Jake LaMotta, the boxing legend whose life story became the basis of Martin Scorsese’s classic film “Raging Bull,” died Tuesday in Miami. LaMotta’s wife, Denise Baker, told ABC News her husband died in a nursing home from complications linked to pneumonia. A member of the International Boxing Hall of Fame, LaMotta was known for absorbing great punishment from his opponents. LaMotta told Esquire in 2012 he had convinced his body that no one could hurt him. His boxing career is most celebrated for his six-fight rivalry with Sugar Ray Robinson; LaMotta won just once.

Source: Huffington Post September 20, 2017 20:19 UTC