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Jake LaMotta vs Johnny Colan — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jake LaMotta

Johnny Colan

Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) and Johnny Colan (0-3 across 3 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

Colan

Tracked record

0–3

counted from 3 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 Johnny Colan have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Jake LaMotta and Johnny Colan have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1948Oct 1Series
Jake LaMottaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny ColanFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKO1Meeting

The Numbers

LaMotta 5 · Colan 1 of 6 measurable rows
LaMottaColan
Record†
83-19-4 (edge)0-3
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)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
106
3

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

Jake LaMotta left, Johnny Colan 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%

Johnny Colan0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

Johnny Colan: no tracked wins in the 3 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Colan yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jake LaMotta 106, Johnny Colan 3 — 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

Johnny Colan last boxed on Oct 1, 1948 — 28,507 days ago. Colan had lost three straight.LLL

Christoforidis May 1942Christoforidis Jun 1942LaMotta Oct 19480.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake LaMotta and Johnny Colan ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake LaMotta and Johnny Colan met once on October 1, 1948, and Jake LaMotta won by TKO.
The meeting

WOct 1, 1948 · LaMotta · TKO

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaMotta or Colan?
Jake LaMotta is 83-19-4 and Johnny Colan is 0-3 across the 3 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%

Colan0–30%

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

LaMotta3036.1%

Colan0

The Numbers ↓
Do LaMotta and Colan have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Jake LaMotta and Johnny Colan have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaMotta and Colan?
This comparison is drawn from 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta and 3 bouts tracked for Johnny Colan. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaMotta106bouts

Colan3bouts

How They Win ↓

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