lamotta was one of the first boxers to adopt the "bully" style of fighting, in that he always stayed close and in punching range of his opponent, by stalking him around the ring, and sacrificed taking punches himself in order to land his own shots. due to his aggressive, unrelenting style he was known as "the bronx bull." he boasted "no son-of-a-bitch ever knocked me off my feet", but that claim was ended in december 1952 at the hands of danny nardico when nardico caught him with a hard right in the seventh round. lamotta fell into the ropes and went down. after regaining his footing, he was unable to come out for the next round.