![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() He subsequently owned a night-club in Miami and had character roles in several films and TV programs. Jake LaMotta - The Raging Bull haNZAgod 99.4K subscribers Subscribe 1.7K 206K views 7 years ago Highlights of the great Middleweight champ. “When he took a dive during the Billy Fox fight, which he didn’t want to do, it literally broke him & was never the same afterwards,” she added. Jake La Motta fought 106 pro bouts, winning 83, 30 by KO. Nicknamed The Bronx Bull or Raging Bull, LaMotta was a rough fighter who was not a particularly big puncher, but would subject his opponents to vicious. “I’m proud that my Father was a great athlete, he lost his title to one of the best Middleweight Boxers in history, Sugar Ray Robinson,” his daughter wrote on Facebook. 'Raging Bull,' the gritty biopic about the life of former middleweight boxing champion Jake La Motta, was considered by many to be the best movie of the 1980s. LaMotta’s turmoil-filled life - marked by a fixed match he deliberately lost under Mafia pressure in 1947 - was depicted in the 1980 movie “Raging Bull, in which he was portrayed in an Academy Award-winning performance by Robert De Niro. After two successful defences, he lost the belt in 1952 in his sixth bout against Sugar Ray Robinson. ![]() On June 16, 1949, he scored a knockout win over French boxer Marcel Cerdan to capture the middleweight title. In a career spanning 1941 to 1954, LaMotta racked up a record of 83 victories, 30 of them knockouts, against 19 defeats, according to BoxRec, which keeps boxing statistics. Sports Illustrated said he died from complications from pneumonia. 1948 Leaf 102 Jake La Motta PSA 3 Key Card Raging Bull. LaMotta, known for a legendary six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson, passed away on Tuesday, his daughter Christi LaMotta said on Facebook. 1948 Leaf 102 Jake La Motta LaMotta Raging Bull PSA 4 Graded Boxing Card. Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight boxing champion who was portrayed in the Martin Scorsese film “Raging Bull,” has died at the age of 95, his family announced. ![]()
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