He grew up in… Larry Holmes, Holmes, Larry 1949– It is a testament to Sugar Ray Robinson’s greatness as a boxer that when people discuss who was the… Jake Lamotta, Sugar Ray Robinsonįive-time middleweight champion of the world, Sugar Ray Robinson is remembered as the greatest boxer ever… Floyd Patterson, Patterson, Floyd 1935–įloyd Patterson was born on Januin Waco, North Carolina-the third of 11 children. Sugar Ray Robinson, Robinson, Sugar Ray 1921–1989 LaMotta made good on the opportunity with a 10th round technical knockout of world champion Marcel Cerdan. By 1947, frustrated with his failure to secure a title shot, LaMotta finally agreed to lose intentionally to contender Billy Fox in exchange for an opportunity to become middleweight champion of the world. As a result of his refusal to cooperate with the mob which controlled boxing, LaMotta was denied an opportunity to fight for the middleweight title for the better part of his career. A middleweight contender by the early 1940s, LaMotta refused to "fix," that is, to purposely lose a fight so that organized crime elements in boxing could make money betting on the fight's outcome. LaMotta fought against mob control of his career throughout the 1940s and early 1950s. The film focused on LaMotta's stormy personal life, especially his abusive relationship with his second wife, Vicky. Outside the boxing community, LaMotta is best known for the Academy Award-winning film about his life, Raging Bull (1980). LaMotta handed Robinson his first professional loss on February 26, 1943, and although Robinson won their other five fights, several were closely contested. The greatest fighter in the history of boxing, Sugar Ray Robinson.
In the boxing community, Jake LaMotta (born Giacobe LaMotta) is best known for his six-fight series with the man widely recognized as
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