Laurent Dauthuille

Infobox_Boxer
name = Laurent Dauthuille
nickname = The Tarzan of Buzenval
realname = Laurent Dauthuille
weight = Middleweight
nationality=flagicon|FRA French
birth_date = February 20, 1924
birth_place = Chaumont, France
death_date = death date and age|1971|7|10|1924|2|20|mf=y
style = Orthodox
total = 62
wins = 45
KO = 24
losses = 13
draws = 4
no contests = 0

Laurent Dauthuille (20 February 1924–10 July 1971Fact|date=May 2008) was a French boxer. 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 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 when he was counted out with only 13 seconds left in the fight.cite book | last=Peretz | first = Howard G. | title = It Ain't Over 'Till The Fat Lady Sings: The 100 Greatest Sports Finishes of All Time | publisher = Barnes and Nobles Books | location = New York | date = 1999 | pages = pp 28–29 | isbn=0-76071-7079] He fought 15 more times but never again for a world title.

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