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.
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.
Jake LaMotta vs Vern Lester — record, stats and common opponents compared
Head to Head
Jake LaMotta leads 1–0- Jake LaMotta wonLaMotta vs LesterOct 18, 1948 · SD
The Numbers
- 83-19-4 (edge)
- Record
- 0-2
- 80.2% (edge)
- Win %
- 0%
- 30 (edge)
- Wins by knockout
- 0
- 36.14%
- KO rate
- —
- 36%
- Stoppage rate (tracked wins)
- —
- 4
- Times stopped
- 1 (edge)
- 2 (edge)
- Title reigns
- 0
- 8.1 (edge)
- Bouts per year
- 1.9
- 106
- Bouts tracked
- 2
One or both records are tracked, not career-verified.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Counted from bouts Kill The Body has ingested, not a career total.
Across each fighter's tracked career span.
Tale of the Tape
- 5′8″ (173 cm)
- Height
- —
- 67″ (170 cm)
- Reach
- —
- 104
- Age
- —
- Orthodox
- Stance
- —
- Middleweight
- Division
- —
- United States
- Nationality
- —
How They Win
Tracked bouts onlyJake LaMotta · 83 wins
KO/TKO
30
Decision
53
Other
0
Vern Lester · 0 wins
No tracked wins yet.
Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter (106 and 2 respectively), not from a career-complete method table.
Common Opponents
1 sharedJake LaMotta
LTKO R13 · Feb 1951LSD · Sep 1945LUD · Feb 1945LUD · Feb 1943WUD · Feb 1943LUD · Oct 1942Vern Lester
LKO R5 · Nov 1949
Shared opponents are matched on fighter identity, not on name — two different fighters with the same name never merge into one row.
Current Form
Jake LaMotta
LWWLW
L1 streak · last fought Apr 14, 1954
Vern Lester
LL
L2 streak · last fought Nov 13, 1949
Common Questions
- 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.
- Who has the better record, Jake LaMotta or Vern 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.
- Who has more knockouts, Jake LaMotta or Vern Lester?
- Jake LaMotta has 30 knockout wins and Vern Lester has 0. Jake LaMotta has more.
- Do Jake LaMotta and Vern 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.
- How much fight data does Kill The Body have on Jake LaMotta and Vern 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.