![]() In an era when boxing was one of the most followed sports in America, LaMotta and Robinson dominated the middleweight/welterweight divisions. 40 years ago, Martin Scorsese released “Raging Bull”, a Hollywood screen production that was nominated for 8 Academy Awards and was later inducted into the National Film Registry for historic preservation.ĭramatizing the tumultuous life of middleweight boxer Jake LaMotta, the movie scored big on the theme of rage, but it left some sports history fans wanting for more on LaMotta’s fighting relationship with his biggest rival, Sugar Ray Robinson.
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