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Jake LaMotta was an American boxer, film actor, stage actor, and writer. Born in The Bronx on July 10, 1922, he competed in the middleweight division for the United States. His professional boxing record included 106 matches, with 83 wins and 19 losses. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
LaMotta died in Miami on September 19, 2017, from pneumonia due to natural causes. He was married to Vikki LaMotta and spoke English. In addition to his athletic career, he authored one work titled *Raging Bull II*. He is also related to William Lustig.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- Raging Bull II
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
New York City, New York, USA
Jake LaMotta had one of the best chins in boxing history. In over 110 fights against the greatest middleweights in history, LaMotta was only knocked to the canvas once in his entire 14 year career. Turning pro in the early 1940s, Lamotta ran up an impressive undefeated streak before losing. He was the first fighter to defeat the great Sugar Ray Robinson (Robinson was 40-0). Claimed to have "taken…
Known for
- The Raging Bull — Self (archive footage)2022
- The Real Rocky — Self (archive footage)2011
- Raging Bull: Remembering Jake — Self (archive)2011
- Resurrecting the Champ — Jake LaMotta (voice)2007
- Raging Bull: Before the Fight — Self (archive footage)2005
- Sugar Ray Robinson: The Bright Lights and Dark Shadows of a Champion — Himself (archive footage)1998
- The Happy Moose — Bull1995
- New Jack City — Gangster Standing at Bar (uncredited)1991
- Mob War — Don Ricci1989
- Maniac Cop — Detective1988
via TMDB
Key facts
- Nickname s
- The Bronx Bull, The Raging Bull
- Born
- Giacobbe LaMotta , ( 1922-07-10 ) July 10, 1922, New York City , U.S.
- Died
- September 19, 2017 (2017-09-19) (aged 95), Aventura, Florida , U.S.
- Height
- 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
- Weight
- Middleweight , Light heavyweight
- Reach
- 67 in (170 cm)
- Stance
- Orthodox
via Wikipedia infobox
Sports profile
- Sport
- Fighting
- Position
- Boxer
- Nationality
- United States
via TheSportsDB
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Jake
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- The Bronx
- Place of death
- Miami
- Occupation
- autobiographer
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- boxing
- Country for sport
- United States
- Official website
- officialjakelamotta.com
- Image
- Jake LaMotta signed photo postcard 1952.JPG
- Height
- 173
Show 10 more facts
- date of birth
- 1922-07-10
- Commons category
- Jake LaMotta
- date of death
- 2017-09-19
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pneumonia
- sports discipline competed in
- middleweight
- relative
- William Lustig
- number of matches played/races/starts
- 106
- number of wins
- 83
- number of losses
- 19
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