![Out of the ring, LaMotta's life turbulent life was turned...]()
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Out of the ring, LaMotta's life turbulent life was turned into a movie named "The Raging Bull." The 1980 film, directed by Martin Scorsese, was based off the boxer's memoir of the same name. Robert De Niro, pictured here (c) with the boxer and Joe Pesci (r), another star of the movie, famously portrayed LaMotta and won an Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance.
![Lamotta delivers a hard left hook to Tiberio Mitri's face...]()
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Lamotta delivers a hard left hook to Tiberio Mitri's face during a fight at Madison Square Garden on July 7, 1950, where he defended his title as World Middleweight Champion.
![LaMotta goofs around with his daughter Stephanie.]()
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LaMotta goofs around with his daughter Stephanie.
![Boxer Jake LaMotta and his wife Vikki relax with son...]()
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Boxer Jake LaMotta and his wife Vikki relax with son Jake Jr., who died of liver cancer in 1998.
![In his Bronx home, Jake LaMotta gets some loving care...]()
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In his Bronx home, Jake LaMotta gets some loving care from his wife, Vikki.
![Jake LaMotta cozied up to his fiancee Denise Baker, who...]()
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Jake LaMotta cozied up to his fiancee Denise Baker, who he later married, outside their home in Manhattan in 2000.
![Middleweight boxing champ Jake LaMotta and wife Vikki pose for...]()
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Middleweight boxing champ Jake LaMotta and wife Vikki pose for a photo at Madison Square Garden in 1951. Vikki was his second wife, though they later divorced. LaMotta married his seventh wife, longtime fiancee Denise Baker, on Jan. 4, 2013.
![In one of his last fights, LaMotta fought against Tommy...]()
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In one of his last fights, LaMotta fought against Tommy Yarosz in New York on Dec. 3, 1948. He won a unanimous 10-round decision over Yarosz.
![LaMotta earned himself the title of World Middleweight Champion after...]()
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LaMotta earned himself the title of World Middleweight Champion after defeating Frenchman Marcel Cerdan on June 16, 1949 in Detroit. Upon his return home to the Bronx, the boxer was welcomed with a hometown hero's reception. He defended his title against Tiberio Mitri a year later during a fight at Madison Square Garden, which was named Fight of the Year by The Ring Magazine.
![LaMotta and Billy Fox weigh in before their fight on...]()
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LaMotta and Billy Fox weigh in before their fight on Nov. 14, 1947 when LaMotta was knocked out in four rounds. The fight would soon become one of LaMotta's most controversial after it was believed to be fixed. LaMotta was suspended and later admitted to throwing the fight to gain favor with the Mafia. "By [the fourth round], if there was anybody in the Garden who didn't know what was happening, he must have been dead drunk," he wrote in his book.
![Boxer Jake LaMotta holds his son Joseph high. in 1949....]()
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Boxer Jake LaMotta holds his son Joseph high. in 1949. Joseph would later die in the Swissair Flight 111, that killed all 229 people aboard.
![Jake LaMotta (c) attends a special screening to celebrate the...]()
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Jake LaMotta (c) attends a special screening to celebrate the 25th anniversary of "Raging Bull" with Robert De Niro (l) and Martin Scorsese at the Ziegfeld Theater in 2005.
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Jake LaMotta, the Bronx-born boxing legend also known as "The Raging Bull," did on Sept. 19, 2017, according to TMZ. He was 96. LaMotta's wife reportedly told the gossip site that he had died in a nursing home due to complications for pneumonia.
![Boxers Jake LaMotta fought Fritzic Zivic four times: twice in...]()
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Boxers Jake LaMotta fought Fritzic Zivic four times: twice in Pittsburgh in 1943, once in New York in 1943 and once in Detroit in 1944. LaMotta won all but one of the matches.
![Jake LaMotta delievers a jab to Fritzie Zivoic's left side...]()
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Jake LaMotta delievers a jab to Fritzie Zivoic's left side during their fight in 1943.
![LaMotta's career as a boxer lasted nearly 10 years. In...]()
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LaMotta's career as a boxer lasted nearly 10 years. In that time, the former champ went 83-19 with 30 knockouts in 106 career fights. Of his most well-known fights were his six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson, despite LaMotta only winning one. Pictured here, LaMotta attempts to defend a mighty haymaker thrown by Robinson.
![Jake LaMotta with daughter Christi and friend Faith Cardwell at...]()
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Jake LaMotta with daughter Christi and friend Faith Cardwell at his 59th birthday party. Christi is one of the boxer's four daughters.
![Tiberio Mitri's radar fails him and LaMotta plants a long...]()
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Tiberio Mitri's radar fails him and LaMotta plants a long left lead on his head at Madison Square Garden in 1950.
![Bob Murphy takes punch on the ear from LaMotta during...]()
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Bob Murphy takes punch on the ear from LaMotta during match.
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Jake LaMotta pounds Tiberio Mitri into the ropes in a late round.
Jake LaMotta, the Bronx-born boxing legend who was famously nicknamed “The Raging Bull,” died on Sept, 19, 2017. He was 95. Take a look at Daily News staff photos of the former champ through the years in and out of the ring.
