The photo in the above post is from the second Jake LaMotta vs Laurent Dauthuille fight in 1950, one of the most brutal knockouts in boxing history. Dauthuille had one of the coolest nicknames in sports history, "The Buzenval Tarzan", he was one hell of a fighter, a French middleweight, he had beaten LaMotta in a previous fight and was ahead on the scorecards and 13 seconds away from beating him again when LaMotta exploded out of nowhere in the 15th and final round and got him. LaMotta had been playing possum, pretending to be exhausted, he lured Dauthuille into a false sense of security. LaMotta put everything he had into his shots, his venom was a sight to behold, I doubt Dauthuille even knew what hit him.
2008 Donruss Americana II - Retail Platinum Proof #/100 - Jake LaMotta. I love this image of LaMotta in his later years, dressed in a suit, smoking a plastic tip filter cigar. It's one hell of an image to put on a card.
Back in the day when I used to smoke, I would occasionally buy these Black & Mild plastic tip cigars, they feature mellow pipe tobacco, a homogenized wrapper, and a plastic mouthpiece filter for a clean draw. They smell so good when you light them up because they have pipe tobacco in them, I don't know if you've ever been around a person that smokes a pipe but the smell is intoxicating, it's heavenly. In the early 90s, when I was in middle school, I had this friend named Larry, and his dad smoked a pipe, whenever he lit up that pipe it drove me crazy. Well, it got to be that every time I went over to Larry's house, I was always hoping his dad would light up his pipe and I could sit there and enjoy the smell, good times. Anyway, here's the Black & Mild plastic filter tip cigars I was talking about. Just looking at this photo is making me want one, I don't smoke anymore, I quit years ago with the help of nicotine gum, it just isn't worth the damage to your health because it will eventually catch up to you. My father was a long-time smoker and he passed away in 2017 from lung cancer, that was a huge wake-up call for me.
1977-79 Sportscasters - Lausanne- Series 14 Nicknames Jake LaMotta. This is a legendary set and a really cool card that features the nicknames of some great fighters on the back.
I apologize for the poor scan of the card in the above post, it's the best I could find of the front and back together. This is a better scan of the front of the card, it's a beautiful card, the Arctic blue color.
2002 Rockwell Publishing - The Great Middleweights - Blue and Black Back - Jake LaMotta. I did not realize that there was a black back variation until I ran across it a few minutes ago, learn something new every day!
I think I've covered just about every photo behind Jake LaMotta's cards, it's a shame that I couldn't find the photo to match up with the 1952 Felix Potin - Celebrites Contemporaines - Jack La Motta. Again, his first name gets misspelled.
Looking back, man, Jake LaMotta has to be the toughest fighter in history, he fought some of the most murderous punchers the sport has ever known, Bob Satterfield, Bob Murphy twice, he fought Sugar Ray Robinson six times and none of them could take him out. He was knocked down once near the end of his career by light heavyweight Danny Nardico, and that's the only time he ever tasted the canvas. Sugar Ray Robinson had frightening power in both hands, he knocked out over 100 of his opponents, and he hit LaMotta with everything and the kitchen sink in their sixth fight, "The St. Valentines Day Massacre", and he still couldn't get LaMotta off his feet. The crazy thing is, Jake LaMotta never displayed severe, overt symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) or pugilistic dementia in his later life. Despite absorbing massive amounts of punishment during his 106-fight career, the former middleweight champion maintained his mental faculties and lived to the age of 96. The guy was made of nuclear pasta.
"My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only place I got hurt was out of the ring."
Forgot this one as well, the 2000 JF Sporting Collectibles - Boxers World Champions - Jake LaMotta. I love this card, simple yet effective, beautiful colors. They actually used the image of LaMotta from this cover of Ring magazine for the image on the card.
Wicked photo of Jake LaMotta sitting in a tank. During World War II, Jake was rejected for military service due to a childhood mastoid operation on one of his ears which affected his hearing. Somewhere along the line Jake was photographed in a US Military Tank. When he signed this photo for a fan at a New York restaurant in the early 1980's, he said he could not recall where it was photographed, but said he did make several public relations visits to Fort Drum in New York. This was most likely a "photo op" for Jake from one of those visits. It's very fitting to see Jake LaMotta sitting in a tank, because as a fighter, he was a damn armored tank.
The Raging Freakin' Bull ladies and gentlemen. Watching this highlights video, people that say the athletes of the past couldn't hang with the athletes today, that certainly doesn't apply to boxing and Jake LaMotta. He was vicious as hell, watch the way rips those hooks at his opponents' head and body with everything he's got, he would tear the middleweights of today apart.
This is one of the greatest boxing photos ever taken, showing just what an absolute savage Jake LaMotta was, stained in blood, and still on the attack against Laurent Dauthuille in 1949, there even seems to be a hint of enjoyment on his face.
Jake LaMotta reaches the summit of the mountain after defeating Marcel Cerdan in 1949. The belts back then were awesome looking, and they weren't just trophies, they represented a fighters brutal journey to the top.
Jake LaMotta with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Cathy Moriarty in New York in the 1980s, the core figures behind the critically acclaimed 1980 biographical sports drama film "Raging Bull" directed by Martin Scorsese. De Niro starred as the self-destructive LaMotta, Pesci played his brother and manager, Joey, and Moriarty played Jake's wife Vikki LaMotta.
Jake LaMotta was no joke, he was intense, he grew up in a tough, tough environment. Jake LaMotta’s ice pick story is a foundational anecdote from his autobiography, Raging Bull, detailing how his abusive father introduced him to extreme violence as a child. When LaMotta was a young boy growing up in a tough Bronx neighborhood, he came home crying after being beaten up and robbed of his lunch money by local bullies. Instead of offering comfort, his father—a hot-tempered Sicilian immigrant—slapped him across the face. His father then handed him an ice pick and commanded: "Here, you son of a bitch, you don't run away from nobody no more! Hit 'em first, and hit 'em hard. LaMotta took the tool back outside and aggressively chased after the bullies. Terrified by the weapon, the neighborhood boys fled. LaMotta later recalled that this moment was a major turning point in his life. Seeing how quickly the weapon commanded fear, he realized he didn't actually need to stab anyone with an ice pick. He discovered that his fists alone could generate the same terrifying power, which set him on a lifelong path of using unbridled rage to control his surroundings both inside and outside the boxing ring. This is a photo of Jake arriving back in his home state of New York after winning the World Middleweight Championship in 1949. The original caption reads:
"Everything's Jake Now! Jake LaMotta's still wearing world championship middleweight belt as admirers hoist him on shoulders upon arrival yesterday at Grand Central Station. Jake's proud wife, Vicki, is at left, and his brother, Joe, who trained him, at extreme right."
This is a photo of Jake returning home to his neighborhood after winning the World Middleweight Championship. The original caption reads:
"It's All Jake in the Bronx. Jake LaMotta gets a hero's reception as he arrives at 994 Neil Ave., Bronx, home after copping middle- weight title in battle of Detroit."
This is Jake LaMotta's reformatory mugshot. He was in and out of the reformatory in the late 1930s for various things, in fact, the reformatory is where he learned to box.
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2008 Donruss Sports Legends - Certified Cuts #/55 - Jake LaMotta.
The photo in the above post is from the second Jake LaMotta vs Laurent Dauthuille fight in 1950, one of the most brutal knockouts in boxing history. Dauthuille had one of the coolest nicknames in sports history, "The Buzenval Tarzan", he was one hell of a fighter, a French middleweight, he had beaten LaMotta in a previous fight and was ahead on the scorecards and 13 seconds away from beating him again when LaMotta exploded out of nowhere in the 15th and final round and got him. LaMotta had been playing possum, pretending to be exhausted, he lured Dauthuille into a false sense of security. LaMotta put everything he had into his shots, his venom was a sight to behold, I doubt Dauthuille even knew what hit him.
LaMotta vs Dauthuille II was named the "The Fight of the Year" for 1950, and made the cover of Ring magazine.
1951 Berk Ross - Hit Parade of Champions - Jake LaMotta.
1991 Kayo - Jake LaMotta.
2010 Ringside Boxing Round One - Turkey Red - Gold #/9 - Jake LaMotta.
2008 Donruss Americana II - Retail Platinum Proof #/100 - Jake LaMotta. I love this image of LaMotta in his later years, dressed in a suit, smoking a plastic tip filter cigar. It's one hell of an image to put on a card.
Back in the day when I used to smoke, I would occasionally buy these Black & Mild plastic tip cigars, they feature mellow pipe tobacco, a homogenized wrapper, and a plastic mouthpiece filter for a clean draw. They smell so good when you light them up because they have pipe tobacco in them, I don't know if you've ever been around a person that smokes a pipe but the smell is intoxicating, it's heavenly. In the early 90s, when I was in middle school, I had this friend named Larry, and his dad smoked a pipe, whenever he lit up that pipe it drove me crazy. Well, it got to be that every time I went over to Larry's house, I was always hoping his dad would light up his pipe and I could sit there and enjoy the smell, good times. Anyway, here's the Black & Mild plastic filter tip cigars I was talking about. Just looking at this photo is making me want one, I don't smoke anymore, I quit years ago with the help of nicotine gum, it just isn't worth the damage to your health because it will eventually catch up to you. My father was a long-time smoker and he passed away in 2017 from lung cancer, that was a huge wake-up call for me.
1977-79 Sportscasters - Lausanne- Series 14 Nicknames Jake LaMotta. This is a legendary set and a really cool card that features the nicknames of some great fighters on the back.
2010 Ringside Boxing Round One - Base - Jake LaMotta.
2010 Ringside Boxing Round One - Victorious - Base - Jake LaMotta.
1991 All World - Jake LaMotta.
2014 Panini Golden Age - Base - Jake LaMotta.
This is the 2014 Panini Golden Age - Mini Smith's Mello-Mint - Jake LaMotta, I love this back.
2014 Panini Golden Age - Historic Signatures - Jake LaMotta.
2014 Panini Golden Age - Darby Chocolate Pennant Box Topper Panel - Jack Johnson/Joe Louis/Jake LaMotta.
2011 Leaf - Fans of Ali - Silver Auto #/25 - Jake LaMotta.
I apologize for the poor scan of the card in the above post, it's the best I could find of the front and back together. This is a better scan of the front of the card, it's a beautiful card, the Arctic blue color.
2014 Leaf Q Pure - Plexiglass Auto - Jake Lamotta. This card is made of Plexiglass and it's see-though, really cool stuff.
ACEO Pepsi Cola Advertising Card - Jake LaMotta.
Forgot to add this little one, 2011 Topps Allen and Ginter - Mini Black Border - Jake LaMotta. I love the design of this card.
2002 Rockwell Publishing - The Great Middleweights - Blue and Black Back - Jake LaMotta. I did not realize that there was a black back variation until I ran across it a few minutes ago, learn something new every day!
1940-70 Boxing News Photos - Jake LaMotta.
1991 Victoria Gallery - Boxing Champions - Blue Back - Jake LaMotta.
2004 Helmar Brewing Co. - All Our Heroes - Jake LaMotta.
I think I've covered just about every photo behind Jake LaMotta's cards, it's a shame that I couldn't find the photo to match up with the 1952 Felix Potin - Celebrites Contemporaines - Jack La Motta. Again, his first name gets misspelled.
This is one of my favorite Ring magazine covers, Jake LaMotta, "The Bronx Bull."
Looking back, man, Jake LaMotta has to be the toughest fighter in history, he fought some of the most murderous punchers the sport has ever known, Bob Satterfield, Bob Murphy twice, he fought Sugar Ray Robinson six times and none of them could take him out. He was knocked down once near the end of his career by light heavyweight Danny Nardico, and that's the only time he ever tasted the canvas. Sugar Ray Robinson had frightening power in both hands, he knocked out over 100 of his opponents, and he hit LaMotta with everything and the kitchen sink in their sixth fight, "The St. Valentines Day Massacre", and he still couldn't get LaMotta off his feet. The crazy thing is, Jake LaMotta never displayed severe, overt symptoms of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) or pugilistic dementia in his later life. Despite absorbing massive amounts of punishment during his 106-fight career, the former middleweight champion maintained his mental faculties and lived to the age of 96. The guy was made of nuclear pasta.
"My nose was broken six times, my hands six times, a few fractured ribs. Fifty stitches over my eyes. But the only place I got hurt was out of the ring."
Forgot about this one, and it's a good one, the 2010 Ringside Boxing Round One - Turkey Red - Base - Jake LaMotta.
Forgot this one as well, the 2000 JF Sporting Collectibles - Boxers World Champions - Jake LaMotta. I love this card, simple yet effective, beautiful colors. They actually used the image of LaMotta from this cover of Ring magazine for the image on the card.
Wicked photo of Jake LaMotta sitting in a tank. During World War II, Jake was rejected for military service due to a childhood mastoid operation on one of his ears which affected his hearing. Somewhere along the line Jake was photographed in a US Military Tank. When he signed this photo for a fan at a New York restaurant in the early 1980's, he said he could not recall where it was photographed, but said he did make several public relations visits to Fort Drum in New York. This was most likely a "photo op" for Jake from one of those visits. It's very fitting to see Jake LaMotta sitting in a tank, because as a fighter, he was a damn armored tank.
The Raging Freakin' Bull ladies and gentlemen. Watching this highlights video, people that say the athletes of the past couldn't hang with the athletes today, that certainly doesn't apply to boxing and Jake LaMotta. He was vicious as hell, watch the way rips those hooks at his opponents' head and body with everything he's got, he would tear the middleweights of today apart.
This is one of the greatest boxing photos ever taken, showing just what an absolute savage Jake LaMotta was, stained in blood, and still on the attack against Laurent Dauthuille in 1949, there even seems to be a hint of enjoyment on his face.
Jake LaMotta reaches the summit of the mountain after defeating Marcel Cerdan in 1949. The belts back then were awesome looking, and they weren't just trophies, they represented a fighters brutal journey to the top.
New middleweight champion Jake LaMotta, checks out his championship belt as his brother Joey holds a mirror.
Jake LaMotta with Robert De Niro, Joe Pesci, and Cathy Moriarty in New York in the 1980s, the core figures behind the critically acclaimed 1980 biographical sports drama film "Raging Bull" directed by Martin Scorsese. De Niro starred as the self-destructive LaMotta, Pesci played his brother and manager, Joey, and Moriarty played Jake's wife Vikki LaMotta.
Great film.
This is the book that inspired the film.
Jake LaMotta was no joke, he was intense, he grew up in a tough, tough environment. Jake LaMotta’s ice pick story is a foundational anecdote from his autobiography, Raging Bull, detailing how his abusive father introduced him to extreme violence as a child. When LaMotta was a young boy growing up in a tough Bronx neighborhood, he came home crying after being beaten up and robbed of his lunch money by local bullies. Instead of offering comfort, his father—a hot-tempered Sicilian immigrant—slapped him across the face. His father then handed him an ice pick and commanded: "Here, you son of a bitch, you don't run away from nobody no more! Hit 'em first, and hit 'em hard. LaMotta took the tool back outside and aggressively chased after the bullies. Terrified by the weapon, the neighborhood boys fled. LaMotta later recalled that this moment was a major turning point in his life. Seeing how quickly the weapon commanded fear, he realized he didn't actually need to stab anyone with an ice pick. He discovered that his fists alone could generate the same terrifying power, which set him on a lifelong path of using unbridled rage to control his surroundings both inside and outside the boxing ring. This is a photo of Jake arriving back in his home state of New York after winning the World Middleweight Championship in 1949. The original caption reads:
"Everything's Jake Now! Jake LaMotta's still wearing world championship middleweight belt as admirers hoist him on shoulders upon arrival yesterday at Grand Central Station. Jake's proud wife, Vicki, is at left, and his brother, Joe, who trained him, at extreme right."
This is a photo of Jake returning home to his neighborhood after winning the World Middleweight Championship. The original caption reads:
"It's All Jake in the Bronx. Jake LaMotta gets a hero's reception as he arrives at 994 Neil Ave., Bronx, home after copping middle- weight title in battle of Detroit."
Great image of Jake LaMotta in his later year having a cigar.
2008 Donruss America II - Headliners #/500 - Jake LaMotta.
2020 Banty Red - Ring Kings - Jake LaMotta.
Jake LaMotta visiting his old neighborhood in the Bronx in 1981.
Cool photo of Jake LaMotta with Lloyd Bridges.
A couple more of my favorite photos of "The Raging Bull", up close, profile shots.
This is Jake LaMotta's reformatory mugshot. He was in and out of the reformatory in the late 1930s for various things, in fact, the reformatory is where he learned to box.