He defeated LaMotta via unanimous decision. After winning three more fights, Robinson faced Jake LaMotta, who would become one of his more prominent rivals, for the first time in October.
The battle had been a slaughter, for want of a more delicate word." Robinson then won four consecutive bouts by knockout, before defeating Servo in a controversial split decision in their May rematch. Dawson of The New York Times stated, however, that "hey were criticizing a humane act. Zivic and his corner protested the stoppage James P. Robinson knocked him down in the ninth and tenth rounds before the referee stopped the fight. The knockout loss was only the second of Zivic's career in more than 150 fights. Wikipedia notes: In 1942, Robinson knocked out Zivic in the tenth round in a January rematch. Light browning with minor spine wear, otherwise good. This was the first fight before the famous defeat of Robinson by Lamotta. This 24 page newspaper has a one column headline on page 10: "Robinson Beats La Motta Easily in 10-Round Go" “When he took a dive during the Billy Fox fight, which he didn’t want to do, it literally broke him & was never the same afterwards,” she added.THE TIMES PICAYUNE, New Orleans, Louisiana, October 3, 1942 “I’m proud that my Father was a great athlete, he lost his title to one of the best Middleweight Boxers in history, Sugar Ray Robinson,” his daughter wrote on Facebook. LaMotta’s turmoil-filled life - marked by a fixed match he deliberately lost under Mafia pressure in 1947 - was depicted in the 1980 movie “Raging Bull, in which he was portrayed in an Academy Award-winning performance by Robert De Niro. After two successful defences, he lost the belt in 1952 in his sixth bout against Sugar Ray Robinson.
On June 16, 1949, he scored a knockout win over French boxer Marcel Cerdan to capture the middleweight title. In a career spanning 1941 to 1954, LaMotta racked up a record of 83 victories, 30 of them knockouts, against 19 defeats, according to BoxRec, which keeps boxing statistics. Sports Illustrated said he died from complications from pneumonia. LaMotta, known for a legendary six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson, passed away on Tuesday, his daughter Christi LaMotta said on Facebook. Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight boxing champion who was portrayed in the Martin Scorsese film “Raging Bull,” has died at the age of 95, his family announced.
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