Jake LaMotta, the legendary former world middleweight boxing champion whose wild life and times inspired the Oscar-winning movie “Raging Bull,” has died at age 95, his family announced Wednesday.

The iconic film was originally turned down by legendary director Martin Scorsese.

Before the championships and the legendary wars, Marvin Hagler and Jake LaMotta were forged in hardship, carrying a toughness that went far deeper than anything a record book could measure. This is ...

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Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life in and out of the ring was depicted in the film “Raging Bull,” for which Robert DeNiro won an Academy Award, has died, his fiancee said ...

MIAMI (AP) – Jake LaMotta, the former middleweight champion whose life was depicted in the film “Raging Bull,” has died at the age of 95. His fiancee, Denise Baker, says LaMotta died Tuesday at a ...

Jake LaMotta, an iron-fisted battler who brawled his way to a middleweight title and was later memorialized by Robert De Niro in the film “Raging Bull,” has died. He was 95. The former middleweight ...