On June 16, 1949, Marcel Cerdan (110-3, 65 KOs), the middleweight The Ring champion, defends his title against American challenger, Jake LaMotta (72-13-3, 24 KOs).
Marcel Cerdan is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round KO victory over Lucien Krawczyk, 1 month and 8 days ago. Jake LaMotta is on a 3-fight win streak with a 27% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Joey DeJohn, 29 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.1-2.9 in favor of Jake LaMotta. Marcel Cerdan won't be able to do much against LaMotta.
The champion refused to continue the fight in the 9th round, and Jake LaMotta is crowned the new The Ring middleweight world champion — in his first world-title fight. LaMotta improves his record to 73-13-3 (25 KOs), while Cerdan adds a loss to his record at 110-4.