Tiberio Mitri

Tiberio Mitri

Known for: Acting
Biography: 1926-07-12
Deathday: 2001-02-12 (74 years old)

Check on Amazon

Biography

Tiberio Mitri (12 July 1926 in Trieste – 12 February 2001 in Rome) was an Italian boxer who fought from 1946 to 1957. During his career, Mitri was the Italian and European middleweight champion.

Mitri's professional debut, was 1 August 1946, and over the span of his first four years of fighting, racked up an undefeated record of 50–0. During this period, he won the Italian middleweight crown by defeating Giovanni Manca (1948), then added the European title with a points win over Cyrille Dellannoit of Belgium. He first defended the European honors, by decisioning Jean Stock of France.It was on the strength of this resume, Mitri won the right to challenge for the world middleweight championship...though, perversely, he landed the opportunity, as a substitute for Rocky Graziano. On 11 July 1950, at Madison Square Garden, Mitri lost to middleweight champion Jake LaMotta, in a 15-round decision. Sources regarding the closeness of the contest, vary. The Encyclopedia of Boxing, compiled by Gilbert Odd (First Edition, 1983), has Mitri losing on points "narrowly". Jake LaMotta's famed autobiography, ""Raging Bull"" (1970), is rather less charitable.

LaMotta, in standard candor, does not lend credit to Mitri for his staying the distance, stating that according to sports publicity, "(Mitri) was a pretty good fighter, a lot like (Marcel) Cerdan", then opining, "Like Cerdan, he wasn't." LaMotta backs this negative assessment of Mitri, by questioning Mitri's balance in the ring, underlining the tenet of professional prizefighting, towit, "one thing a top fighter rarely is, is off balance." LaMotta claims that this bad balance issue, accounted for the fight lasting the 15, "because it's hard to fight that kind of fighter". LaMotta viewed any taking of chances as unnecessary, e.g. "I was piling up points so fast..."

In fairness to the subject, boxrec.com lists the official scores (NY State Athletic Commission rules, ca. 1950, allowing for a "rounds basis", as won), as follows:

referee: Mark Conn 3-12

judge: Joe Agnello 6-9

judge: Bert Grant 7-8 boxrec.com

Mitri's most famous win came soon after, at the expense of former world middleweight champion Randy Turpin. On, 2 May 1954, fighting in Rome, Mitri scored a surprising upset, knocking out Turpin in only 65 seconds, to reclaim the European middleweight crown. Mitri at last lost his E.B.U. honors, when stopped by France's Charlie Humez, in 3. Mitri fought for another 2 years, chalking only one loss against 18 victories. His most memorable fight, was on New Year's Day, 11:30PM, Sunday January 1, 1956, as a New Year's main event. Mitri, still 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 ahead on points, at the time of stoppage.

Mitri, one of the few boxers who traveled to fight widely outside Italy, retired in 1957, having logged a total of 99 professional tiffs.Mitri also acted in popular Italian cinema. The autobiography of Tiberio Mitri: La botta in testa

Advertisement

Ratings

Average 5.23
Based on 273 Thousand movie and tv ratings over time
1952
1959
1961
1964
2009
Advertisement

Information

Known For
Acting

Gender
Male

Birthday
1926-07-12

Deathday
2001-02-12 (74 years old)

Birth Place
Trieste, Italy

Height
172-centimeter

Relationships
Fulvia Franco (1950-01-01 - 1954-01-01)

Citizenships
Kingdom of Italy, Italy


This article uses material from Wikipedia.
Advertisement
Dino De Laurentiis
Tiberio Mitri
Dino De Laurentiis worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
7 Movies
Piero Gherardi
Tiberio Mitri
Piero Gherardi worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
4 Movies
Flavio Mogherini
Tiberio Mitri
Flavio Mogherini worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
4 Movies
Nino Rota
Tiberio Mitri
Nino Rota worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
4 Movies
Guido Celano
Tiberio Mitri
Guido Celano worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
4 Movies
Dario Cecchi
Tiberio Mitri
Dario Cecchi worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino
Tiberio Mitri
Angelo Francesco Lavagnino worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
Aldo Pini
Tiberio Mitri
Aldo Pini worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
Bruno Todini
Tiberio Mitri
Bruno Todini worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
Furio Scarpelli
Tiberio Mitri
Furio Scarpelli worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
Giuseppe Rotunno
Tiberio Mitri
Giuseppe Rotunno worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
Agenore Incrocci
Tiberio Mitri
Agenore Incrocci worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
Alberto Sorrentino
Tiberio Mitri
Alberto Sorrentino worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
Alberto Sordi
Tiberio Mitri
Alberto Sordi worked together with Tiberio Mitri in:
3 Movies
  • Tiberio Mitri
    Tiberio Mitri
  • Filmography
  • Information
  • Related Persons
Social Media
X
Facebook
Pinterest
Telegram
Download
iOS Application
Made in Ukraine πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡¦
Copyright Β© MovieFit 2018 – 2024
All external content remains the property of its respective owner.