![]() ![]() Jake LaMotta vs Billy Fox Newspaper Headline The New York State Athletic Commission noticed the same thing. Fans noticed that LaMotta didn’t act like himself during the match, saying he acted lazy and with no drive or effort to win. He just had no fight left in him and towards the end of the fourth round, the referee stopped the match.Īfter Fox’s relatively easy knockout win, suspicions were very high across the boxing world. For the rest of the round, Fox continued to pummel LaMotta without much resistance. ![]() At the start of the fourth round, he allowed Fox the opportunity to throw two lefts and a right with LaMotta hitting the ropes. He never looked like himself during the fight. If LaMotta was trying to throw the fight without making it obvious he was doing a lousy job. In fact, the odds got so high that day, that bookies stopped taking bets on Fox and three hours before the match you could only wager on LaMotta. The odds completely flipped and Fox became the favorite to win. In fact, he had won 19 of his last 22 bouts, 9 of those being knockouts.Ī few hours before the fight though something strange happened. He was riding a wave of wins having just defeated Fritzie Zivic and a few years earlier in 1943, he defeated Sugar Ray Robinson. The days leading up to the fight LaMotta was the sure favorite. ![]()
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