On February 14, 1951, Sugar Ray Robinson (120-1-2, 79 KOs) gets a shot at the middleweight The Ring title held by and the Ring Magazine champion, Jake LaMotta (78-14-3, 28 KOs).
Jake LaMotta is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 29% KO rate; his last fight was a 15th round KO victory over Laurent Dauthuille, 5 months and 1 day ago. Sugar Ray Robinson is on a 31-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Hans Stretz, 1 month and 20 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 95.5-4.5 in favor of Sugar Ray Robinson. Jake LaMotta won't be able to do much against Robinson.
In the rematch, Sugar Ray Robinson stopped the champion via TKO in the 13th round of the 15-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new The Ring middleweight champion. Robinson improves his record to 121-1-2 (80 KOs), while LaMotta adds a loss to his record at 78-15-3.