Jake LaMotta, ‘Raging Bull’ Boxing Champion, Dies at 95
- Martin Scorsese’s Oscar-winning film depicted the boxer’s life
- The Bronx street brawler hit the canvas once in 106 fights
Jake LaMotta, right, in bout against Fritzie Zivic, on Nov. 12, 1943.
Source: New York Daily News Archive/NY Daily News via Getty ImagesJake LaMotta, the world middleweight boxing champion whose savagery in and out of the ring was portrayed by Robert De Niro in the 1980 film “Raging Bull,” has died. He was 95.
He died Tuesday at a Miami-area hospital from complications of pneumonia, according to the Associated Press, citing his fiancee Denise Baker.