Dave Tiberi

WPHS Class of 1984

Boxing Pro, Entrepreneur, Civic Leader

Dave Tiberi is the 13th of 14 children raised in New Castle. Tiberi attended Pleasantville Elementary School and Gunning Bedford Middle School where he was a stand-out baseball player. At William Penn High School (WPHS) Tiberi played football and baseball and was an All-State player in both sports.While attending schools in Colonial, 6 of Tiberi’s brothers were aspiring boxers who were regulars around Delaware’s amateur boxing venues of the 1970’s.

Tiberi launched his professional career in 1985. Over the next seven years as a professional Tiberi amassed an impressive 22 and 2 record. On July 1, 1991 Tiberi squared off against Pittsburgh’s Rockyish club brawler Ed Hall for the IBC Middleweight Championship. Despite Hall’s solid reputation as a knockout artist, Tiberi wore the tough veteran down with five rounds of unrelenting body blows which left the older Hall unable to answer the opening bell for round six. Following the Hall match, Tiberi began to be viewed as a solid middleweight contender which led to the dream event of every aspiring boxer, a nationally televised world title match.

In the years following his boxing career Tiberi continued his business and community interests. He remained active in at-risk youth programs and involvement with the Dave Tiberi Youth Center. For over two decades he personally trained all new police recruits at the Delaware State Police Academy.Throughout most of his boxing career Tiberi produced a weekly cable television program and following the Toney fight he founded TNT Video Multimedia and Television Productions Inc. which has been recognized with several national awards.

While Tiberi’s business successes are highly enviable, his civic activities have earned him accolades on a national and regional level. He was named one of the National Jaycees 10 Top Young Americans. He has been inducted into the Delaware Sports and Boxing Halls of Fame and was recently named one of the 50 most influential Delawareans of the past 50 years by Delaware Today Magazine.