View Full Version : Just finished reading jake la motta's autobiography
cotto20
12-02-2009, 07:25 PM
He was really obsessed with fighting joe louis, he wanted the fight really bad! if he would of got the title at lightheavy the plan was to go after louis.Just shows what a bad ass jake was, on a side note jake said he knew how to beat louis the cheek of this guy :D also he was obsessed with the size of his hands he hated the fact they were so small! crazy guy
VX.Nefarious
12-02-2009, 07:34 PM
Great Fighter
cotto20
12-02-2009, 07:44 PM
Great Fighter
La motta gets under rated round here
CottoDaBodykill
12-02-2009, 08:34 PM
the man is my all time favorite but he had a sever napolean complex
cotto20
12-02-2009, 08:36 PM
the man is my all time favorite but he had a sever napolean complex
how highly do you rate him?
CottoDaBodykill
12-02-2009, 08:40 PM
how highly do you rate him?
easily top 10 middleweight .. i can't in my right consious rate him in the top 5 but i do believe he is around 7 .. too many excellent fighters and slicksters that would tear him up ... marvin would pound him into a cut stoppage like he did with hashmo .. monzon would pick him apart and bust him up too .. hopkins would get beat if he fought one round a time being mr conservative ..but if he fights at the high rate he did in his prime he'd give lamotta fits ...
cotto20
12-02-2009, 08:43 PM
easily top 10 middleweight .. i can't in my right consious rate him in the top 5 but i do believe he is around 7 .. too many excellent fighters and slicksters that would tear him up ... marvin would pound him into a cut stoppage like he did with hashmo .. monzon would pick him apart and bust him up too .. hopkins would get beat if he fought one round a time being mr conservative ..but if he fights at the high rate he did in his prime he'd give lamotta fits ...
I think la motta\hagler is any one's fight, i think over 15 he would out work hopkins, but monzon i dont see the bull been able to handle that man
He was really obsessed with fighting joe louis, he wanted the fight really bad!
:patsch:silly
Thread Stealer
12-02-2009, 09:37 PM
What stuck out as the most memorable to me was what a complete scumbag he was. Maybe because the classic movie, which many people seem to remember him by (including his fighting style, in reality he actually was known for having a defense) shows him as an unlikeable asshole and yet in his book he describes himself as much worse.
cotto20
12-02-2009, 10:03 PM
:patsch:silly
read the book and see for yourself:good great read, just confirms that the bull is crazy
Thread Stealer
12-02-2009, 10:20 PM
easily top 10 middleweight .. i can't in my right consious rate him in the top 5 but i do believe he is around 7 .. too many excellent fighters and slicksters that would tear him up ... marvin would pound him into a cut stoppage like he did with hashmo .. monzon would pick him apart and bust him up too .. hopkins would get beat if he fought one round a time being mr conservative ..but if he fights at the high rate he did in his prime he'd give lamotta fits ...
Like many other fighters, I find it hard to compare him H2H to other fighters due to the low amount of footage of a prime LaMotta.
Dave's Top Ten
12-02-2009, 10:23 PM
What stuck out as the most memorable to me was what a complete scumbag he was. Maybe because the classic movie, which many people seem to remember him by (including his fighting style, in reality he actually was known for having a defense) shows him as an unlikeable asshole and yet in his book he describes himself as much worse.
Have to agree. I read the book a few years back and thought the same thing.
PetethePrince
12-02-2009, 11:27 PM
He was really obsessed with fighting joe louis, he wanted the fight really bad! if he would of got the title at lightheavy the plan was to go after louis.Just shows what a bad ass jake was, on a side note jake said he knew how to beat louis the cheek of this guy :D also he was obsessed with the size of his hands he hated the fact they were so small! crazy guy
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Small part of Raging Bull where Lamotta (De Niro) talks about having small hands, never being able to fight Joe Louis even though he would beat him and that he's better than him. :lol: Brilliant. De Niro masterful performance. Lamotta was one of a kind.
IntentionalButt
12-03-2009, 01:56 AM
Christ, what would Louis-LaMotta look like? :lol:
At least Conn was in the ballpark as far as proportions go...
Just look at how well SRR did against Jake with a long jab! Would love to know how he thought he'd beat Joe. Does he spell it out in the book? :yep
turpinr
12-03-2009, 03:29 AM
Christ, what would Louis-LaMotta look like? :lol:
At least Conn was in the ballpark as far as proportions go...
Just look at how well SRR did against Jake with a long jab! Would love to know how he thought he'd beat Joe. Does he spell it out in the book? :yepsrr got out-jabbed by lamotta for long periods in their last fight.jake was under-rated as a boxer because of his granite chin and willingness to slug it out.
i remember reading in the ring magazine that they were having trouble with the making of the film because jake had no redeeming features:lol::lol:
read the book and see for yourself:good great read, just confirms that the bull is crazy
No thanx. If I want to read any bullsh*t I just take daily newspaper. :hat
AlFrancis
12-03-2009, 04:11 AM
srr got out-jabbed by lamotta for long periods in their last fight.jake was under-rated as a boxer because of his granite chin and willingness to slug it out.
i remember reading in the ring magazine that they were having trouble with the making of the film because jake had no redeeming features:lol::lol:
:lol::lol: I've said it before on here but I read once that he said he was that popular as a kid that when they played hide and seek nobody would look for him.
turpinr
12-03-2009, 05:20 AM
:lol::lol: I've said it before on here but I read once that he said he was that popular as a kid that when they played hide and seek nobody would look for him.:lol::lol:thats right,he went undefeated and unfound for ten years
IntentionalButt
12-03-2009, 06:38 PM
srr got out-jabbed by lamotta for long periods in their last fight.jake was under-rated as a boxer because of his granite chin and willingness to slug it out.
i remember reading in the ring magazine that they were having trouble with the making of the film because jake had no redeeming features:lol::lol:
Jake was great, no underrating here and there were certainly plenty of momentum shifts throughout their rivalry...but the fact is Ray did control him at times with a fully stretched out jab and movement.
A fight with Louis would be literally comical to any onlooker. I'm sure the humor would be lost on LaMotta, though. Seriously, what could his "master plan" have been? No discredit to him at all, but taking a round from the Bomber would require no less than divine intervention.
SLAKKA
12-03-2009, 07:03 PM
Lloyd Marshall toyed with Jake and beat him easy! Charley Burley said, "Best fighter I ever fought??
Lloyd Marshall! Knocked me down and beat me good!
Maybe Lloyed Marshall was the best Middle of them all??
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