Giacobbe La Motta (born July 10, 1921), better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former boxer who was world middleweight champion and whose life has been as controversial outside the ring as it was inside it. He was portrayed as the main character of Raging Bull by Robert De Niro.
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- You couldn't drop me! You never dropped me.
- I fought Sugar Ray so often, I almost got diabetes.
- Besides Bob Satterfield, the only ones who ever hurt me were my ex-wives.
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- The three toughest fighters I ever fought were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson. I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic. But I did have him off the canvas once... when he stepped over my body to leave the ring.
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