Al Mello

Name: Al Mello
Alias: Lowell Tiger
Birth Name: Afons Mello Tavares
Hometown: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Birthplace: Lowell, Massachusetts, USA
Died: 1993-10-31 (Age:87)
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 170cm
Reach: 170cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

• Won the 1924 National Amateur Welterweight Championship
• Member of the 1924 United States Olympic Games Boxing Team
• Managed by Bobby Goldman
• Was erroneously reported killed in Italian Campaign while serving in the US Army (The Ring, Nov 1946) however his grandson reports he survived and did not die until 1993.

Olympic results

• Defeated Georges Doussot (France) PTS
• Defeated Edgar Christensen (Norway) KO 1
• Lost to Hector Mendez (Argentina) DQ 2