"The St. Valentine's Day Massacre"
Jake LaMotta  vs.  Sugar Ray Robinson
Chicago Stadium  -  February 14, 1951

   
 
   
 
   

A vintage oversized press photo of the Robinson-LaMotta VI fight which took place on February 14, 1951 in Chicago Stadium... The fight was given the title "The St. Valentines Day Massacre", afterwards, because of the vicious beating the weight-drained LaMotta would take in losing his title on Valentines Day... A very clear and outstanding image of the end of this contest!!

ACME NEWSPICTURE PHOTO

measures: 11 x 14"
condition: fine

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"The St. Valentine's Day Massacre"
 

  
      February 14, 1951, was the anniversary of the St. Valentine's Day Massacre in Chicago; and just a few miles away from the infamous garage where it had taken place 22 years before, 14,802 paying customers packed Chicago Stadium to see what would soon become known as the "second edition." The attraction that Wednesday night was the much-ballyhooed matchup of two divisional champions, welterweight king Sugar Ray Robinson and middleweight titlist Jake LaMotta, fighting for LaMotta's crown. They did not leave disappointed, as more fireworks exploded on West Madison Street than had exploded over Clark Street 22 years before.  
 


Bert Randolph Sugar