Jake LaMotta passed away

CAIRO – 21 September 2017: Jake LaMotta, a boxing beast who got a middleweight title and was later memorialized by Robert De Niro in the film “Raging Bull,” has died. He was 95.

LaMotta gained fame with a new generation because of the 1980 film based loosely on his autobiography from a decade earlier. De Niro won an Academy Award playing the troubled boxer – violent both inside and outside the ring – in a Martin Scorsese film that several critics have ranked as among the top 100 movies ever made.

“Jake LaMotta was a champ,” said Scorsese. “He was, as they say, larger than life. He lived a tough life, with a lot to overcome, but that’s exactly what he did. I’m glad to have had the chance to know him.”

LaMotta`s career was astonishing as he won 83 times, defeated 19 times and 4 draws.
LaMotta fought the great Sugar Ray Robinson six times, handing Robinson the first defeat of his career in 1943 and losing the middleweight title to him in a storied match on Feb. 14, 1951, at Chicago Stadium.

“I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times; it’s a wonder I don’t have diabetes,” LaMotta said according to CBS.