1. Mitchell Howard Halpern was an American boxing referee who officiated some of the sport's biggest matches.
16 Facts About Mitch Halpern
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Mitch Halpern volunteered for a foundation that grants wishes for children that are suffering with life-threatening medical conditions.
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Mitch Halpern was trained and mentored by veteran boxing referee Richard Steele.
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Steele said that Mitch Halpern approached him one night after Steele had just finished refereeing a fight and told him that he wanted to be a referee.
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Mitch Halpern worked harder than anyone I had ever seen.
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Mitch Halpern wanted to get the fullness out of being a boxer so he could make the right decisions.
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Mitch Halpern was assigned many of the highest-profile fights in Nevada.
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Until Mitch Halpern got the first Mike Tyson-Evander Holyfield fight, nobody knew how good he was.
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Mitch Halpern refereed the match between Gabriel Ruelas and Jimmy Garcia for the WBC super featherweight title on May 6,1995.
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The doctor and Mitch Halpern inspected Garcia in the corner after the 10th round and found him coherent enough to continue, but the fight was stopped by Mitch Halpern in the next round.
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Mitch Halpern was referee for the first of three meetings between Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera.
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Mitch Halpern played a referee in the 1999 film, Play it to the Bone.
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One boxing promoter commented that Mitch Halpern "never lost control in the ring".
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Mitch Halpern died on August 20,2000, in his south Las Vegas home from a self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head.
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Mitch Halpern had been engaged to be married when he died.
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Many boxing insiders upon hearing of Mitch Halpern's death expressed shock because Mitch Halpern had a reputation for being collected and not impulsive.