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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...greatest director-actor combinations ever, in perhaps their finest moment. DeNiro's dogged portrayal of Jake LaMotta perfectly fits Scorsese's violent yet often balletic vision...

Author: By Cheryl Chan, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Hurricane Bouts, Blows Hot Air | 12/17/1999 | See Source »

...trained 18 champions, six of them heavyweights, including Joe Frazier and Larry Holmes. But Bowe, Futch declares, "has the potential to be the best I've ever had." Before he can take his place in the history books, however, a great champion needs a great opponent. Louis had Schmeling. LaMotta had Robinson. Ali had Frazier. "Greatness in fighting is gained by rubbing against other great boxers," says Bert Sugar, editor-publisher of Boxing Illustrated. Right now the list of contenders is short and flabby...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Float Like a Butterfly, Sting Like...Ali: RIDDICK BOWE | 11/8/1993 | See Source »

...paraphrase the immortal words of boxer Jake LaMotta, Harvard athletics in 1991-2 couldah been contendah...

Author: By John B. Trainer, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Year of Contenders, Not Titles | 6/4/1992 | See Source »

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