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Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta (July 10, 1922 – September 19, 2017) was an Italian-American professional boxer who was world middleweight champion between 1949 and 1951. Nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" or "Raging Bull" for his technique of constant stalking, brawling and inside fighting, he developed a reputation for being a "bully"; he was what is often referred to today as a swarmer and a slugger.
Raging Bull. Raging Bull is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, Cathy Moriarty, Theresa Saldana, Frank Vincent, and Nicholas Colasanto in his final film role. The film is an adaptation of former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta 's 1970 memoir Raging Bull: My ...
Vikki LaMotta. Vikki LaMotta (January 23, 1930 – January 25, 2005), born Beverly Thailer, was an American model and the second wife of champion boxer Jake LaMotta, during his peak years of success, during which time Vikki became a celebrity. In the 1990s, she wrote an autobiography, but requested it not be released until after her death due ...
The famed black-and-white film from director Martin Scorsese about boxer Jake LaMotta (for which De Niro won a Best Actor Oscar) took a four-month break in filming so the famously method actor ...
Sugar Ray Robinson and Jake LaMotta had a historic boxing rivalry, fighting each other on six separate occasions between 1942 and 1951. Robinson won the series 5–1, although many of the fights were close, with LaMotta handing Robinson his first ever loss (and would remain his only loss for nearly a decade). The most famous of their encounters ...
Lightweight. Walker Smith Jr. (May 3, 1921 – April 12, 1989), better known as Sugar Ray Robinson, was an American professional boxer who competed from 1940 to 1965. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1990. [1] He is often regarded as the greatest boxer of all time, pound-for-pound. [2][3][4][5][6]
Jake LaMotta: 17 Jun 1949 – 14 Feb 1951 2 11 Sugar Ray Robinson: 14 Feb – 10 Jul 1951 0 12 Randy Turpin: 10 Jul – 12 Sep 1951 0 13 Sugar Ray Robinson (2) 12 Sep 1951 – 18 Dec 1952 2 Robinson vacated the title and retired. [23] 14 Carl Olson (def. Randy Turpin) 21 Oct 1953 – 9 Dec 1955 3 15 Sugar Ray Robinson (3) 9 Dec 1955 – 2 Jan ...
Frank "Blinky" Palermo (January 26, 1905 – May 12, 1996) was an American organized crime figure and boxing promoter who surreptitiously owned prize fighters and fixed fights; he was best known for fixing the Jake LaMotta – Billy Fox fight in 1947. An associate of the Philadelphia crime family, Palermo also ran Philadelphia's biggest numbers ...