Jake LaMotta vs Carmen Basillio. Who wins?

Question

middleweight dream fight.

Answer 1

the basilio who beat robinson will beat lamotta ......clear points victory.

Answer 2

In this you have a dump truck colliding with a bigger dump truck.  Basilio is very similar to Lamotta in style only Jake is actually a better boxer with slightly better defensive skills.  

Basilio survived, against a much older and less motivated Robinson, than did Jake.  Basilio was tough enough to take everything Robinson threw at him.  Jake was also tough enough to take everything Ray threw at him only he faced a much younger and tougher, more motivated version of Robinson.  

As hard as he can punch, Ray never knocked either of these tough competitors down.  However, against each other it would just be a matter of who exerts the greater force.  Neither Lamotta nor Basilio is a great puncher.  Marcel Cerdan punched harder than both.  Jake was just tough enough to withstand Cerdan's attack.  It helped that Cerdan injured his shoulder during the fight.  

I don't think Basilio would have survived against some of the tougher middleweights given the styles.  I also don't think he would have gone the distance with the Robinson that Jake faced.  Jake would give guys like Hagler and d**k Tiger or Emile Griffith, all they can handle because he's tough enough to take it.  They are all very tough fighters who can take a lot of punishment and dish it out.  They are also as tough, or tougher than Robinson though none can dish it out as well as he can.  

I just don't think Basilio would be able to survive against guys like Hagler or Tiger.  He would give many welterweights all they can handle but the middleweight division is the beginning of the BIG Boys class.  Not everyone can make the transition so well.  Basilio is given credit largely because of "WHO" he beat for the title, not the current condition of his adversary.  

Basilio's tough but not as tough as the others I mentioned.  He's also not quite as tough as Jake.  He has a lot of heart but that alone would not do against Lamotta.  They would ruin each other but Lamotta would certainly be the last man standing.

Lamotta by KO in 14