"Sugar" Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta had one of boxing's fiercest rivalries, pitting two very different men against each ...

LaMotta handed Sugar Ray Robinson his first defeat and reigned for nearly two years as middleweight champion during a time boxing was one of America’s biggest sports.

All of the fights were contested at middleweight, as Robinson prepared for his major jump up in weight to face Jake LaMotta for the 160-pound title.

On February 14, 1951 welterweight champion Sugar Ray Robinson stepped up in weight against middleweight king Jake LaMotta, a thickly built chopping block with an iron chin fortified by an iron ...