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Jake LaMotta vs Tony Ferrara — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jake LaMotta

Tony Ferrara

Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) and Tony Ferrara (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

Ferrara

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 Tony Ferrara have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Jake LaMotta and Tony Ferrara have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1943May 12Series
Jake LaMottaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Tony FerraraFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR61Meeting

The Numbers

LaMotta 5 · Ferrara 1 of 6 measurable rows
LaMottaFerrara
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
1 (edge)
Title reignsmax 2
2 (edge)
0
Bouts per year§max 8.1
8.1 (edge)
1.9
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″
Tony Ferrara: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Tony Ferrara: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Tony Ferrara: No date of birth
Stance
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox
Tony Ferrara: Not recorded

Jake LaMotta left, Tony Ferrara 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%

Tony Ferrara0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Tony Ferrara: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Ferrara yet.

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

Tony Ferrara last boxed on May 12, 1943 — 30,489 days ago. Ferrara had lost two straight.LL

Joyce Apr 1942LaMotta May 19431.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake LaMotta and Tony Ferrara ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake LaMotta and Tony Ferrara met once on May 12, 1943, and Jake LaMotta won by KO in round 6.
The meeting

WMay 12, 1943 · LaMotta · KO R6

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

Ferrara0–20%

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

LaMotta3036.1%

Ferrara0

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

LaMotta106bouts

Ferrara2bouts

How They Win ↓

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