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Dave Carver vs Joey LaMotta — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dave Carver

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Joey LaMotta

Dave Carver (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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.

Carver

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Dave Carver and Joey LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Dave Carver and Joey LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1945Apr 27Series
Dave CarverFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Joey LaMottaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultKOR21Meeting

The Numbers

Carver 0 · LaMotta 3 of 3 measurable rows
CarverLaMotta
Record†
0-132-5-2 (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‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
—22.4
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
1
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
Dave Carver: No date of birth
Joey LaMotta: Died aged 66
Stance
Dave Carver: Not recorded
Joey LaMotta: Orthodox

Dave Carver 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
Dave Carver0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Dave Carver: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Carver 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 — Dave Carver 1, 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

Dave Carver last boxed on Apr 27, 1945 — 29,767 days ago. Carver had lost the most recent, to Joey LaMotta.L

LaMotta Apr 1945

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 Dave Carver and Joey LaMotta ever fought each other?
Yes. Dave Carver and Joey LaMotta met once on April 27, 1945, and Joey LaMotta won by KO in round 2.
The meeting

LApr 27, 1945 · LaMotta · KO R2

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Carver or LaMotta?
Dave Carver is 0-1 across the 1 bout 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 %

Carver0–10%

LaMotta32–5–284.6%

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

Carver0

LaMotta2268.8%

The Numbers ↓
Do Carver and LaMotta have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dave Carver and Joey LaMotta have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Carver and LaMotta?
This comparison is drawn from 1 bout tracked for Dave Carver and 39 bouts tracked for Joey LaMotta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Carver1bout

LaMotta39bouts

How They Win ↓

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