Al Mello
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Name: Al Mello
Alias: Lowell Tiger
Birth Name: Afonso de Melo 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 National Amateur Welterweight Championship
- Member of the 1924 United States Olympic Games Boxing Team
- 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