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Jake LaMotta vs Joey DeJohn — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jake LaMotta

Joey DeJohn

Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) and Joey DeJohn (0-1 across 1 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

DeJohn

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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 Joey DeJohn have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Jake LaMotta and Joey DeJohn have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1949May 18Series
Jake LaMottaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Joey DeJohnFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR81Meeting

The Numbers

LaMotta 4 · DeJohn 1 of 5 measurable rows
LaMottaDeJohn
Record†
83-19-4 (edge)0-1
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§not comparable
8.1—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
106
1

† 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″
Joey DeJohn: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Joey DeJohn: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Joey DeJohn: No date of birth
Stance
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox
Joey DeJohn: Not recorded

Jake LaMotta left, Joey DeJohn 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%

Joey DeJohn0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

Joey DeJohn: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for DeJohn yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jake LaMotta 106, Joey DeJohn 1 — 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

Joey DeJohn last boxed on May 18, 1949 — 28,278 days ago. DeJohn had lost the most recent, to Jake LaMotta.L

LaMotta May 1949

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake LaMotta and Joey DeJohn ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake LaMotta and Joey DeJohn met once on May 18, 1949, and Jake LaMotta won by TKO in round 8.
The meeting

WMay 18, 1949 · LaMotta · TKO R8

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaMotta or DeJohn?
Jake LaMotta is 83-19-4 and Joey DeJohn is 0-1 across the 1 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%

DeJohn0–10%

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

LaMotta3036.1%

DeJohn0

The Numbers ↓
Do LaMotta and DeJohn have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jake LaMotta and Joey DeJohn have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaMotta and DeJohn?
This comparison is drawn from 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta and 1 bout tracked for Joey DeJohn. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaMotta106bouts

DeJohn1bout

How They Win ↓

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