Tag: Mitch Halpern

It was a sad and total shock to many in the boxing world that 33 years old Mitch Hapbern took his own life with an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.  Mitch was a very respected boxing referee that had Referee’d many fights throughout his career.  I covered a female bout between Karen Bill vs. Maria Johansson

A SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO BOXING REFEREE MITCH HALPERN Halpern was a referree with men and women’s boxing.   WBAN covered a fight in Las Vegas, Nevada for the Karen Bill vs. Maria Johannson  fight where he reffed their four-round bout.  A few weeks later Halpern committed suicide.  WBAN reported the following: On Sunday, August 20, 2000, Boxing referee