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09-20-2017, 06:40 PM | #1 |
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Just a rough sketch tribute by me memorializing one of the all-time great middleweights of the 20th century, whose life story became the basis of the critically-acclaimed 1980 film Raging Bull starring Robert De Niro (one of my favourite movies of all time). Rest in Peace, champ.
Jake LaMotta: Legendary Raging Bull boxer dies at 95 (BBC News) Last edited by zuludelta; 09-20-2017 at 06:43 PM.. |
09-21-2017, 12:24 AM | #2 |
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I had the pleasure of meeting him at his apt or possibly a family members' on the upper east side (Sutton Place area to be technical) maybe 20 years ago. He made me laugh.
So give me a stage where this bull here can rage. That's entertainment!
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09-21-2017, 03:58 AM | #3 |
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Sad that there doesn't seem to be much in the way of tributes to him in the mainstream sports media, but that says more about the sorry state of boxing these days than anything else, I suppose.
LaMotta's probably a fringe all-time top 5 middleweight—I'd rate Sugar Ray Robinson, Carlos Monzon, Marvin Hagler, Harry Greb, and possible Charley Burley ahead of him in terms of ability and/or accomplishments in the weight division—but in terms of his impact on the contemporary popular culture of his time, he's right up there with crossover boxing stars like Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, Julio Cesar Chavez, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson, Manny Pacquiao, etc. |
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