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  1. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Jake_LaMottaJake LaMotta - Wikipedia

    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 ...

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    Apr 2, 2014 · Jake LaMotta was a former middleweight boxing champion who fought Sugar Ray Robinson six times and inspired the film Raging Bull. Learn about his life, career, struggles and legacy in this comprehensive biography.

  3. Apr 1, 2024 · Jake LaMotta (born July 10, 1922, New York, New York, U.S.—died September 19, 2017, Aventura, Florida) was an American boxer and world middleweight boxing champion (1949–51) whose stamina and fierceness in the ring earned him the nickname “the Bronx Bull.”. Lacking finesse, he often allowed himself to take a severe beating before ...

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  4. Sep 20, 2017 · Sept. 20, 2017. Jake LaMotta, boxing’s “Raging Bull,” who brawled his way to the middleweight boxing championship in a life of unbridled fury — within the ring and outside it — that ...

  5. Sep 20, 2017 · Jake LaMotta, a brawling middleweight champion whose epic battles with Sugar Ray Robinson defined non-heavyweight boxing in the 1940s and early ’50s, has died, his fiancee said Wednesday.

  6. Sep 21, 2017 · Jake LaMotta, the middleweight champion boxer famed for his ferocity in the ring in the 1940s and early '50s, died this week — nearly 40 years after his obituary was written. That obituary, of ...

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  8. Sep 21, 2017 · LaMotta was a middleweight champion who fought Sugar Ray Robinson six times and inspired a classic film by Martin Scorsese. He also had a turbulent personal life, admitted to throwing a fight and lost both his sons in tragic accidents.

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