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Joey LaMotta vs John Henry Johnson — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joey LaMotta

John Henry Johnson

Joey LaMotta (32-5-2) and John Henry Johnson (0-1 across 1 tracked bout) 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

32

Wins22 KO · 69%

5

Losses

2

Draws39 tracked bouts

Johnson

Tracked record

0–1

counted from 1 bout 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

Joey LaMotta and John Henry Johnson have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Joey LaMotta and John Henry Johnson have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1946Mar 29Series
Joey LaMottaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
John Henry JohnsonFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultTKOR41Meeting

The Numbers

LaMotta 3 · Johnson 0 of 3 measurable rows
LaMottaJohnson
Record†
32-5-2 (edge)0-1
Win %0–100%
84.6% (edge)
0%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
0
KO ratenot comparable
68.75%—
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)‡not comparable
69%—
Times stopped‡levelmax 1
1
1
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year§not comparable
22.4—
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
39
1

† 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

Agenot held
Joey LaMotta: Died aged 66
John Henry Johnson: No date of birth
Stance
Joey LaMotta: Orthodox
John Henry Johnson: Not recorded

Joey LaMotta left, John Henry Johnson right, as everywhere on this page. Age is stated, not scored — neither age nor stance carries an edge.

How They Win

Tracked bouts only
Joey LaMotta32 wins · from 39 tracked bouts

Joey LaMotta: 32 tracked wins — 22 by KO/TKO (69%) and 10 on the cards (31%). Counted from 39 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

22 by KO/TKO 69%10 on the cards 31%

John Henry Johnson0 wins · from 1 tracked bout

John Henry Johnson: no tracked wins in the 1 bout Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Johnson yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joey LaMotta 39, John Henry Johnson 1 — 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

Joey LaMotta has lost three straight, after one straight win. LaMotta last boxed on Nov 5, 1946.LWLLL

Blackwood May 1946Boland Aug 1946Raadik Sep 1946Flores Oct 1946Flores Nov 194622.4 tracked bouts per year

John Henry Johnson last boxed on Mar 29, 1946 — 29,425 days ago. Johnson had lost the most recent, to Joey LaMotta.L

LaMotta Mar 1946

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joey LaMotta and John Henry Johnson ever fought each other?
Yes. Joey LaMotta and John Henry Johnson met once on March 29, 1946, and Joey LaMotta won by TKO in round 4.
The meeting

WMar 29, 1946 · LaMotta · TKO R4

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaMotta or Johnson?
Joey LaMotta is 32-5-2 and John Henry Johnson is 0-1 across the 1 bout Kill The Body has tracked. Joey LaMotta has the higher win percentage. Records shown as tracked have not yet been independently verified as complete career totals.
Records · win %

LaMotta32–5–284.6%

Johnson0–10%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, LaMotta or Johnson?
Joey LaMotta has 22 knockout wins and John Henry Johnson has 0. Joey LaMotta has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

LaMotta2268.8%

Johnson0

The Numbers ↓
Do LaMotta and Johnson have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joey LaMotta and John Henry Johnson have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaMotta and Johnson?
This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for Joey LaMotta and 1 bout tracked for John Henry Johnson. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaMotta39bouts

Johnson1bout

How They Win ↓

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