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Jake LaMotta
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| Nickname: | The Bronx Bull |
| Known for: | The Hustler, Mob War, Raging Bull |
| Birth name: | Giacobe LaMotta |
| Birthday: | 10 July 1921, The Bronx, New York, USA |
| Height: | 5' 8" (1.73 m) |
Trivia
World middleweight boxing champion, 1949-51.
Inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, 1990.
Inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame, 1986.
Claimed he took a "dive" in his loss to Billy Fox who was 49-1 with 49 knockouts.
His brother Joey was also a professional boxer.
Claimed in the film Raging Bull that he was never knocked down, when he fact he was knocked down by Danny Nardico in a fight in Coral Gables, Florida.
Owned and operated a night-club on Miami Beach called Jake Lamotta's.
Made an unsuccessful comeback in 1954, losing his last fight at Miami Beach to Billy Kilgore.
Uncle of William Lustig.
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