The idea is not to take unnecessary punishment. You don't fight six times unless they're close. He had more than a hundred fights without a loss. Sugar Ray was the greatest fighter who ever lived. I fought Sugar Ray Robinson so many times, it's a wonder I don't have diabetes. I might've gotten cut, stitches over my eyes. I was able to convince my body that I could take it and nobody could hurt me. The producer said, "Jake, you're not the type." Good thing there's a Robert De Niro. I told the producer that I wanted to play myself in the movie. I started out at seven, fighting in the street, fighting to give a few bucks to my father to help pay the rent. Last July, he starred in a biographical off-Broadway show, Lady and the Champ.įighting is all I ever knew.
The first boxer to beat Sugar Ray Robinson, LaMotta was World Middleweight Champion from 1949 to 1951.
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