Jake LaMotta

I think Raging Bull for me is maybe the second or third greatest boxing movie ever made.

Even Jake LaMotta, when he watched the film for the first time with his wife, he said, was I that bad of a person? And she looked over him and she said, you were worse.

And

it was a known fact what a piece of shit Jake LaMotta was.

He was an absolute piece of shit.

I mean, the boxing writers despised him.

and um you know they kind of i don't know i like i said i haven't seen the film but it's kind of simplified in the sense that i think there's a another younger character who who's involved in involved in it i'm not going to go into it too much but it's a slippery slope and especially for a movie like that which is like saying flat out this is

who

Look, just give me my money or I'm going to formalize your head.

It's such a very New York-y thing to say, like De Niro or something, like Jake LaMotta vibe.

Like putting anything with your head cracks me up.

Denigrate? I'm going to denigrate your head? And so on.

Jack Nicholson is Jack Torrance.

Robert De Niro is Jake LaMotta.

Gene Wilder is Willy Wonka.

Matthew Lillard, Sarah Michelle Gellar, Freddie Prince Jr., Linda Cardellini, and Neil Fanning as the Mystery Inc. gang.

It's a really different performance than those that are normally brought up when you talk about his early work.

He's really far from Jake LaMotta, Travis Bickle, and Jimmy Conway.

He's kind of a goofball who talks and eats too much.

A guy who has no clue how to flirt or charm.

The bout was voted the ring fight of the year.

Now he lost his title to a certain Jake LaMotta in his first defence after dislocating his shoulder from a knockdown in the first round.

He did fight on valiantly to the 10th round until the pain was too much so he retired in his corner.

A return bout with LaMotta was scheduled for September 28th 1949 but was postponed because of a training injury to LaMotta.

He certainly lived his life like that anyway, didn't he? Marcel Sedan lived fast and unfortunately died young as well.

So we're going to move on to that particular fighter that he was supposed to fight in the rematch and the one he lost the title to.

Jake LaMotta, the Bronx Bull, 83-19 and 4-30 by weight.

of knockout his era 1941 to 1954 now the bronx ball was wildly popular for his rugged style of mixing it up and his six fight rivalry of course against the great sugar ray robinson is among the most celebrated in the sports history he became the first man to beat the great champion in sugar ray He is considered to have one of the most granite chins and greatest chins in boxing history, and he used his ability to take punishment as actually part of his tactical arsenal, stalking an opponent and remaining in close range, willing to take a shot to land a shot.

40s, 50s, and with Robinson going into the 60s.

However, his great rivalry over a nine-year period was with a guy called Jake LaMotta.

Arthur, was that Ray's dad? No.

Oh, okay.

Ray was...

Oh, no, sorry, LaMotta.

Jake LaMotta.

Jake LaMotta.

Yeah.

It's like, there's those famous photos of Jake LaMotta in bed from the '50s.

That's right, yeah.

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