On This Day In Boxing History!

1943: "The Raging Bull" Jake LaMotta

vs

"Sugar" Ray Robinson II!

The 1943 fight where Jake LaMotta defeated Ray Robinson by a ten round unanimous decision was their second encounter.

Their first bout occurred on October 2, 1942, at Madison Square Garden, where Robinson won a one-sided decision. The February 5, 1943, rematch took place at Olympia Stadium in Detroit, Michigan, with LaMotta (160lbs) leveraging a 16-pound weight edge over Robinson (144lbs) to rally late and secure scores of 52-47, 55-45, 57-49. Robinson's first loss after 40 wins

some speculated on Robinson's pending Army draft or distracted prep amid World War II.

This victory marked Robinson's first career loss after 40 straight wins. They fought four more times through 1951, with Robinson prevailing in the next four (including the infamous sixth "St. Valentine's Day Massacre" for LaMotta's middleweight title). Overall, Robinson led the rivalry 5-1.

February 5th

1903: Jack Johnson W20 Denver Ed Martin

1904: Sammy Mandell was born in Rockford, Illinois

1925: Tiger Flowers TKO10 Jamaica Kid

1934: Maxie Rosenbloom D15 Joe Knight

1936: Sixto Escobar TKO5 Al Gillette

1943: Jake LaMotta W10 Sugar Ray Robinson

Beau Jack W10 Fritzie Zivic

1961: Tony Baltazar born

1967: Dick Tiger TKO5 Abraham Tomica

1970: Chatchai Dutchboy Gym born.

1972: Antonio Gomez KO7 Raul Martinez

1974: Koichi Wajima W15 Miguel de Oliveria

1977: Sugar Ray Leonard age 21 debuts W6 Luis Vega

Carlos Zarate KO3 Fernando Cabenela

1980: Wandee Chor Chareon born.

1988: Julio César Chávez age 18 debuts KO2 Andres Felix

Marlin Starling W12 Fujio Ozaki

1989: Darrin Van Horn W12 Robert Hines

1994: Chris Eubank W12 Graciano Rocchigiani

Leo Gámez TKO7 Juan Antonio Torres

1996: Yuri Arbachakov W12 Raul Juarez

1998: Mike Tyson files $100-million lawsuit against Don King

Middleweight Reuben Bell, 24, is shot to death

1999: Antonio Cermeno KO 2 Eddie Saenz

2000: Nate Campbell age 28 debuts TKO1 Scoey Fields

2002: Willie Jorrin D12 Osamu Sato, Tokyo

2005: Zab Judah KO9 Cory Spinks

2010: Glen Johnson TKO6 Yusaf Mack

2011: Tomas Rojas W12 Nobuo Nashiro

Austin Trout W12 Rigoberto Alvarez

2015: Chayaphon Moonsri W12 Jeffrey Galero

2021: Leon Spinks passes age 67

2022: Claressa Shields W10 Ema Kozin