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SCENES FROM AN ITALIAN RESTAURANT

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JAKE LaMOTTA never got to dine with royalty in Dubai and that makes me very happy. He did get to dine with me one night in 2001 and that makes me even happier.

It was at an Italian restaurant called La Maganette on New York’s 3rd Avenue; the Bernard Hopkins and Felix Trinidad fight was a couple of days away. LaMotta was there with Denise, who was soon to be the seventh Mrs LaMotta.

He had been sitting at the same table on the same night for 20 years, a small round table with a

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