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. References External links The autobiography of Tiberio Mitri: La botta in testa 1926 births 2001 deaths Middleweight boxers Sportspeople from Trieste Italian male film actors Italian male boxers