Boxers have for centuries fired the imagination of the artist and the painter. America has been home to boxing legends for the last 200 years where men like Sugar Ray Robinson, Muhammed Ali, Joe Louis, and Jake LaMotte became legends. Jake was perhaps a shade below some of the greats of boxing but a film on his life starring the Hollywood actor Robert DeNiro catapulted him into the limelight. De Niro won an Oscar for the best actor for his portrayal of the boxer.
The World Middleweight champ died in bed in a hospital in Miami. He fought 106 bouts with 30 clean knockouts. His bouts with Sugar Ray Robinson, another boxing great are now legendary. They met 6 times and LaMotte won only once. He died at 95. CANT FORGET HIM
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