Jake LaMotta

American boxer (1922–2017)

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Born

10 July 1922, The Bronx

Died

19 September 2017, Miami

Citizenship

United States

Sport

boxing

Discipline

middleweight

Occupation

boxer, film actor, stage actor, writer, autobiographer

Height

173 cm (5 ft 8 in)

Recorded fight record

83 wins, 19 losses

Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta (July 10, 1922 – September 19, 2017) was an American professional boxer who was world middleweight champion between 1949 and 1951. Nicknamed "the Bronx Bull" or "Raging Bull" for his technique of constant stalking, brawling and inside fighting, he developed a reputation for being a "bully"; he was what is often referred to today as a swarmer and a slugger.

Due to his hard style of fighting, LaMotta often took as much as he dished out in an era of great middleweights. With a thick skull and jaw muscles, LaMotta was able to absorb incredible amounts of punishment over the course of his career, and is thought to have one of the greatest chins in boxing history. LaMotta's six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson was one of the most notable in the sport. Although each fight was close and LaMotta dropped Robinson to the canvas multiple times, LaMotta won only one of the bouts. He was also awarded an early version of the Hickok Belt—then presented exclusively to boxers—in 1949 after capturing the world middleweight title.

Awards and honours

• International Boxing Hall of Fame 1990
• The Ring World Middleweight Champion
• WBA World Middleweight Champion

Films

External links

• Wikipedia
• Wikiquote
• BoxRec
• IMDb
• Wikidata

Facts from Wikidata Q335855 (CC0); quoted introduction from English Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Data retrieved 2026-10-22.

Data: Wikidata (CC0 1.0); Wikipedia (English) (CC BY-SA 4.0). Retrieved 2026-10-22.