What is the name of the memoir co-written by Jake LaMotta that inspired Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull?

The memoir that inspired Martin Scorsese’s Raging Bull is Raging Bull: My Story.

Published in 1970, the book was written by former middleweight boxing champion Jake LaMotta with writer Joseph Carter. It recounts LaMotta’s turbulent life, including his boxing career, relationships, jealousy, violence, and involvement with organized crime.

Scorsese’s 1980 film adapts the memoir in a highly stylized way. Robert De Niro portrays LaMotta, while Joe Pesci plays his brother Joey and Cathy Moriarty plays Vikki, LaMotta’s second wife. The film focuses less on conventional sports triumph than on the boxer’s psychological decline and inability to control his anger.

The memoir and film should not be treated as identical accounts. LaMotta’s autobiography is a source rather than a scene-by-scene blueprint, and the movie reshapes events for dramatic and thematic purposes. Raging Bull is nevertheless closely identified with LaMotta’s own life story.