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Jake LaMotta vs Joe Taylor — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jake LaMotta

Joe Taylor

Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) and Joe Taylor (0-2 across 2 tracked bouts) 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.

LaMotta

83

Wins30 KO · 36%

19

Losses

4

Draws106 tracked bouts

Taylor

Tracked record

0–2

counted from 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested

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

Jake LaMotta and Joe Taylor have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Jake LaMotta and Joe Taylor have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1950May 4Series
Jake LaMottaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joe TaylorFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultUD1Meeting

The Numbers

LaMotta 5 · Taylor 1 of 6 measurable rows
LaMottaTaylor
Record†
83-19-4 (edge)0-2
Win %0–100%
80.2% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
36.14%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
36%—
Times stopped‡max 4
4
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
0.2
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
106
2

† 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
Jake LaMotta: 5′8″
Joe Taylor: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Joe Taylor: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Joe Taylor: No date of birth
Stance
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox
Joe Taylor: Not recorded

Jake LaMotta left, Joe Taylor right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
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%

Joe Taylor0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Joe Taylor: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Taylor yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jake LaMotta 106, Joe Taylor 2 — 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

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

Joe Taylor last boxed on Sep 14, 1959 — 24,507 days ago. Taylor had lost two straight.LL

LaMotta May 1950Winstone Sep 19590.2 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake LaMotta and Joe Taylor ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake LaMotta and Joe Taylor met once on May 4, 1950, and Jake LaMotta won by UD.
The meeting

WMay 4, 1950 · LaMotta · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaMotta or Taylor?
Jake LaMotta is 83-19-4 and Joe Taylor is 0-2 across the 2 bouts Kill The Body has tracked. Jake LaMotta has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

LaMotta83–19–480.2%

Taylor0–20%

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

LaMotta3036.1%

Taylor0

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

LaMotta106bouts

Taylor2bouts

How They Win ↓

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