Laurent Dauthuille (20 February 1924 – 10 July 1971) was a
French boxer.
Arriving in
Montreal
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in the late 1940s, he was nicknamed the ''Tarzan of Buzenval.'' During his career Dauthuille beat notable fighters such as Jake LaMotta, Steve Belloise, Tony Janiro, Eugene Hairston, Norman Hayes, Johnny Greco, Paddy Young, Bobby Dawson, Tuzo Portuguez, Luc van Dam and Robert Charron. Dauthuille's biggest fight came on September 13, 1950 he fought
Jake LaMotta, a boxer he once bested by unanimous decision, for the world middleweight championship. He was ahead on all cards going into the 15th and final round of the match, when he was felled by a late flurry of punches from LaMotta. He ultimately lost by
knockout
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when he was counted out with 13 seconds left in the fight.
The fight was named Ring Magazine's fight of the year for 1950. He fought 15 more times but never again for a world title.
See also
* ''
The Babes Make the Law'' (1955)
References
External links
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1924 births
1971 deaths
Middleweight boxers
French male boxers
Sportspeople from Chaumont, Haute-Marne
20th-century French sportsmen
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