Jake lamotta biography book

          "Raging Bull" chronicles the rise and fall of "The Bronx Bull", Jake LaMotta, who came from a harsh, poverty-stricken, youth of crime in the Bronx to become.

        1. The book is a brutally honest memoir by Jake LaMotta, the Bronx Bull and legendary boxer.
        2. Raging Bull, the Bronx Bull's brutally candid memoir, tells it all—fights, jails, sex, money—surpassing, in hard-hitting prose, even the movie that immortalized.
        3. Book overview.
        4. September 6, Jake Lamotta's autobiography describes his life from childhood, including reform school, through his career in the ring and a bit beyond.

          5. Raging Bull, the Bronx Bull's brutally candid memoir, tells it all—fights, jails, sex, money—surpassing, in hard-hitting prose, even the movie that immortalized.!

          Danny Nardico

          American boxer and wrestler (–)

          Daniel Richard (Danny) Nardico (July 3, &#; November 22, ) was an American professional boxer who was once ranked the fifth-best light heavyweight boxer by The Ring magazine.

          He was the only fighter to knock down Jake LaMotta. Nardico briefly entered wrestling after his boxing career.

          Jake LaMotta's torturous and tumultuous road towards self-acceptance could never be better captured than in his autobiography, Raging Bull.

          Biography

          Early life

          Danny Nardico was born on July 3, , and attended Thomas W. Harvey High School in Painesville, Ohio. He played football at Harvey and was an all-league lineman.[1] Nardico served in the United States Marine Corps and fought in both World War II and the Korean War.

          He was awarded two Purple Hearts and a Silver Star for his actions in Okinawa in [2] He trained as a boxer under Willie Pep.[1]

          Career

          In December , The Ring ranked Nardico fifth in the light heavyweight class just prior to his fight with Jake LaMotta.[3] Nardico knocked down the aging LaMotta in the seventh round.

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