"Sugar" Ray Robinson vs Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta February 14, 1951

The St Valentine's Day Massacre. THE greatest ever, "Sugar" Ray Robinson, 30, was a 3-1 betting favorite going into the fight at the Chicago Stadium on February 14, 1951 against the 29-year old champion, Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta, from the Bronx.

THIS was the sixth meeting between the pair. Robinson had won four of the previous five, but LaMotta was the first man to have defeated Sugar Ray in 41 fights back in February 1943.