Laurent Dauthuille was a French

French people

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 boxer

Boxing

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Arriving in Montreal

Montreal

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 in the late 1940s, he was nicknamed the Tarzan of Buzenval. On September 13, 1950 he fought Jake LaMotta

Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe LaMotta , better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former American world middleweight champion boxer...

, a boxer he once bested by unanimous decision, for the world middleweight championship. He was ahead on all cards 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

Knockout

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 when he was counted out with 13 seconds left in the fight. He fought 15 more times but never again for a world title.

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