Have Jake LaMotta and Lou Woods ever fought each other?

Yes. Jake LaMotta and Lou Woods met once on March 31, 1944, and Jake LaMotta won by SD.

Who has the better record, LaMotta or Woods?

Jake LaMotta is 83-19-4 and Lou Woods 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.

Who has more knockouts, LaMotta or Woods?

Jake LaMotta has 30 knockout wins and Lou Woods has 0. Jake LaMotta has more.

Do LaMotta and Woods have any common opponents?

Jake LaMotta and Lou Woods share 1 common opponent: Sugar Ray Robinson. Lou Woods fared better against 1 of them.

How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaMotta and Woods?

This comparison is drawn from 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta and 3 bouts tracked for Lou Woods. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

Jake LaMotta vs Lou Woods — Records, Stats & Common Opponents

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Jake LaMotta

Lou Woods

Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) and Lou Woods (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 1 common opponent.

LaMotta

Wins30 KO · 36%

Losses

Draws106 tracked bouts

Woods

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 Lou Woods have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met	1944Mar 31	Series
Jake LaMottaFighter A	WWon	1–0W–L
Lou WoodsFighter B	LLost	0–1W–L
Result	SDLaMotta vs Woods	1Meeting

LaMotta vs Woods · Mar 31, 1944

The Numbers

LaMotta 5 · Woods 1 of 6 measurable rows

LaMottaEdge = longer wingWoods

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
2 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2: 2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year^§max 8.1: 8.1 (edge)
0.8
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″; Lou Woods: No height on file
Reachnot held: Jake LaMotta: 67″; Lou Woods: No reach on file
Agenot held: Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95; Lou Woods: No date of birth
Stance: Jake LaMotta: Orthodox; Lou Woods: Not recorded

Jake LaMotta left, Lou Woods 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

30 by KO/TKO 36%53 on the cards 64%

Lou Woods0 wins · from 3 tracked bouts

No tracked wins for Woods yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jake LaMotta 106, Lou Woods 3 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Woods better on 11 shared · Lou Woods better on 1

LaMottaJake LaMotta

Opponent

WoodsLou Woods

Jake LaMotta
1–5 against
Loss, TKO 13
1951Feb 1951
Loss, SD
1945Sep 1945
Loss, UD
1945Feb 1945
Loss, UD
1943Feb 1943
Win, UD
1943Feb 1943
Loss, UD
1942Oct 1942
RobinsonSugar Ray RobinsonUnited States 174–19–6Woods betterLou Woods better — 0–1 to 1–5
Lou Woods
Loss, TKO 9
1944Oct 1944

Both sides are set at the same size on purpose. Kill The Body does not score a second-round knockout above a split decision — the edge counts losses first and wins as the tiebreak, and the rest is yours to argue. Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name, so two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.

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

Lou Woods last boxed on Mar 19, 1948 — 28,703 days ago. Woods had lost three straight.LLL

LaMotta Mar 1944Robinson Oct 1944Zale Mar 19480.8 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them

Have Jake LaMotta and Lou Woods ever fought each other?: Yes. Jake LaMotta and Lou Woods met once on March 31, 1944, and Jake LaMotta won by SD.
Who has the better record, LaMotta or Woods?: Jake LaMotta is 83-19-4 and Lou Woods 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.
Who has more knockouts, LaMotta or Woods?: Jake LaMotta has 30 knockout wins and Lou Woods has 0. Jake LaMotta has more.
Do LaMotta and Woods have any common opponents?: Jake LaMotta and Lou Woods share 1 common opponent: Sugar Ray Robinson. Lou Woods fared better against 1 of them.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaMotta and Woods?: This comparison is drawn from 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta and 3 bouts tracked for Lou Woods. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.

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