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

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Jake LaMotta

Johnny Pretzie

Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) and Johnny Pretzie (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

Pretzie

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 Johnny Pretzie have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Jake LaMotta and Johnny Pretzie have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1954Mar 11Series
Jake LaMottaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny PretzieFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

LaMotta 5 · Pretzie 1 of 6 measurable rows
LaMottaPretzie
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
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
0.4
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″
Johnny Pretzie: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Johnny Pretzie: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Johnny Pretzie: No date of birth
Stance
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox
Johnny Pretzie: Not recorded

Jake LaMotta left, Johnny Pretzie 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 Pretzie0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Johnny Pretzie: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Pretzie yet.

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

Johnny Pretzie last boxed on Mar 11, 1954 — 26,520 days ago. Pretzie had lost two straight.LL

Marciano Mar 1949LaMotta Mar 19540.4 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake LaMotta and Johnny Pretzie ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake LaMotta and Johnny Pretzie met once on March 11, 1954, and Jake LaMotta won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WMar 11, 1954 · LaMotta · TKO R4

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

Pretzie0–20%

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

LaMotta3036.1%

Pretzie0

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

LaMotta106bouts

Pretzie2bouts

How They Win ↓

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