BOXER

Jake LaMotta

1922 - 2017

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jake LaMotta is the 19th most popular boxer (down from 10th in 2019), the 1,999th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,218th in 2019) and the 12th most popular American Boxer.

Jake Lamotta is most famous for being a professional boxer and the subject of the movie Raging Bull.

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Among BOXERS

Among boxers, Jake LaMotta ranks 19 out of 496Before him are Rubin Carter, Teófilo Stevenson, Carlos Monzón, Marvelous Marvin Hagler, László Papp, and Wladimir Klitschko. After him are Nino Benvenuti, Jack Dempsey, Evander Holyfield, Primo Carnera, Ingemar Johansson, and Floyd Patterson.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Jake LaMotta ranks 81Before him are Adolfo Celi, Michael Cacoyannis, María Casares, John B. Goodenough, Olga Ladyzhenskaya, and Gianna Beretta Molla. After him are Denholm Elliott, Richard Hamilton, Jean-Pierre Rampal, Carlo M. Cipolla, Sven Nykvist, and Karl-Otto Apel. Among people deceased in 2017, Jake LaMotta ranks 84Before him are René Préval, Azzedine Alaïa, Nicolai Gedda, Michael Nyqvist, Zhou Youguang, and Peter Abrahams. After him are Abdul Halim of Kedah, Lubomyr Husar, Fats Domino, Charlie Murphy, Anita Pallenberg, and John Berger.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Jake LaMotta ranks 1,999 out of 20,380Before him are Ward Cunningham (1949), Joseph Greenberg (1915), Henry A. Wallace (1888), Rollo May (1909), Jean Arthur (1900), and Néstor Carbonell (1967). After him are Chuck Yeager (1923), Lucy Liu (1968), James Heckman (1944), River Phoenix (1970), Janet Gaynor (1906), and Scott Hall (1958).

Among BOXERS In United States

Among boxers born in United States, Jake LaMotta ranks 12Before him are Joe Louis (1914), Sugar Ray Robinson (1921), Floyd Mayweather Jr. (1977), Sonny Liston (1932), Rubin Carter (1937), and Marvelous Marvin Hagler (1954). After him are Jack Dempsey (1895), Evander Holyfield (1962), Floyd Patterson (1935), Larry Holmes (1949), Archie Moore (1916), and James J. Braddock (1905).