He eventually dropped the belt to Robinson in their first meeting before taking them back with a stunning win in the rematch. He won his first major boxing championship in June 1949, with his reign lasting until February 1951. LaMotta’s style of being willing to take two punches in order to give one of his own led him to many exciting fights. However, his first crack at the belt didn’t come until nearly two years later. He later revealed he was promised a championship fight if he ensured the result didn’t go his way. LaMotta was also involved in a moment of high controversy in 1947, when he admittedly threw a fight against Billy Fox for a fourth-round TKO defeat. LaMotta fought Hall of Fame boxer Sugar Ray Robinson an astounding six different times, handing the legendary fighter his first boxing loss in one of his crowning moments. He had several noteworthy moments during his 13-year run inside the ring before his final contest in 1954. LaMotta, born on July 10th, 1921, competed in 106 professional bouts during his illustrious boxing career, going 83-19-4. According to the Associated Press, which confirmed the boxer’s death with fiancee Denise Baker, LaMotta endured “complications of pneumonia” and died in a Miami-area hospital. Urn:oclc:866998608 Republisher_date 20170209161809 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 871 Scandate 20170123075809 Scanner boxing champion Jake LaMotta died on Tuesday at the age of 95.

OL2662584W Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 93.74 Pages 248 Ppi 300 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0553140388 Urn:lcp:ragingbullmystor00lamo:epub:4d4321bb-ca94-4ab9-aa78-2196318294a5 Extramarc The Indiana University Catalog Foldoutcount 0 Identifier ragingbullmystor00lamo Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t3tt8qd6b Invoice 1213 Isbn 0137525273ĩ780137525270 Lccn 73124514 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Openlibrary OL5446198M Openlibrary_edition The 1980 film, directed by Martin Scorsese, earned De Niro a Best Actor award at the. Internetarchivebookdrive External-identifier Based on LaMotta's 1970 memoir, Raging Bull depicts an emotional fighter struggling with life outside the ring. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 14:52:46.344398 Bookplateleaf 0010 Boxid IA1147705 City Englewood Cliffs, N.J.

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