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Jake
Lamotta. His name evokes memories of a fighter who had no
passing familiarity with the canvas; "The Bronx Bull," who
brought the strategy of "Playing Possum" to life, charading as a
beaten fighter one second and then, the trap sprung, coming back
to life to catch a surprised opponent with a devastating
fusillade the next; the only fighter to beat Sugar Ray Robinson
in the Sugarman's first 132 fights; and the man who incensed
some of the more sensitive boxing fans by admitting to a Senate
subcommittee that he had "thrown" a fight to Billy Fox. Jake
LaMotta was all these things--and more. He was a throwback to
the barge fighter, one to whom every fight was a war with no
survivors taken; a rough-and-tumble fighter who gave every fan
his money's worth; and a fighter whose name was never taken in
vain when the words "art" or "science" were employed. He was,
indeed, "The Raging Bull," and that was the basis of his fame. |
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Bert Randolph Sugar
The 100 Greatest Boxers Of All Time
Jake LaMotta ranked #43
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