Jake "Raging Bull" LaMotta dies aged 96

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  1. escudo

    escudo Boxing Addict Full Member

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    I wrote one of the best lines I ever put to paper about Jake in my breakdown of his last fight with sugar Ray. https://imgur.com/gallery/ckrLP "If Ray Robinson was god's gift to boxing, then Jake Lamotta was the Devil's own counterpoint."

    RIP champ.
     
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  2. doug.ie

    doug.ie 'Classic Boxing Society' Full Member

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    i suppose tony demarco is nearest one left now
     
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  3. Reason123

    Reason123 Not here for the science fiction. Full Member

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    RIP "Raging Bull". Lord knows you've earned it.
     
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  4. joe brown

    joe brown Keep it Simple Full Member

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    Great Champion
    May the Ragging Bull and the Sugar man rest in peace
     
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  5. janitor

    janitor VIP Member Full Member

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    Why do the good always die young?
     
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  6. McGrain

    McGrain Diamond Dog Staff Member

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    Ironborn.

    Dude would fight anybody.

    Most of them twice.
     
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  7. Tippy

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  8. Jester

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    One of the toughest men ever to set foot in a boxing ring. Rest in Peace Champ.
     
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  9. JWSoats

    JWSoats Active Member Full Member

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    So sorry to hear this sad news.

    A legend, a survivor, a rough, tough, durable world champion.

    I saw him receive a rousing ovation when introduced at ringside for the first pro fight card I ever attended - Quarry -Norton at Madison Square Garden in 1975.

    RIP Champ!
     
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  10. ETM

    ETM I thought I did enough to win. Full Member

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    Jake took some losses but he was willing to fight just about anyone. I think he deserves the utmost respect for his boxing career. He was as tough as they come and more skilled than people may realize at first glance.

    RIP an amazing life.
     
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  11. PeterD

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    RIP to a champion.
     
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  12. lloydturnip

    lloydturnip Well-Known Member Full Member

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    RIP .one hell of a ride. Duran will be the same I think.
     
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  13. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    Are there any fighters alive from that era? Lamotta was born 1 year after Ezzard Charles and Sugar Ray Robinson.
     
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  14. InMemoryofJakeLamotta

    InMemoryofJakeLamotta I have defeated the great Seamus Full Member

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    I kind of think Mike Tyson of all people will manage to live to some extreme old age like Lamotta did.
     
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  15. Seamus

    Seamus Proud Kulak Full Member

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    Watched some of his footage again today. Dude had skills. Certainly not just a tough, iron-chinned come forward fighter.
     
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