Jake LaMotta is an American former professional boxer and stand-up comedian, who had a net worth of $1 million when he died. Jake LaMotta, known as a bully in the ring, was a gruff, aggressive fighter who handed out terrible beatings and absorbed equally heavy knocks from his opponents.
In the ring, Jake LaMotta was most remembered for his six-fight feud with Sugar Ray Robinson. Outside of the ring, he was recognized for having his life depicted in the 1980 Martin Scorsese film “Raging Bull,” in which he was played by Robert De Niro in an Academy Award-winning performance.
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Jake LaMotta had a turbulent personal life, which included a stint in a reformatory, and he married seven times. He acknowledged raping a lady, abusing his wives, and nearly killing a man during a heist.
Jake LaMotta Jr., LaMotta’s oldest son, passed away in February 1998 from liver cancer. In September 1998, his younger son, Joseph LaMotta, died in the accident of Swissair Flight 111.
His nephew, John LaMotta, competed in the heavyweight novice division of the 2001 Golden Gloves championship event. John eventually became an actor, and one of his appearances was as “Duke” in the television comedy series Frasier, where he ran the bar of the same name. Another nephew, William Lustig, is a well-known horror film director and producer who also serves as the president of Blue Underground, Inc.
LaMotta had four daughters: Christi by his second wife Vikki LaMotta and Stephanie by his fourth wife Dimitria. On January 4, 2013, he married his seventh wife, Denise Baker, a longtime fiancée. LaMotta remained busy on the lecture and autograph tour, writing multiple books on his career, life, and fights with Robinson.
Meanwhile, Jake LaMotta was born Giacobbe LaMotta on July 10, 1922, in New York City, to Italian parents Elizabeth and Joseph. He had a younger brother, Joey. Growing childhood, LaMotta’s father ordered him to fight other local boys to entertain the adults. He learned to box while incarcerated in an upstate reformatory for an attempted robbery.
LaMotta had an unbeaten amateur boxing record before turning professional in 1941. He avoided military conscription because of a childhood mastoid procedure on one of his ears, which impaired his hearing capacity.
Jake LaMotta fought 106 times and finished with an 83-19-4 record, including 30 knockouts. In June 1949, he defeated Marcel Cerdan in Detroit, Michigan, to claim the World Middleweight Championship.
After retirement, he owned and managed several clubs before transitioning to stand-up comedy and acting. He has appeared in various films, including The Hustler, The Doctor and the Playgirl, The Runaways, Firepower, and New Jack City. Jake LaMotta died on September 19, 2017, at the age of 95.
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