Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta (10 ga Yuli, 1922 - 19 ga Satumba, 2017) ya kasance kwararren ɗan dambe na Amurka wanda ya kasance zakaran matsakaicin nauyi na duniya tsakanin 1949 da 1951. An ba shi lakabi "Bronx Bull" ko "Raging Bull" saboda dabararsa ta ci gaba da bin sawu, rikici da fada a ciki, ya haɓaka suna don kasancewa "mai zalunci"; shi ne abin da ake kira sau da yawa a yau a matsayin swarmer da slugger.

Saboda salon yaƙi mai tsanani, LaMotta sau da yawa ya ɗauki abin da ya yi a zamanin manyan matsakaitan matsakaici. Tare da tsokoki masu kauri da tsokoshi, LaMotta ya sami damar shan wahala mai yawa a cikin aikinsa, kuma ana zaton yana da ɗaya daga cikin manyan ƙuƙwalwa a tarihin dambe. Gwagwarmayar LaMotta ta shida tare da Sugar Ray Robinson ta kasance daya daga cikin sanannun wasanni. Kodayake kowane gwagwarmaya ya kasance kusa kuma LaMotta ya sauke Robinson zuwa zane sau da yawa, LaMotta ta lashe daya daga cikin gwagwarmayar. An kuma ba shi lambar yabo ta farko ta Hickok Belt - sannan aka gabatar da shi ne kawai ga 'yan dambe - a cikin 1949 bayan ya kama taken matsakaicin nauyi na duniya.

LaMotta, wanda ya rayu cikin rikici a ciki da waje, ɗan'uwansa Joey ne ke gudanar da shi. Ya kasance na 52 a cikin jerin Ring Magazine na "80 Best Fighters of the Last 80 Years", kuma ya kasance cikin jerin sunayen 10 mafi girma a kowane lokaci. An shigar da LaMotta cikin Hall of Fame na Boxing na Duniya a cikin aji na farko na 1990.

An daidaita tarihin rayuwar LaMotta a cikin fim din Martin Scorsese na 1980 Raging Bull . Ya ci gaba da zabarsa don lambar yabo ta Kwalejin takwas, tare da Robert De Niro wanda ya lashe kyautar Actor mafi kyau don nuna LaMotta.

Rayuwa ta farko

An haifi LaMotta a Lower East Side na Birnin New York a ranar 10 ga Yuli, 1922, ga iyayen Italiyanci, Elizabeth (Merluzzo) da Giuseppe "Joseph" LaMotta . Yawancin kafofin sun ba da rahoton shekarar haihuwarsa a matsayin 1921, amma 'yarsa Christi ta yi iƙirarin cewa a zahiri 1922 ne. An haifi mahaifiyarsa a Amurka ga baƙi na Italiya, yayin da mahaifinsa baƙo ne daga Messina, Sicily, wanda ya zo tare da dangi ciki har da ɗan'uwan Jake Joseph. Iyalin sun zauna a takaice a Philadelphia kafin su koma Birnin New York kuma su zauna a Bronx .

Mahaifin Jake ya tilasta wa yaron ya yi yaƙi da wasu yara maza don ya faranta wa manya na unguwa rai, waɗanda suka jefa canjin aljihu a cikin zobe. Mahaifin LaMotta ya tattara kuɗin kuma ya yi amfani da shi don taimakawa wajen biyan kuɗin haya. Ɗaya daga cikin 'yan uwan LaMotta a gefen mahaifinsa shine Richard LaMotta, wanda ya zama ɗan kasuwa kuma mai kirkirar maganin ice cream na Chipwich.

LaMotta ya koyi yin dambe yayin da yake cikin gidan gyare-gyare a arewacin New York, inda aka tura shi don yunkurin fashi. Bayan haka ya yi yaƙi ba tare da an ci nasara ba a cikin yaƙe-yaƙe masu son, ya zama ƙwararre yana da shekaru 19 a 1941. A lokacin yakin duniya na biyu, an ƙi shi zuwa aikin soja saboda aikin mastoid na yaro a daya daga cikin kunnuwansa wanda ya shafi jin sa.

Ayyukan dambe

A matsayinsa na matsakaicin nauyi a cikin gwagwarmayarsa goma sha biyar ta farko, LaMotta ya tafi 14-0-1 (3 KOs). A ranar 24 ga Satumba, 1941, ya kusan kayar da Jimmy Reeves ta hanyar buga kwallo a garin Reeves na Cleveland, Ohio, amma alƙalin ya ƙidaya zuwa tara kafin kararrawar dambe ta katse shi, yana nuna ƙarshen wasan, kuma ta hanyar yanke shawara, LaMotta ya rasa Reeves, duk da cewa an buga shi. Rikicin ya ɓarke bayan an sanar da shawarar. Yaƙe-yaƙe sun ɓarke a kusa da zobe kuma taron sun ci gaba da yin tashin hankali na minti 20. Mai ba da gudummawa a filin wasa bai yi nasara ba ya ƙoƙarin kwantar da hankalin jama'a ta hanyar buga "Star Spangled Banner". Koyaya, yayin da taron suka ci gaba da tayar da kayar baya, tashin hankali a waje da zobe ya haifar da kama mutane da yawa.

Wata daya bayan haka, LaMotta da Reeves sun sake yin yaƙi a wannan fagen. LaMotta ya rasa wani yanke shawara mai rikitarwa. Wasan na uku tsakanin su biyu ya faru a ranar 19 ga Maris, 1943, a Detroit, Michigan. Zagaye biyar na farko sun kasance kusa, kodayake Reeves yana gwagwarmaya a karo na huɗu. A zagaye na shida, LaMotta ya sa Reeves, wanda ya sauka na biyu kawai. Da zarar yaƙin ya ci gaba, LaMotta ya sauka a gefen hagu a kan gemu na Reeves, ya tura shi ƙasa da fuska. Reeves yana haskaka idanunsa kuma yana girgiza kansa yayin da alƙalin ya ƙidaya shi.

LaMotta vs. Robinson I-V

LaMotta ya yi yaƙi da Sugar Ray Robinson a wasan farko na Robinson a Madison Square Garden, Birnin New York, 2 ga Oktoba, 1942. LaMotta ya kori Robinson a zagaye na farko na yakin. Robinson ya tashi ya mallaki yawancin yakin, ya ci nasara ta hanyar yanke shawara guda 10.

An sake buga wasan zagaye 10 a ranar 5 ga Fabrairu, 1943, a Filin wasa na Olympia a Detroit, Michigan . [1] A zagaye na takwas, LaMotta ya sauka dama zuwa kan Robinson da hagu zuwa jikinsa, ya tura shi ta hanyar igiyoyi. Robinson ya sami ceto ta hanyar kararrawa a ƙididdigar tara. LaMotta, wanda ya riga ya jagoranci a kan katunan kafin ya kori Robinson daga zobe, ya buge shi kuma ya nuna shi ga sauran yakin. Robinson yana da matsala wajen kiyaye LaMotta a bay.[2] LaMotta ya ci nasara ta hanyar yanke shawara ɗaya, wanda ya ba Robinson nasara ta farko a cikin aikinsa.

Nasarar ta kasance ta ɗan gajeren lokaci, yayin da biyun suka hadu a ranar 26 ga Fabrairu, 1943, a cikin wani gwagwarmaya na zagaye 10, kuma a filin wasa na Olympia a tsohon gidan Robinson na Detroit. An kori Robinson don ƙididdigar tara a zagaye na 7. Robinson daga baya ya ce, "Ya ji wa ni rauni da hagu a zagaye na bakwai. Na ɗan yi mamaki kuma na yanke shawarar zama a kan bene. " Robinson ya lashe gwagwarmayar kusa ta hanyar yanke shawara ɗaya, ta amfani da jab na hagu mai ban sha'awa da kuma tsalle-tsalle. LaMotta ya ce an ba da yakin ga Robinson saboda za a shigar da shi cikin sojoji washegari.

Yaƙi na huɗu, wasan karshe na duo, ya faru kusan shekaru biyu bayan na uku, a ranar 23 ga Fabrairu, 1945, a Madison Square Garden, New York. Robinson ya sake cin nasara ta hanyar yanke shawara ɗaya.

LaMotta da Robinson sun yi karo na biyar a Comiskey Park, Chicago, Illinois a ranar 26 ga Satumba, 1945. Robinson ya ci nasara ta hanyar yanke shawara mai rikitarwa, ya yi hamayya a zagaye 12. Mutane 14,755 da suka halarci taron sun yi wa hukuncin kisa sosai. LaMotta daga baya ya ce a cikin tarihin kansa cewa jaridu da yawa da masu bugawa na dambe sun soki shawarar. Robinson ya ce daga baya, "Wannan ita ce gwagwarmaya mafi wuya da na taɓa yi da LaMotta".