22. Joey LaMotta has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Jackson0

LaMotta2268.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Jackson and LaMotta have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Buddy Jackson and Joey LaMotta have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jackson and LaMotta?
This comparison is drawn from 4 bouts tracked for Buddy Jackson and 39 bouts tracked for Joey LaMotta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Jackson4bouts

LaMotta39bouts

How They Win ↓

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