https://www.si.com/boxing/2017/09/20/ja ... boxer-diesJake LaMotta, the boxer who was the subject of the 1980 film "Raging Bull," has died from complications from pneumonia at the age of 95, his wife told ABC.
TMZ first reported LaMotta's death.
LaMotta was 83-19 over his professional boxing career. He turned professional in 1941 at the age of 19 after he wasn't allowed to enlist in the military due to a mastoid operation in one of his ears.
Robert De Niro won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his portrayal of LaMotta in "Raging Bull," which was based on LaMotta's autobiography Raging Bull: My Story.
The Bronx native became the world middleweight championship in 1950, but he is perhaps best-known for his rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson. The two fighters squared off six times with Robinson winning five, but LaMotta dropped Robinson multiple times and his gutsy performance endeared him to boxing fans worldwide. Of their rivalry, LaMotta would joke, "I fought Sugar Ray so many times I'm surprised I didn't get diabetes."
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The Raging Bull dead at 95.
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He also looked a lot like Robert De Niro.
File him under the "I thought he was already dead" category.
File him under the "I thought he was already dead" category.
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The local TV news said he lived part-time in Bisbee, AZ.
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