As such, Jake was abusive towards Vicki and regularly beat her up. By 1950, Jake was extremely jealous and paranoid of his wife having sexual relationships with other men, including Joey. While he was successful in the boxing ring, his animalistic behavior destroyed his life outside. Despite his suspension, Jake finally wins the middleweight championship against Marcel Cerdan in 1949. Jake did not bother to put up a fight in his next match with Billy Fox, causing him to be suspended on suspicion of throwing the fight. It turned out that Joey was in contact with mob boss Tommy Como, who told Joey that Jake would have to take a dive if he wanted a shot at the championship title. This was out of sexual jealousy since Vicki commented that the Janiro looked cute. An example of this is when he fought Tony Janiro and Jake was said to have 'punched nose to the other side of his face'. In the ring, Jake's boxing style was aggressive. Despite his new marriage, Jake was not satisfied as he feared that Vicki fancied other men. As Jake broke up with his wife, he started to date Vicki and they later married. He would regularly cheat on his wife and one time when he went out against her wishes, he met a young girl named Vicki. Early on in the film, Jake is shown to be abusive towards his wife for not cooking his steak fast enough. He was played by Robert De Niro, who also portrayed Johnny Ronchelli in Mean Streets, Vito Corleone in The Godfather, Part II, Travis Bickle in Taxi Driver, David 'Noodles' Aaronson in Once Upon a Time in America, Rupert Pupkin in The King of Comedy, Louis Cyphre in Angel Heart, Al Capone in The Untouchables, Jimmy Conway in Goodfellas, Max Cady in Cape Fear, Frankenstein's Monster in Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, Dwight Hansen in This Boy's Life, Neil McCauley in Heat, Gil Renard in The Fan, Ace Rothstein in Casino, Louis Gara in Jackie Brown, Fearless Leader in The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, Don Lino in Shark Tale, David Callaway in Hide and Seek, Senator John McLaughlin in Machete, and Frank Sheeran in The Irishman.īetween 19, Jake LaMotta was a successful boxer, coached by his brother, Joey. He is based on the real life boxer of the same name. Jake LaMotta is the anti-villainous protagonist of the 1980 psychological sports film Raging Bull, directed by Martin Scorsese. I'm the boss! I'm the boss! I'm the boss!

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