These two would fight six times, with LaMotta winning only once. But the fights, including one where Robinson was knocked through the ropes and literally saved by the bell on the count of nine, were considered some of the greatest boxing spectacles ever witnessed for many years to come.<\/p>\n
When his career ended, LaMotta struggled as an actor and working in the bar business. He was a notorious womanizer and was married six times.<\/p>\n
Martin Scorsese\u2019s \u201cRaging Bull\u201d hit theaters in 1980. Robert DeNiro would win an Academy Award for his portrayal of the controversial boxer. But LaMotta wasn\u2019t pleased.<\/p>\n
\u201cI kind of look bad in it,\u201d he told The New York Times<\/em> after its release. \u201cThen I realized it was true. That\u2019s the way it was. I was a no-good bastard. It\u2019s not the way I am now, but the way I was then.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\nThe film regularly tops media lists ranking the best movies in different genres, and in 2007 the American Film Institute voted \u201cRaging Bull\u201d the number one sports movie of all time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Giacobbe “Jake” LaMotta\u2019s battles outside the boxing ring were almost as vicious as his fights that raged in it. The subject of the movie \u201cRaging Bull,\u201d LaMotta died Tuesday at age 95, of complications from pneumonia, at a nursing home near Miami, Florida. The famed middleweight fought from 1941-1954 and compiled a record of 83-19-4 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":59170,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11,16,1074],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
Boxer Jake LaMotta, Subject of \u2018Raging Bull,\u2019 Dies at 95<\/title>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n