Their Bloody Valentine

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It’s 5th February 1943 at the Olympia Stadium, Detroit, Michigan.
Sugar Ray Robinson enters the ring to face his latest opponent.
Robinson has fought 40 professional bouts now, not losing one,
and has been dazzling audiences since his amateur days. Tonight
is a rematch. 


 


The man standing across from the ring is Jake La Motta. The last
time they met it he was described as a “human truck”. Robinson
had won the match with what looked like relative ease on the
scorecards and the audience had shown their approval. Giving away
10lbs, he had used his superior footwork and exemplified the art
of boxing in the eyes of many. However, there were still others
who betrayed they primal lust for the gladiatorial roots of
pugilism. They saw no entertainment value in a fighter dancing
outside of harm’s way. The real fight for them occurred in the
pocket; the true test of warriors where the battle glory is
earned. They asked what would happen if the truck caught up with
the dancer. 


 


Tonight they would find out. For this would be like no rematch
Sugar Ray Robinson had fought in his career. When it was over,
the previously smitten audiences would fall in love with the
clash of styles and would clamour for more. Jake La Motta would
later remark that he met Robinson so many times that they almost
got married. It therefore seems apt that four of these meetings
occur in February. Eight years and nine days to this fateful
first rematch, the Robinson/LaMotta feud would culminate in
dramatic fashion. The fight inspired books, films, articles and
boxing lore: Their Bloody Valentine! 



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