One example is his 1980 boxing biopic Raging Bull, which follows the rise and fall of middleweight champion Jake LaMotta (Robert De Niro). Scorsese drew influence from Powell and Pressburger's ...

His one early loss was to Jake LaMotta, his career-long rival. They fought six times, and Robinson won five. As recently as 1997, Robinson was renamed the best of all time -- "pound for pound ...

When Jake LaMotta steps into a boxing ring and obliterates his opponent, he's a prizefighter. But when he treats his family and friends the same way, he's a ticking time bomb, ready to go off at ...

While training with the film's real-life subject, Jake LaMotta, Robert De Niro so impressed the former middleweight champ that he was convinced the actor could have had a successful pro boxing career.