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#1 ·
Can anyone tell me when Jake LaMotta died, just read he died this year.
 
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bill1234 said:
Thats because he is old. :laugh:
At the black tie fights in dallas a few years back the boxing guests of honor were Jake LaMotta, Joe Frazier & Earnie Shavers I was sat at ringside on the apron right in front of them in the first row I was covering the fights for Flash/Boxing Update & Boxing Times. This was just before Earnie tried his unsuccessful comeback. He said then that he was in training and would see how it went. I asked Joe if he was planning a comeback too he laughed & said " No way in hell" Then there was a tap on my shoulder it was Jake he said " Keep it under your hat Limey but I'm coming back give me 6 weeks in gym I'll beat any middleweight out there now" He must have been 72 or 73 then but still looked in good shape. We all had a good laugh together
 
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C.J.Rock said:
At the black tie fights in dallas a few years back the boxing guests of honor were Jake LaMotta, Joe Frazier & Earnie Shavers I was sat at ringside on the apron right in front of them in the first row I was covering the fights for Flash/Boxing Update & Boxing Times. This was just before Earnie tried his unsuccessful comeback. He said then that he was in training and would see how it went. I asked Joe if he was planning a comeback too he laughed & said " No way in hell" Then there was a tap on my shoulder it was Jake he said " Keep it under your hat Limey but I'm coming back give me 6 weeks in gym I'll beat any middleweight out there now" He must have been 72 or 73 then but still looked in good shape. We all had a good laugh together

That must have been really cool. You should have punched him to see if he still had the iron jaw.
 
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