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Jake LaMotta vs Tommy Bell — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jake LaMotta

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Tommy Bell

Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) and Tommy Bell (1-8 across 9 tracked bouts) are compared on record, finishing method, activity, and common opponents on Kill The Body. The two have met 3 times. They share 2 common opponents.

LaMotta

83

Wins30 KO · 36%

19

Losses

4

Draws106 tracked bouts

Bell

Tracked record

1–8

counted from 9 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 3–0

Jake LaMotta and Tommy Bell have met 3 times; LaMotta leads 3–0.

Jake LaMotta and Tommy Bell have met 3 times; LaMotta leads 3–0.
Met1945Jul 61946Jan 111947Mar 14Series
Jake LaMottaFighter AWWonWWonWWon3–0W–L
Tommy BellFighter BLLostLLostLLost0–3W–L
ResultUDUDUD3Meetings

The Numbers

LaMotta 6 · Bell 1 of 7 measurable rows
LaMottaBell
Record†
83-19-4 (edge)1-8
Win %0–100%
80.2% (edge)
11.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 30
30 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
36.14%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡0–100%
36% (edge)
0%
Times stopped‡max 4
4
0 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
0.3
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 106
106
9

† 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″
Tommy Bell: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Tommy Bell: No reach on file
Agenot comparable
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Tommy Bell: Died aged 71
Stance
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox
Tommy Bell: Not recorded

Jake LaMotta left, Tommy Bell 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%

Tommy Bell1 win · from 9 tracked bouts

Tommy Bell: 1 tracked win — 1 on the cards (100%). Counted from 9 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

1 on the cards 100%

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jake LaMotta 106, Tommy Bell 9 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

2 shared

2 shared · Bell better on 2

LaMotta

Opponent

Bell

  • Jake LaMotta

    1–5 against

    Loss, TKO 13

    1951

    Loss, SD

    1945

    Loss, UD

    1945

    Loss, UD

    1943

    Win, UD

    1943

    Loss, UD

    1942

    RobinsonBell better

    Tommy Bell

    0–2 against

    Loss, UD

    1946

    Loss, UD

    1945

  • Jake LaMotta

    3–1 against

    Win, UD

    1944

    Win, SD

    1943

    Loss, SD

    1943

    Win, SD

    1943

    ZivicBell better

    Tommy Bell

    Win, SD

    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

Tommy Bell has lost eight straight. Bell last boxed on Mar 13, 1972.LLLLL

Robinson Dec 1946LaMotta Mar 1947Gavilán Apr 1948Scott Nov 1968Finnegan Mar 19720.3 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake LaMotta and Tommy Bell ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake LaMotta and Tommy Bell have met 3 times and Jake LaMotta leads the series 3-0.
The 3 meetings

WMar 14, 1947 · LaMotta · UD

WJan 11, 1946 · LaMotta · UD

WJul 6, 1945 · LaMotta · UD

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaMotta or Bell?
Jake LaMotta is 83-19-4 and Tommy Bell is 1-8 across the 9 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%

Bell1–811.1%

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

LaMotta3036.1%

Bell0

The Numbers ↓
Do LaMotta and Bell have any common opponents?
Jake LaMotta and Tommy Bell share 2 common opponents: Sugar Ray Robinson and Fritzie Zivic. Tommy Bell fared better against 2 of them.
2 shared opponents

Sugar Ray Robinson1–5L

Fritzie Zivic3–1W

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaMotta and Bell?
This comparison is drawn from 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta and 9 bouts tracked for Tommy Bell. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaMotta106bouts

Bell9bouts

How They Win ↓

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