'Raging Bull' boxer Jake LaMotta dead at 95: family

AFP  |  Washington 

Jake LaMotta, the former world middleweight boxing champion who was portrayed in the Martin Scorcese film "Raging Bull," has died at age 95, his family announced today.

LaMotta, known for a legendary six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson over 1942-1951, passed away yesterday, his daughter Christi LaMotta said on

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First Published: Wed, September 20 2017. 22:02 IST