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Jake LaMotta vs Vern Lester — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Jake LaMotta

Vern Lester

Jake LaMotta (83-19-4) and Vern Lester (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 1 common opponent.

LaMotta

83

Wins30 KO · 36%

19

Losses

4

Draws106 tracked bouts

Lester

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 Vern Lester have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Jake LaMotta and Vern Lester have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1948Oct 18Series
Jake LaMottaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Vern LesterFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultSD1Meeting

The Numbers

LaMotta 5 · Lester 1 of 6 measurable rows
LaMottaLester
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″
Vern Lester: No height on file
Reachnot held
Jake LaMotta: 67″
Vern Lester: No reach on file
Agenot held
Jake LaMotta: Died aged 95
Vern Lester: No date of birth
Stance
Jake LaMotta: Orthodox
Vern Lester: Not recorded

Jake LaMotta left, Vern Lester 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%

Vern Lester0 wins · from 2 tracked bouts

Vern Lester: no tracked wins in the 2 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Lester yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Jake LaMotta 106, Vern Lester 2 — not from a career-complete method table.

Common Opponents

1 shared

1 shared · Lester better on 1

LaMotta

Opponent

Lester

  • Jake LaMotta

    1–5 against

    Loss, TKO 13

    1951

    Loss, SD

    1945

    Loss, UD

    1945

    Loss, UD

    1943

    Win, UD

    1943

    Loss, UD

    1942

    RobinsonLester better

    Vern Lester

    Loss, KO 5

    1949

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

Vern Lester last boxed on Nov 13, 1949 — 28,098 days ago. Lester had lost two straight.LL

LaMotta Oct 1948Robinson Nov 19491.9 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Jake LaMotta and Vern Lester ever fought each other?
Yes. Jake LaMotta and Vern Lester met once on October 18, 1948, and Jake LaMotta won by SD.
The meeting

WOct 18, 1948 · LaMotta · SD

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

Lester0–20%

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

LaMotta3036.1%

Lester0

The Numbers ↓
Do LaMotta and Lester have any common opponents?
Jake LaMotta and Vern Lester share 1 common opponent: Sugar Ray Robinson. Vern Lester fared better against 1 of them.
Shared opponent

Sugar Ray Robinson1–5L

Common Opponents ↓
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaMotta and Lester?
This comparison is drawn from 106 bouts tracked for Jake LaMotta and 2 bouts tracked for Vern Lester. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaMotta106bouts

Lester2bouts

How They Win ↓

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