Background
His father changed his surname from Corry to Corri to make it appear more Italian in the hopes of furthering his singing career.
His father changed his surname from Corry to Corri to make it appear more Italian in the hopes of furthering his singing career.
He was well-known and popular in the United Kingdom, and was himself a boxer in his youth. He refereed over 2,000 fights, including Mickey Walker against Tommy Milligan in 1927. He makes an appearance as himself in Alfred Hitchcock"s silent movie The Ring (1927) introduced to the audience by the Military Cross. He published several books, including Fifty Years in the Ring, which appeared the summer before he died.
He died in Southend on 21 December 1933.
He was one of the original members of the National Sporting Club.
