Tiberio Mitri

Mitri made his professional debut right after the end of World War II on 31 July 1946 in Venice where he defeated Alfredo Pamio with a KO.

During this period, he won the Italian middleweight crown in 1948 by defeating Giovanni Manca and the European title with a points win over Cyrille Delannoit.

[1] In 1950 Mitri earned the right to be Jake LaMotta's mandatory challenger for the world middleweight championship once Rocky Graziano dropped out.

[4] The official scores, according to the New York State Athletic Commission, lists the three judges's scorecard unanimously in LaMotta's favour with Mark Conn 3-12, Joe Agnello 6-9, and Bert Grant 7-8.

[6] Mitri's last moment of glory was on New Year's Day in 1956, when he defeated Bill Jo Cohen after the American boxer refused to answer the bell for the 8th round.

Tiberio Mitri