And, perhaps above all, he had a tremendous will to win.
He likes to play possum in the ring, lulling opponents into a false sense of confidence before unleashing his own attack. While he was able to absorb punches with little problem in the ring, he was also adept at rolling with punches to minimize the damage. LaMotta was a clever boxer who executed the nuances of the game with fine precision. “There is much more to LaMotta than a granite chin. LaMotta was convinced to turn professional at age 19 in 1941, and the LaMotta legacy was born – battling and bleeding in the Bronx. He learned to box while in a reformatory in upstate New York where he had been sent for attempted robbery, reports confirmed. Young LaMotta had valuable pre-training in boxing and he capitalized on those pugilistic skills in the old garages and back alleys of the Bronx. LaMotta’s father gladly collected the money and used it to pay the rent. It was he who introduced LaMotta to a hardened, seedier lifestyle in the Bronx, forcing young Jake to fight other boys to entertain neighborhood adults who threw pocket change into the ring for enticement.
LaMotta was born-and-bred in the Bronx to Italian immigrant parents. He was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in the inaugural class of 1990.
In 106 total fights, LaMotta had 83 wins (30 by knock-out), 19 losses and four draws. Ring Magazine, a respected publication on boxing, ranks LaMotta as one of the 10 greatest middleweight champions of all-time. His boxing tenacity, toughness and slugging power made him a dangerous fighter in the ring, respected by all and feared by opponents. But, it was what he possessed in his hands and how he battled in the ring that made him different and special. LaMotta survived a turbulent upbringing in the Bronx, experiencing a rough, seedy and even criminal early life as a teenager and into his 20s as he later confessed in his book. LaMotta è morto nel 2017.įirst-generation, Italian American Jake LaMotta is remembered for his hall of fame boxing career, securing the middleweight championship in spectacular fashion at Madison Square Gardens in NYC on June 16, 1949. Anche se fece altri incontri dopo questo fiasco, perse molto fama. Fu l’inizio della fine della sua carriera. LaMotta purtroppo rovinò la sua carriera quando decise di barare nello sport per ottenere il sostegno della mafia. Gli incontri più importanti furono quelli con il leggendario Sugar Ray Robinson furono i migliori dove vinse molte volte. A 19 anni, diventò un pugile professionista e ebbe tanti incontri molto conosciuti in questo sport. Per queste ragioni, imparò da solo lo sport della boxe. Da ragazzino, LaMotta era cattivo e litigava molto con gli altri ragazzi. Il figlio di due immigrati italiani, Jack LaMotta fu un pugile americano molto famoso.
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