![]() ![]() My head was spinning, but I knew what was going on. Of the experience of being knocked down for the first time, LaMotta said: "You don't feel anything, it just happens. I was in condition all right, but not fighting condition." "I should have had a few warm-up fights before this one. ![]() "I'll go home, rest up and analyse things," LaMotta told The Miami News after the fight. But he refused to go down again despite a sickening beating for the last minute of the round. The punishment took its toll on LaMotta by the seventh and after getting up at the count of nine, his senses were well and truly scrambled. Nardico, described in newspaper reports as "the fighting marine", landed some big left hooks in the fourth as the fight became a brawl. With the excess weight LaMotta was slow, allowing Nardico to set the pace and out slug him. LaMotta paid the price for not fighting for six months and had weighed in the heaviest of his career - 173 pounds - to Nardico's 177 pounds. 9 in the world light-heavyweight rankings - four places behind 25-year-old Nardico who had lost his previous fight and had a record of 42-8-4. LaMotta, who had a record of 81-17-4 at the time, was ranked No. Victory would supposedly have earned LaMotta a shot at the new world light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore in a title fight in February in St Louis. Jake LaMotta had not fought in six months before his fight with Danny Nardico. To make matters worse for LaMotta, the fight was screened live to millions on CBS in the first sports show to be telecast from Florida. ![]() It was clear to the crowd of 3,318 that there would be no new dawns in LaMotta's career in the new year. LaMotta was out on his feet and it was no surprise that his corner - featuring brother Al - signalled to the referee that was it, and the fight was stopped before the start of the eighth round. It was the first time LaMotta had been sent to the canvas in 102 fights.Īfter a count of nine, Nardico pounded LaMotta furiously in a corner for a minute, with the the Bronx Bull holding on to the top rope for support and then staggered back to his corner at the end of the round. LaMotta, whose life was later the subject of the 1980 film Raging Bull starring Robert De Niro, was floored at the start of the seventh round after a flurry of shots from Nardico, including an overhand right-handed smash to the jaw. ![]()
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