Giuseppe LaMotta (April 27, 1925 – December 29, 2020), better known as Joey LaMotta, was an American boxer who was the younger brother and one time manager of former world
middleweight
Middleweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing Professional
In professional boxing, the middleweight division is contested above and up to .
Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have be ...
boxing champion,
Jake LaMotta.
LaMotta also boxed for a short time in 1945 and 1946. His record was 32 wins (22 KOs), 5 losses (1 KO), and 2 draws.
Joe Pesci
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was nominated for a
Best Supporting Actor Academy Award
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for his portrayal of Joey in the 1980 film ''
Raging Bull
''Raging Bull'' is a 1980 American biographical sports drama film directed by Martin Scorsese, produced by Robert Chartoff and Irwin Winkler and adapted by Paul Schrader and Mardik Martin from Jake LaMotta's 1970 memoir '' Raging Bull: My St ...
'', a
biographical film
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about his brother Jake's turbulent life and career.
His son, John LaMotta was an actor and also an amateur boxer who fought in the heavyweight-novice class of the 2001 Golden Gloves championship tournament.
LaMotta died on December 29, 2020, at the age of 95.
Professional boxing record
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, Loss
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, align=left, Freddie Flores
, PTS
, 10
, 1946-11-05
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Loss
,
, align=left, Freddie Flores
, TKO
, 4 (10),
, 1946-10-21
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Loss
,
, align=left,
Anton Raadik
Anton "Rampaging Estonian" Raadik (January 15, 1917 – March 13, 1999) was the most famous Estonian-born middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s, fighting out of Chicago, Illinois.
Professional boxing career
Anton Raadik was European Mid ...
, PTS
, 10
, 1946-09-12
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, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Gene Boland
, SD
, 10
, 1946-08-07
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Loss
,
, align=left, Joe Blackwood
, UD
, 10
, 1946-05-10
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Draw
,
, align=left, Joe Blackwood
, PTS
, 10
, 1946-04-12
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, John Henry Johnson
, TKO
, 4 (8),
, 1946-03-29
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Tony Riccio
, PTS
, 8
, 1946-03-18
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Bobby Berger
, UD
, 8
, 1946-03-12
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Bobby Berger
, UD
, 8
, 1946-02-05
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Art Brown
, UD
, 10
, 1945-12-07
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Johnny Jones
, KO
, 5 (8)
, 1945-11-23
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Andres Gomez
, KO
, 2 (8),
, 1945-10-23
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Larney Moore
, TKO
, 5 (6),
, 1945-10-15
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Dan Aldrich
, KO
, 1 (8),
, 1945-10-09
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Martin Doyle
, TKO
, 2 (6),
, 1945-09-26
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Ballesandro Carubia
, TKO
, 4 (8)
, 1945-09-15
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Jimmy Mills
, KO
, 4 (8)
, 1945-09-04
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
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, align=left, Lew Perez
, KO
, 2 (10)
, 1945-08-13
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Billy Johnson
, PTS
, 6
, 1945-08-10
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
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, align=left, Jack Garrity
, KO
, 2 (6)
, 1945-06-29
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
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, align=left, Charlie Finley
, KO
, 1 (8)
, 1945-06-25
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Jimmy Davis
, KO
, 4 (8),
, 1945-06-19
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Tom Collins
, PTS
, 6
, 1945-06-11
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Loss
,
, align=left, Jimmy Mills
, PTS
, 7
, 1945-05-16
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Draw
,
, align=left, Jimmy Mills
, PTS
, 6
, 1945-05-02
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Lee Black
, RTD
, 3 (6)
, 1945-04-28
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Dave Carver
, KO
, 2 (6),
, 1945-04-27
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Fernand Demers
, TKO
, 1 (6),
, 1945-04-20
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Baudelio Valencia
, KO
, 3 (6),
, 1945-04-10
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Al Jackson
, KO
, 1 (6),
, 1945-03-26
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Jimmy Campbell
, KO
, 1 (6)
, 1945-03-19
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Lee Black
, KO
, 2 (6),
, 1945-03-13
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Baudelio Valencia
, PTS
, 6
, 1945-03-06
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Ernest Barnwell
, PTS
, 6
, 1945-02-27
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Jerry McGee
, TKO
, 2 (4)
, 1945-02-24
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Buddy Jackson
, KO
, 1 (4),
, 1945-02-20
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Lew Perez
, PTS
, 4
, 1945-02-13
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
, Win
,
, align=left, Charley Howard
, TKO
, 1 (4)
, 1945-02-06
, align=left,
, align=left,
, -
References
External links
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1925 births
2020 deaths
20th-century American businesspeople
American boxers of Italian descent
American male boxers
Boxers from New York (state)
Middleweight boxers
Sportspeople from the Bronx