Tiberio Mitri was an Italian

Italy

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 boxer who fought from 1946 to 1957. During his career, Mitri was the Italian and European middleweight

Middleweight

Middleweight is a division, or weight class, in boxing. Early boxing history is less than exact, but the middleweight designation seems to have begun in the 1840s. In the bare-knuckle era, the first middleweight championship fight was between Tom Chandler and Dooney Harris in 1897...

 champion.

On 12 July 1950, Mitri unsuccessfully challenged world middleweight champion Jake LaMotta

Jake LaMotta

Giacobbe LaMotta , better known as Jake LaMotta, nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" and "The Raging Bull", is a former American world middleweight champion boxer...

, losing a 15 round decision. Mitri's most famous win came at the expense of former world middleweight champion Randy Turpin

Randy Turpin

Randolph Adolphus Turpin known as the Leamington Larruper, was an English boxer who was considered by some to be Europe's best middleweight boxer of the 1940s and 1950s.-Biography:...

. 2 May 1954, Mitri scored a surprising upset 1 round TKO over Turpin in a battle for the European middleweight crown.
His most memorable fight was on New Year's Day, 11:30PM, Sunday January 1, 1956. It was New Year's main event. Mitri, the Italian & European Middleweight champ won this famous & exciting bout (by TKO/RTD) when his opponent Bill Jo Cohen refused to answer the bell for the 8th round. Mitri was also ahead on points.

Mitri was one of the few boxers who traveled to fight a lot outside Italy.

Mitri also acted in popular Italian cinema.

External links

• The autobiography of Tiberio Mitri: La botta in testa