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Dick Wagner vs Jake LaMotta — record, stats and common opponents compared

Dick Wagner

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Jake LaMotta

Dick Wagner (2-3 across 5 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.

Wagner

Tracked record

2–3

counted from 5 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

Dick Wagner and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Dick Wagner and Jake LaMotta have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1950Feb 3Series
Dick WagnerFighter ALLost0–1W–L
Jake LaMottaFighter BWWon1–0W–L
ResultTKOR91Meeting

The Numbers

Wagner 2 · LaMotta 5 of 7 measurable rows
WagnerLaMotta
Record†
2-383-19-4 (edge)
Win %0–100%
40%
80.2% (edge)
Wins by knockoutmax 30
1
30 (edge)
KO ratenot comparable
—36.14%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
50% (edge)
36%
Times stopped‡max 4
2 (edge)
4
Title reignsmax 2
0
2 (edge)
Bouts per year§max 8.1
1.1
8.1 (edge)
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
5
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
Dick Wagner: No height on file
Jake LaMotta: 5′8″
Reachnot held
Dick Wagner: No reach on file
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Agenot held
Dick Wagner: No date of birth
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Stance
Dick Wagner: Not recorded
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox

Dick Wagner 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
Dick Wagner2 wins · from 5 tracked bouts

Dick Wagner: 2 tracked wins — 1 by KO/TKO (50%) and 1 on the cards (50%). Counted from 5 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 by KO/TKO 50%1 on the cards 50%

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 — Dick Wagner 5, 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

Dick Wagner last boxed on Dec 14, 1953 — 26,606 days ago. Wagner had lost three straight, after two straight wins.WWLLL

Levine Apr 1949Levine Jun 1949LaMotta Feb 1950Patterson Apr 1953Patterson Dec 19531.1 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 Dick Wagner and Jake LaMotta ever fought each other?
Yes. Dick Wagner and Jake LaMotta met once on February 3, 1950, and Jake LaMotta won by TKO in round 9.
The meeting

LFeb 3, 1950 · LaMotta · TKO R9

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, Wagner or LaMotta?
Dick Wagner is 2-3 across the 5 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 %

Wagner2–340%

LaMotta83–19–480.2%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, Wagner or LaMotta?
Dick Wagner has 1 knockout win and Jake LaMotta has 30. Jake LaMotta has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

Wagner1

LaMotta3036.1%

The Numbers ↓
Do Wagner and LaMotta have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Dick Wagner and Jake LaMotta have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Wagner and LaMotta?
This comparison is drawn from 5 bouts tracked for Dick Wagner and 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

Wagner5bouts

LaMotta106bouts

How They Win ↓

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