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Joey LaMotta vs Johnny Jones — record, stats and common opponents compared

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Joey LaMotta

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Johnny Jones

Joey LaMotta (32-5-2) and Johnny Jones (8-6) 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

Jones

8

Wins4 KO · 50%

6

Losses

0

Draws7 tracked bouts

Head to Head

LaMotta leads 1–0

Joey LaMotta and Johnny Jones have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.

Joey LaMotta and Johnny Jones have met 1 time; LaMotta leads 1–0.
Met1945Nov 23Series
Joey LaMottaFighter AWWon1–0W–L
Johnny JonesFighter BLLost0–1W–L
ResultKOR51Meeting

The Numbers

LaMotta 6 · Jones 0 of 6 measurable rows
LaMottaJones
Record
32-5-2 (edge)8-6
Win %0–100%
84.6% (edge)
57.1%
Wins by knockoutmax 22
22 (edge)
4
KO rate0–100%
68.75% (edge)
50%
Stoppage rate (tracked wins)†not comparable
69%—
Times stopped†max 3
1 (edge)
3
Title reignslevelmax 0
0
0
Bouts per year‡max 22.4
22.4 (edge)
0.5
Bouts trackedcoveragemax 39
39
7

† 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
Johnny Jones: No date of birth
Stance
Joey LaMotta: Orthodox
Johnny Jones: Not recorded

Joey LaMotta left, Johnny Jones 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%

Johnny Jones0 wins · from 7 tracked bouts

Johnny Jones: no tracked wins in the 7 bouts Kill The Body has ingested.

No tracked wins for Jones yet.

One square per tracked win. Counted from the bouts Kill The Body has ingested for each fighter — Joey LaMotta 39, Johnny Jones 7 — 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

Johnny Jones last boxed on Nov 5, 1946 — 29,204 days ago. Jones had a no contest in the most recent tracked bout with Tippy Larkin.LLLLNC

Larkin Jul 1943Larkin Oct 1943Armstrong Mar 1944LaMotta Nov 1945Larkin Nov 19460.5 tracked bouts per year

Common Questions

With the rows behind them
Have Joey LaMotta and Johnny Jones ever fought each other?
Yes. Joey LaMotta and Johnny Jones met once on November 23, 1945, and Joey LaMotta won by KO in round 5.
The meeting

WNov 23, 1945 · LaMotta · KO R5

Head to Head ↓
Who has the better record, LaMotta or Jones?
Joey LaMotta is 32-5-2 and Johnny Jones is 8-6. Joey LaMotta has the higher win percentage.
Records · win %

LaMotta32–5–284.6%

Jones8–657.1%

The Numbers ↓
Who has more knockouts, LaMotta or Jones?
Joey LaMotta has 22 knockout wins and Johnny Jones has 4. Joey LaMotta has more.
Knockout wins · KO rate

LaMotta2268.8%

Jones450%

The Numbers ↓
Do LaMotta and Jones have any common opponents?
Kill The Body's bout data shows no opponents that both Joey LaMotta and Johnny Jones have faced.
How much fight data does Kill The Body have on LaMotta and Jones?
This comparison is drawn from 39 bouts tracked for Joey LaMotta and 7 bouts tracked for Johnny Jones. Method and activity splits reflect those bouts only.
Bouts tracked · no edge

LaMotta39bouts

Jones7bouts

How They Win ↓

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