Jake LaMotta in the amateurs - 1939

Rare footage of future middleweight champion Jake LaMotta winning the National Diamond Belt Amateur Championship.

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• ESB
• boxing
• Jake
• LaMotta
• Coolidge
• Miller
• middleweight

[WingnutDishwasher]

@Floodlezoot In '39? Pretty sure that rule was in place.

[Floodlezoot]

@Reversification I get the cynical feeling that he was actually trying to pull him up because back then there was no rule that somebody had to go into the corner after a knockdown. They could start punching the second the guy had both feet on the canvas again. (See some of Demsey fights, etc.) So really, it's a psychological trick to get the guy to quickly stand up, so he can start wailing on him again. Not great sportsmanship.

[innit27]

if he had some skill he would be dangerous

[Reversification]

Like how he just gives em a lil tap after each knockdown. It's like "Nbd bro, you'll be alright, i'm just the toughest guy in the universe"

[ghns1133]

fucking relentless.

[MrBumboclart]

THIS! Is the Jake LaMotta who knocked Sugar Ray Robinson through the ropes. What an animal this guy was in his prime...I had no idea!!

[marcxopoco]

Jake was an aggessive one, wasn't he.

LOL

[GuardianOfScotland33]

Cant believe you got this footage ...thanks for sharing .

[xtrontruth]

Thank You, Great footage I had never seen.

[7xXSE7ENXx7]

What a fucken mess.