American Boxer was born in New York on July 10, 1921, the world champion of the middleweights between 1949 and 1951. Known in the fistic del Toro from the Bronx, LaMotta was made famous by his memorable duels against another legendary Boxer of the time, Ray Robinson, which inflicted their first defeat as a professional. Born and raised in a troubled New York neighborhood, his youth was not free of problems, which led him to a reformatory; He had already previously started boxing in the streets for a few dollars, but what started out as a juvenile hobby turned into a profession thanks to the aggressiveness and intelligence showing on quadrilaterals. In 1942, he played his first bout of importance against Robinson, who defeated him in ten rounds in the first of six clashes between both fighters. A year following LaMotta beat Ray Robinson (Sugar) in the bout that launched her career into the elite, achieving in road wins against rivals such as Fritzie Zivic, George Kochan, Holman Williams, Bob Satterfield and Bert Lytell. Despite its unquestionable merits, LaMotta did not have any opportunity to fight for the world title until June 1949, when he faced Frenchman Marcel Cerdan in a hard bout that ended in the tenth round in his favor; Unfortunately, the rematch not could challenge since Cerdan died in a crash of plane back to the United States. The following year he successfully defended the belt after gaining two victories against Tiberio Mitri and Laurent Dauthuille, in both cases to fifteen rounds, but in the last of them with a memorable K.O. in the fifteenth round. In one of the most famous battles of history, disputed in February 1951 at Chicago Stadium, LaMotta lost the title to his old rival, Sugar Ray Robinson, after thirteen rounds in which great ability to fit of the Bronx Bull, probably his best quality, was overcome by the outstanding punch of Robinson. Thereafter his career declined, and just played relevant fighting until his final retirement in 1954. In total, LaMotta got 83 victories as a professional, 30 of them by K.O. A book and a successful film, titled both Raging Bull, recreated his life and sporting career
