Remembering Jake LaMotta | ESPN

[@Fabian6980]

The fact that he's still so sharp mentally at this point is pretty insane clearly dude was different

[@lampad4549]

Maybe he stopped being a paedophile

[@chenzenzo]

I'm Sicilian. Lamotta couldn't be broken. Can anyone imagine beating sugar Ray Robinson? 'ca ma cche staje. Jake was a golden man.

[@Josh-ky8ei]

Thank you for pointing this out. It's insane to think about what certain fighters have gone through just from one fight even let alone from the others that have obvious brain damage. I truly wish them the best 👍👌🙏

[@AimForMyHead81]

A shame the guy was complete slime

[@BoomBoom77-z8b]

You knew him? You knew his father?

[@greengrassofhome]

"I fought Sugar Ray so many times, it's a wonder I didn't get diabetes!" 😂

[@sd81a46]

greengrassofhome that caught me off guard as I was watching it. "He's a funny guy" ,Goodfellas funny.

[@bazileus123]

SD81 A he didi stand up comedy

[@marlawilcox4298]

Wise words from a wise man

[@renzoschlender4102]

Lmaoooooo

[@bskee001]

Doug Stanhope, “The Lady and the Champ!”.

[@lukegriffin7529]

“You never got me down Ray”

[@ebakindeji5941]

He never said that in real life.

[@liamsmith2340]

Luke Griffin Jake went down to the hospital in a wheelchair, how about that😂😂😂😂👋🏻👋🏻

[@who_am_ii]

@@ebakindeji5941 i never knew that i think he said that in the real life🤣

[@minithaiboxer6935]

A classic line

[@kentuckyfriedchildren5385]

@@ebakindeji5941 He just said essentially the same thing here though so 2:38

[@motorcityquig]

In retirement, Jake and Sugar Ray were the best of friends. Jake was even best man when Sugar Ray remarried in the 80's.

[@Blodia1990]

That made me cry so sweet😥😥😍😍

[@SwagMaster824]

Wholesome

[@shanefowler9443]

@@Blodia1990 stfu

[@sumboy6183]

@@shanefowler9443 mood

[@Sleepy241]

@@sumboy6183 ?

[@redrose97]

They don't come any tougher than Jake Lamotta RIP Champ.

[@havrisen6620]

Harry Greb was tougher than LaMotta. Marciano, Wolgast, Armstrong, Zivic, belong in the same breath.

[@liamsmith2340]

Hav Risen stop lying casual

[@liamsmith2340]

red rose you mean more stupid

[@professorxaviour3649]

Headball if old men can knock around rocky imagine what Floyd Patterson or sonny Liston would do to him!

[@sumboy6183]

@@professorxaviour3649 what u talkin about

[@pascalscherr5206]

Everyone makes Jake out to be a tough brawler. He had those moments but he had an underrated ring IQ and his left hand was very effective. He also knew how to roll with punches to reduce damage and his head movement was on the upper end for the 40s and 50s. Underrated skills Rest in peace champ

[@deathshead357]

His left hand was so effective because he was in fact left handed, but fought in an orthodox stance.

[@giuseppesimonetimpanaro6630]

I'm italian and i'm proud,we gave so much to the sport in those years,ciao jake

[@thomassimpson8276]

Un tipo fatto d'accaio, veramente. Un grande.

[@Hugh_Morris]

You put an Italian in a place like the Bronx, you make the toughest of men

[@bryanhurd9955]

Giuseppe Simone Timpanaro ...Yes and u gave the world Alfa Romeo....thks

[@methheadmayhemmiller8747]

@@JesusChrist-kg3lq thanks jesus you gave us our toughness

[@Elias-ik1ur]

Jimmy Two-Times and?, they are in their right to feel proud of what they are. Greetings from México, italians.

[@CWKlp.27]

The best. My grandpa was boxing around his time and he met Jake LaMotta in Stillman's Gym in Manhattan. He wished my grandpa well against the Puerto Rican he was going to fight against. He didn't box too long because he was a longshoreman on the piers in Brooklyn and the East River on the Manhattan side.

[@danialcheema2557]

Sugar Ray Robinson vs Lamotta used to be the thing back, in the day! I wished I was there to witness such greatness

[@brennanbrown3478]

Danial Cheema right just awesomeness

[@chrishargrove3848]

Danial Cheema Aint that the truth?

[@havrisen6620]

I just wish you’d learn proper grammar

[@thomasharris5151]

Sugar Ray was great…! For sure…! Jake is a cheater and rat for taking dives and he won fights by others taking dives to allow him to win! Doesn’t feel remorse for his CRIMES in boxing… He’s not special! BOOOOOOO FOR A CHEATER AND GOOD RIDDANCE

[@HatovimLeTayis]

In a way, Jake beat them all. Rest in peace champion!

[@oncall21]

So true BillHicks420. After all he did beat the mafia for seven years and when a boxing inquest was held, LaMotta told the truth that if he didn't take a a dive to Fox he would never get a shot and called out all the fuckers in it, LaMotta still lived!

[@havrisen6620]

He beat them all anyway, atleast once.

[@colonelcarrillo5131]

+oncall21 True, also I hate how he was lauded as a "rat" and a "squeeler" for his testimony against the mob. Predicatably by phony media cockroaches who wouldn't have the first fucking idea nor care of what disgusting parasites mafiosi were to the sport. Who more than likely lacked the balls as well as the moral fibre to speak out against them like Jake did. That said the promoters and organizations that replaced the mob are probably just as crooked if not worse.

[@BlackOasis21]

In a way, Jake beat them all with his face.

[@Pusfilth]

BillHicks420 no one beats death lol

[@eiresaoirse3258]

95 years young and all the punches to the head and he was still sharp as a tack.he must of had a skull made from titanium.never be another like him.....Rest in peace Champ......

[@EdwinGarcia-rs9fr]

R.I.P Champ

[@eddted2876]

Jake deserves to be in the Hall of Fame! He never had an easy life!

[@oliverpaukson8849]

One crazy bastard that Lamotta was! RIP Champ!

[@SoftDrinksOfChoice]

The people from that era were so much tougher than they are now.

[@americanpsycho6664]

Amazing, tough, inspiring. Truly a great man.

[@PartyCrasher04]

Hahahhahaha no, there’s plenty of men who could be called great in the world of boxing. This guy ain’t one of them, not by a long shot lol.

[@princetopher]

Sugar Ray Robinson vs Jake LaMotta. If there's a heaven, there's an eternity of rematches.

[@mittyahmed7362]

Boxers like Lamotta from the 1900's where different from fighters at this day and age They where tougher back then

[@jamescampione8531]

He had a head like a water melon no ko power

[@chrisevans5259]

The Raging Bull was the toughest of the tough, and his epic 6-fight sequence with the great Sugar Ray Robinson is Legendary, a great quote from LaMotta about his battles with Robinson he joked; "I've fought sugar that often, its a wonder ain't got diebetes !"

[@maxkol4380]

0:14 Swirling that macaroni with a spoon, like a true Italian.

[@maxkol4380]

@simo z "Macaroni wit' a lil' gravy", as Jake would say

[@jtoo6060]

@@maxkol4380 , I also noticed LaMotta eating spaghetti with a fork and spoon and had to smile too. Old time Italian/Sicilian style. I think LaMotta's family was Sicilian. There's also a city in Sicily named LaMotta.

[@maxkol4380]

@@jtoo6060 Yep. "Macaroni wit' a little gravy" , as Paulie Walnuts would say. And I believe you're also correct about him being Sicilian, too. I read Raging Bull years ago and he talked about his parents being from Sicily.

[@dukes8359]

When the best fought the best in their prime over and over again

[@alexdelsocorro781]

It's a miracle he lived so long being a boxer at that era

[@johnflock7233]

Jake: " I want you to hit me in the face." God: " What am I going to hit you with? The table?"

[@josiahsablan6279]

Raging bull

[@marlawilcox4298]

That's cute

[@mnm4038]

Not God that's Joey's line from Raging Bull

[@jouaql1028]

@@mnm4038 well technically joe pesci is god

[@laffairiste8296]

@@jouaql1028 He's the Devil !

[@ropongi1008]

I have always looked up to the "Bronx Bull", I loved the movie"Raging Bull", it inspired me. I've always admired the idea of being able to take a punch and then fight back like he could(even though it's better not to get hit).He was the original, real life Rocky, but with more character flaws. I just wonder how anyone could take all of that punishment and not suffer any brain damage. How is that even humanly possible. A lot of retired professional athletes who played full contact sports now suffer from the long term effects of TBI. What exactly made Lamatta so different from all of those other athletes, why was he an exception to that rule, what made him so special that he wouldn't have to suffer from that effect.

[@utrinqueparatus4042]

Rest in peace amici.

[@anthony28907]

One of the greatest middleweight champions of all time. RIP Paisan

[@utrinqueparatus4042]

Rest in peace champ.

[@aristotlehernandez4767]

He's truly a legend.

[@TheSteamPumpedMe]

R.I.P One of the toughest in the game !

[@houstoncornett1392]

“These are the jewels from da belt”

[@kevinmahon7848]

Rest in Peace God Bless Jake. Champion.

[@Tony_Baudelaire01]

I hope scientists are studying this man’s body cause the fact he lived into his mid 90s where guys like Frazier, Ali, and Charles all struggled past their 50s is insane. Definitely the greatest chin ever.

[@dalegriffin6768]

My father told me that Gene Fuller, Carmen Basillo and Jake LaMotta was the toughest 3 men that ever walked the earth 🌎

[@davidthompson1121]

proper man,great fighter and a true legand

[@weejim48]

The difference between boxers back then & now ( in my opinion ) is, they now have their own everything. Trainers, manager , doctors, dieticians physios , financial advisors, PR men, everything . Back then they had a trainer & manager . All boxers past & present are tough . But the old guys were fighting to survive. 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@danijuggernaut]

You never get me down Ray!!!!

[@georgevergos2381]

RIP Champ

[@benoto1014]

Amazing that he lived to be 95 years old and sharp.. guy obviously had some genetic headgear that nobody could see.

[@davielefthook]

"IT'S LIKE A PIECE OF CHARCOAL, BRING IT OVA HEEEEAAHHH!"

[@tjwerkmann1837]

"YOU WANT YOUR STEAK?"

[@joedomagala6465]

@@tjwerkmann1837 Here's your steak ! Happy, Happy !

[@KillerMexican3]

Rest in peace Champ

[@rossl5908]

What a character

[@richardalfano5596]

Jake you were one tough guy.rest in peace.he was one of a kind.he had that hate in him.

[@andym28]

'..And though I'm no Olivier If they fought Sugar Ray they would say The thing ain't the ring it's the play So give me a stage where this bull here can rage Though I like to fight I'd much rather recite THAT'S ENTERTAINMENT!'

[@johnLennon255]

Boooo

[@bloodlegion4874]

He may not have been the best boxer but he definitely was the toughest. Rest in peace Giacobbe ❤️🥊

[@fvgc454ss]

Good enough to beat prime Sugar Ray Robinson. No one else did

[@trentonh.m.1487]

Lol, that comment about sugar Ray and diabetes is hilarious.

[@patrickbrowne4606]

Lamotta was a full fledged middleweight and Robinson was a welterweight in their first 5 fights and Ray still won 4 of them, even though he was outweighed by more than 10-15 pounds. That’s the MAIN reason why Lamotta was competitive with Robinson..he always had a big edge over him in weight. Today, a weight difference that much would never be allowed..fighters have to fight within their own weight division.

[@georgevincent1834]

His brother Joey was a fighter too, and was a real good puncher.

[@juliobonilla2222]

THE RAGING BULL A LEGEND REST IN PEACE CHAMP

[@Danglybollocks]

Why did he fight Sugar Ray so many times? He got no choice.

[@thomasgrizzell9730]

Loved Jake Lamotta .R.I.P.

[@michaelthresher8613]

r.i.p jake lamotta ,I named my son after you

[@Pusfilth]

michael thresher Lamotta is a weird name for a child

[@tormentor502]

Pusfilth I’m sure he meant jake

[@deumevet]

He fought t'he greatest of all Tomé 4 times had many wars in a períod when nobody grave a shit about boxers safety, and no slur no sign of brian damage in him and died at 95, this guy was born a fighter

[@gundyr01]

Legend

[@motorcityquig]

"I could have been somebody, I could have had class. You were were my brother....."

[@markcarson3915]

One of the best ever!!

[@ETsonggalaxy]

Lamotta, was one TOUGH guy! He and GGG are real champions! Sugar Ray Robinson was very good too. Jake took him down! In the last bout Sugar Ray still could NOT knock out Jake. The Raging Bull - Lamotta will be remembered always for his courage , and power , and one of the best ever!

[@angelajohnson6659]

Because you keep your face in front of your opponent's gloves doesn't mean you're all that great in my opinion! He just had stamina and didn't have the sense to know when he was beaten!Even though Sugar didn't knock him down he was a far superior boxer !

[@fvgc454ss]

He still Dropped the best boxer to ever live multiple times. And had a win against him in both their primes. No one else can say that

[@hammeringhank5271]

Damn so sad. Can't believe he lived that long tho

[@Keleneki]

Rest in peace.

[@setmindinmotion7728]

The Golovkin/Canelo decision sent him to his grave. RIP.

[@danialcheema2557]

Not funny at all.

[@setmindinmotion7728]

You're right. The Golovkin/Canelo decision wasn't 'funny at all'.

[@hueyfreeman1983]

SetMind InMotion good come back

[@Miuranger1]

Canelo beat GGG in the second match

[@diegofonseca6708]

Stay salty you hater 😂 you wish GGG would have beat Canelo. You wish. Didn’t happen. Now it will never happen. 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@thomasgrizzell5894]

.R.I.P. Jake LAmotta He was great he was right about SRR...HE WAS THE BEST EVER....

[@chrishargrove3848]

We needa rivalry like jake vs ray in this lifetime. Now that was a fight.

[@omega-manthe8346]

He's one of the greatest boxers ever he's one of the rare fighters from that era that transcend any era.

[@kmaterne]

"The Bull" was the hardest puncher, pound for pound. Great guy. Had a chance to meet him in Vegas.

[@zachzachzach2335]

Rest In Peace Jake

[@johnnieparks6319]

This was a real story !!!

[@jmc0075]

What a guy.

[@thundergatti5181]

Great fighter Greetings from Germany

[@AbstractDivinity1]

Jake LaMotta seem like a cool guy. He died in Aventura, FL which is not far from where I stay. I wish I'd have gotten to see him.

[@coolerthanayetieatingfroze6398]

Amazing.

[@dariuszzabczynski4357]

Warrior!!! 💪💪💪

[@chef197]

RIP Giacobe Lamotta---NY always had the best boxers.. except sugar Ray robinson💯

[@vergespierre4271]

The greatest fighters were from The South

[@juanlayton2848]

such a brutal yet BEAUTIFULL....

[@samrothstein6278]

Best fighter of all time but never will be labeled that.

[@ThomasGrizzell]

Love Lamotto ❤

[@Lucas-rf8zc]

Best boxer to me I look up to the guy Rest In Peace

[@fabiobonetta5454]

You never got me down Ray.. you never got me down

[@dosomethingaboutit3218]

RIP ❤️

[@nathanlam8174]

I am related to him he is my great grandfather

[@romano3771]

1:01

[@yousifomar5004]

Real G

[@richardv.582]

He was always his toughest opponent.

[@user-rh8uo7si4z]

RIP CHAMPION

[@diegofonseca6708]

Underrated champion. Not talked about enough. Americans only talk about their black American boxing legends from the past but there were none black great American boxers too like Jake Lamotta, Rocky Marciano, Jack Dempsey these three men were legendary as well. Jake had the same birthday as me.

[@vksasdgaming9472]

Sugar Ray Robinson was magnificent in skill and technique, but The Bull was utterly immune to that. He just kept coming and hitting until you beat him down and that was easier said than done.

[@angelguaman309]

Rest In Peace Mr. JAKE LAMOTTA. It been already over a year that I get to know your are gone. 😞 Was my pleasure to meet in person in a Restaurant I worked as a waiter. I have your autograph thank you 🙏🏽

[@GSTE_]

Rocky marciano probably would have beaten him too, he is the master of taking the most punishment while not being affected.

[@krrishsharma7859]

Rocky marciano , david tua , george foreman , sonny liston , jake lamotta , marvin hagler , jack dempsey , francis ngannou all have heads built like freakin cinder blocks

[@schmonk]

Legend

[@smitywerbenmanjensen5265]

Great stoppage by that ref, especially for the time period

[@chuckyboy7940]

No. Watch thefight thereferee let lamotta take atleast two hundred unecessary shots for four rounds before stopping it. Hecouldbarely lift his arms from the 9th round onward.

[@jamesheffernan8000]

"You never knocked me down, Ray...never knocked me down"

[@mittyahmed7362]

Whats the background music

[@michaelmega7786]

If in the same weight class , My Hero Jake Lamotta vs Jack Dempsey, Imagine * 🎉

[@АлександрБлинов-з5ш]

Спи Великий боец! Тебя будет не хватать

[@Gzimkodra]

Incredible that his brain didn’t get mush wow very intelligent guy great fighter

[@Nicolas__-js1jm]

Thank you :)

[@mittyahmed7362]

What's the background music

[@georgeguja6155]

He's the boss

[@bandit7498]

You can say no one ever hurt you, but the films don’t lie.

[@docgun5019]

I dont know how Lamotta would have survived at Heavyweight but without a doubt "The bull" is the toughest Non-heavyweight boxer maybe only matched by "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler...

[@imranmohammed3533]

Got to love old school boxing

[@Ivan-rl9mk]

Lammata was hilarious, I fought SSR so many times that I am surprised I didn't get diabetes