Raging Bull Sparknotes

Summary: Nicknamed as "The Raging Bull", Jake LaMotta was a rough fighter who, not being a hard puncher would savagely beat his opponents in the ring. A movie has been produced based on his: memoir, Raging Bull: My Story. This movie received critical acclamation for both director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro.

He used to stalk, brawl inside the ring and had developed a reputation of being “bully”. LaMotta was ready to absorb unimaginable amounts of punches over the course of his career, and is believed to possess one among the best chins in boxing history.

LaMotta's six-fight conflict with Sugar Ray Robinson was one of the most noteworthy in the sport, but LaMotta won only one of the sessions.

Facts of Jake LaMotta:

Birth Nation:

America
Height: 5 Feet 8Inch
Full Name: Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta
Ethnicity: White American
Profession: Boxer
Died: September 19, 2017 (aged 95)

Early Life:
LaMotta was born in the New York City on July 19, 1922.

His mother was born to Italian immigrants while his father was an immigrant from Messina. He was sent to a reformatory for attempting robbery, where he learned Boxing. He began to wrestle professionally at the age of 19, in 1941.

During world war 2, he was turn down from military service due to the Mastoid operation he had during his childhood.

Boxing Career:

In his first fifteen Bouts as a middleweight, LaMotta went 14–0–1 (3 Kos) before losing to Jimmy Reeves in Cleveland, Ohio. One month later they fought again in the same place, Reeves beat LaMotta yet another time.

In October, 1942 LaMotta fought Sugar Ray Robinson in his middleweight debut. Robinson won that match via unanimous 10-round decision. Rivalry between Robinson and Lamotta was the most historic rivalry at that time. Lamotta was the only boxer to defeat Robinson in 1943 bout.

LaMotta fought total 106 times, he won 83 times and lost 19 times, 4 of them were draw.

One of the most notable rivals of LaMotta was Billy fox. Billy fox knocked out LaMotta in the fifth round. New York State Athletic Commission suspects the match to be fixed and suspended LaMotta.

LaMotta, in his testimony acknowledged that he lost that match to gain favor of

Mafia.
LaMotta wrote,
The first round, a couple of belts to his head, and I see a glassy look coming over his eyes. Jesus Christ, a couple of jabs and he's going to fall down? I began to panic a little. I was supposed to be throwing a fight to this guy, and it looked like I was going to end up holding him on his feet... By [the fourth round], if there was anybody in the Garden who didn't know what was happening, he must have been dead drunk."

LaMotta’s post- Boxing Career:
After the end of his boxing career, he tried his hand on different sectors like stage acting, stand-up comedy. LaMotto also owned some bars and managed them. He was arrested in 1958 for introducing an underage girl to men in the bar he owned in Miami. Lamotto has worked in more than 15 films including The Hustler, Doctor and the Playgirl, The Runaways.

Personal Life: LaMotta had a troubled personal life, including a spell during a reformatory, and was married seven times. He admitted beating his wives and beating a person to death during a Robbery.
LaMotta's elder son, Jake LaMotta Jr., died of liver cancer, In February 1998. His younger son Joseph LaMotta also died in the crash of Swissair Flight 111 on September 1998.
LaMotta was the subject of a documentary directed by Greg Olliver.
Due to the complications of Pneumonia, LaMotta died on September 19, 2017 at the age of 95.

Net Worth and Salary:
LaMotta had a successful career as a boxer, he has also written a memoir which became the basis of the film Raging Bull. He had a diverse career in stand-up comedy, Stage acting and also appeared in some movies including: The Hustler, Doctor and the Playgirl, The Runaways. He owned some Bars and managed them too.
Considering his immense success, he must have accumulated a fortune. But exactly how much, as per our sources LaMotta’s Estimated net worth was $10 million.