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Jake LaMotta's relentless pressure system, how the Raging Bull dragged legends into his endurance war

Discover the technical genius behind Jake LaMotta's devastating fighting style, exploring how his forward pressure, deceptive defense, and psychological warfare broke down the world's greatest ...
Wane

Jake LaMotta, boxer who inspired ‘Raging Bull,’ dies at 95

Jake LaMotta, an iron-fisted battler who brawled his way to a middleweight title and was later memorialized by Robert De Niro in the film “Raging Bull,” has died. He was 95. The former middleweight ...
ESPN

Jake LaMotta and the only fighter to knock him down in 106 figthts

Jake LaMota was only once sent to the canvas in 106 fights, and that came in New Year's Eve 1952. Bettmann / Getty Images Jake LaMotta, who died earlier this year aged 95, had a headache before New ...
New York Post

I played Jake LaMotta’s wife in ‘Raging Bull’ — and loved him

I met Jake LaMotta in ‘79 on the “Raging Bull” set in LA. He was there every day as a consultant. He was Jake — but he was not the Jake in the movie. Those years had passed. He was very calm, cool and ...
Time

Remembering Jake LaMotta, Combustable Champ and ‘Raging Bull’ Inspiration

Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight boxing champion who died Wednesday at age 95 from complications from pneumonia, handed Sugar Ray Robinson, the man that many sweaty scholars of the sweet science ...
NPR

Jake LaMotta, Boxer Of 'Raging Bull' Fame, Dies At 95

Boxer Jake LaMotta, the former world middleweight champion and the inspiration for the movie Raging Bull, has died at age 95. His longtime partner Denise Baker told NPR that LaMotta died Tuesday from ...