Jake LaMotta: Raging Bull Boxing Champion Dies at 95

Jake LaMotta was an American boxer. Born on July 10, 1922, in the Bronx, New York, he turned pro in 1941.

He won the world middleweight title in 1949 by beating Marcel Cerdan and was known as the Raging Bull. His rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson included a famous 1951 bout called the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. His life was the subject of Martin Scorsese's Raging Bull (1980).

Robert De Niro won an Oscar for playing him. LaMotta died of pneumonia in Aventura, Florida, on September 19, 2017, at age 95.

Achievements: World middleweight champion (1949), International Boxing Hall of Fame.

Birth: July 10, 1922 - Bronx, New York.

Profession: Boxer.

Interesting Facts: His life story became Raging Bull.