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Italian boxer

Tiberio Mitri (12 July 1926 in Trieste – 12 February 2001 in Rome), also known as "La tigre di Trieste" (The Trieste Tiger) was an Italian boxer who fought from 1946 to 1957.

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During his career, Mitri was Italian and European middleweight champion.

Early career

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. Over his first four years of fighting, Mitri racked up an undefeated record of 50–0. 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.

His first title defence was against Jean Stock, which he won by unanymous decision.^[1]

Bout with Jake LaMotta

In 1950 Mitri earned the right to be Jake LaMotta's mandatory challenger for the world middleweight championship once Rocky Graziano dropped out.^[2] On 11 July 1950, at Madison S Tiberio Mitri - Wikipedia XER