Jake LaMotta lived a turbulent, captivating and even entertaining life in and out of the ring, yet it is his six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson which elevated his career and himself to legendary status and even inspired arguably the greatest boxing movie ever made: The 1980 Martin Scorsese movie, ‘Raging Bull’. Something that was borne out by one of his own boasts: “no son-of-a-bitch ever knocked me off my feet” – which was accurate until sadly that did occur in one of his last fights, against Danny Nardico in 1952. So much so that he is regarded as having one of the greatest chins in boxing history. Notorious for his brutal fighting style Jake often took in as much punishment as he dished out and indeed was happy to do so! Equipped with an incredibly strong jaw and a thick skull, LaMotta would absorb ridiculous (and often unnecessary) amounts of punishment over the course of his career. Back in the day he was just known as a bully! La Motta in modern day terms would be labelled as a ‘swarmer’ or a ‘slugger’. Not particularly a big puncher as his KO records shows LaMotta would nevertheless subject his opponents to vicious beatings, constantly pressuring and enticing his opponents into a brawl where he would unleash brutal body shots. Giacobbe “Jake” LaMotta was an American professional boxer, widely known as one of the toughest men to have ever entered a boxing ring.
6 Jake LaMotta and the fixed fight (Billy Fox).5 Jake LaMotta vs Sugar Ray Robinson (I-V).
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