He did, however, agree to throw his 1947 match against Billy Fox in return for a long-sought chance to fight for a championship. Mobsters had a great deal of control over boxing during LaMotta's career but he refused to take on a Mafia-connected manager. LaMotta was a hoodlum as a child and as an adult, he was abusive to women and once severely beat his wife Vicki and his best friend after hearing they were having an affair. While LaMotta's strength and volatility made him one of the top fighters of the 1940s and '50s, by his own admission, his paranoid, jealous and self-destructive nature led to a life of turmoil. He was never knocked out and in 2002, Ring Magazine ranked him 52nd on its list of the 80 best fighters of the previous 80 years. "I fought Sugar so many times, I'm surprised I'm not diabetic," he said in a line that he would use often.įighting mostly as a middleweight and known as the "Raging Bull" and "Bronx Bull," LaMotta finished his 13-year career with 83 victories (30 by knockout), 19 losses and four draws. "The three toughest fighters I've ever been up against were Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Robinson and Sugar Ray Robinson," LaMotta said. LaMotta's career was highlighted by a rivalry with the legendary Sugar Ray Robinson, who beat LaMotta in five of their six matches, including an especially ferocious title bout in 1951. Title Bout Championship Boxing has not been rated by our users yet.Jake LaMotta fights Sugar Ray Robinson Photo: Supplied Title Bout Championship Boxing runs on the following operating systems: Windows. It was initially added to our database on. The latest version of Title Bout Championship Boxing is 2.5, released on. Title Bout Championship Boxing is a Demo software in the category Games & Entertainment developed by OOTP Developments. And you can fight each fight one time or one thousand times!Ī new, more graphical, more intuitive interface makes all aspects of Title Bout Championship Boxing the simulation that fans have dreamed about, thanks to OOTP Developments and Alpha Omega Games. Gene Tunney? Or perhaps do a "what if" matching Sugar Ray Robinson against Marvin Hagler? Or maybe even predict the future by fighting Wladimir Klitschko against Lennox Lewis? All of these are possible with Title Bout. Want to restage a classic bout, like Jack Dempsey vs. Computer Gaming World calls it the "The undisputed heavyweight champion of boxing sims"! Title Bout Championship Boxing is the ultimate in computer boxing games simulations with complete statistics, multiple ranking systems, full editing capabilities, over 3200 rated fighters, and trainers, corner men, referees, venues, rule sets, titles are all part of the simulation.
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