Problems making weight would eventually work in Robinson's favour as LaMotta faded in the later rounds, and he took some telling blows to the body - especially in an incredible 11th round.
However, LaMotta - who struggled to make the middleweight limit for his third title defence - was his usual self inside the ring on fight night and after eight rounds in, he was ahead on two of the three scorecards. The duo met to sign contracts for the sixth fight - which took place on Februand in an attempt to play mind games, Robinson tried to get in his opponent's head by drinking a glass of blood drained from a beef steak. Going into the bout, he remained the only fighter to have inflicted defeat on Robinson's record from 124 bouts. Their sixth meeting was for LaMotta's middleweight title - a belt he had won from Marcel Cerdan of France in June 1949.
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