Boxing ( February 14, 1951) Jake La Motta vs Sugar Ray Robinson ( Fight 6)
On February 14th 1951 Sugar Ray Robinson, and Jake LaMotta fought for the 6th fight was fought at Chicago Stadium on St. Valentine s Day in 1951. It is one of the most famous fights in boxing pair s most famous fight ended when Robinson stopped LaMotta in a punishing 13th round to win the undisputed world middleweight was February 14, 1929, on the North Side of Chicago when seven men from crime boss George Bugs Morans crew were gunned down by a group of men dressed as police officers. Nobody was ever convicted of the heinous crime, though the general consensus was that notorious gangster Al Capone was responsible. The bloody and brutal affair was dubbed The St. Valentines Day Massacre. Exactly twentytwo years later, two men, two fighters of incomparable styles, Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMottaa man who had his own rumored mob connectionswould engage in a fight of such brutality that it too would be labeled The St. Valentines Day Massacre. Don t forget too like,
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