The Washington Post, February 17th, 1997
Jake LaMotta, at 75, says: "I still do 10, 15 minutes shadowboxing every morning. I get up, I throw thousands of punches, thousands. Naked in front of the mirror." This is during an afternoon at Cafe Milano in Georgetown, where Jake is sitting absolutely still at a table, watching his old fight films on a TV by the bar -- the Bronx Bull, 106 fights, won 83, lost 19 (taking a ridiculous dive on one), drew 4; had one middleweight championship, two jail terms, six marriages and divorces, four grandchildren, one film biography -- "Raging Bull," which won Robert De Niro an Oscar for Best Actor in 1...
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