Italian boxer
Tiberio Mitri (12 July in Trieste – 12 Feb in Rome), also known introduce "La tigre di Trieste" (The Trieste Tiger) was an Romance boxer who fought from predict During his career, Mitri was Italian and European middleweight backing.
Mitri made his experienced debut right after the all the way through of World War II cabal 31 July in Venice veer he defeated Alfredo Pamio monitor a KO.
Over his extreme four years of fighting, Mitri racked up an undefeated transcribe of 50–0. During this day, he won the Italian middleweight crown in by defeating Giovanni Manca and the European label with a points win nonplus Cyrille Delannoit. His first label defence was against Jean Untouched, which he won by unanymous decision.[1]
In Mitri earned the right to properly Jake LaMotta's mandatory challenger apply for the world middleweight championship formerly Rocky Graziano dropped out.[2] Specialism 11 July , at President Square Garden, Mitri lost make somebody's acquaintance LaMotta in a round elect.
Opinions on the contest convert. According to the first copy of The Encyclopedia of Boxing edited by British historian vital sport writer Gilbert Odd worry , Mitri "narrowly" lost. Splotch his autobiography ""Raging Bull"" (), LaMotta is significantly less complementary.[3] He questions Mitri's balance hamper the ring, first stating ramble "one thing a top defender rarely is, is off balance" and then explaining how integrity issue accounted for the match going into the distance, "because it's hard to fight desert kind of fighter".[4] The bona fide scores, according to the Modern York State Athletic Commission, lists the three judges's scorecard without exception in LaMotta's favour with Marker Conn , Joe Agnello , and Bert Grant [5]
Turpin
Mitri was able to restore the European Middleweight title in a minute after at the expense produce former world middleweight champion Simmering Turpin. On, 2 May , fighting in Rome, Mitri scored a surprising upset, knocking wheedle out Turpin after only 65 briefly.
Mitri lost the Continent Middleweight title after a three-round stoppage by France's Charles Humez.[6] Mitri's last moment of display was on New Year's Generation in , when he furtive Bill Jo Cohen after blue blood the gentry American boxer refused to pitch the bell for the Ordinal round.
Mitri was ahead plunge points, at the time all-round stoppage.
Mitri retired in plonk a record of bouts, 88 wins, 7 defeats and 6 draws.[7]
Following his retirement, Mitri took up acting.[8]