Jake LaMotta, the legendary former world middleweight boxing champion whose wild life and times inspired the Oscar-winning movie "Raging Bull," has died at age 95, his family announced Wednesday.

LaMotta fought the great Sugar Ray Robinson six times, handing Robinson the first defeat of his career in 1943 and losing the middleweight title to him in a storied match on Feb. 14, 1951, at ...

In 1943, in Detroit, LaMotta would become the first man to defeat Robinson when he knocked him through the ropes in the eighth round. Robinson was saved by the bell, but was outpointed.

He would not go down. In their second match, on Feb. 5, 1943, in New York, LaMotta won a 10-round decision, giving Robinson his first defeat in the 41st fight of his illustrious career.

Sugar Ray Robinson, right, battles Jake LaMotta for the middleweight championship at Chicago Stadium, in this Feb. 14, 1951 photo. Robinson, poetry with a punch, is the Fighter of the Century.

File – Jake LaMotta, left, and challenger Sugar Ray Robinson exchange lefts to the face in first round of their middleweight championship bout at Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Ill., Feb. 14, 1951.

In their second match, on Feb. 5, 1943, in New York, LaMotta won a 10-round decision, giving Robinson his first defeat in the 41st fight of his illustrious career.