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Alan Minter
Alan Minter
	Minter in 2005
Born	17 August 1951; Penge, Bromley, London, England
Died	9 September 2020 (aged 69); Guildford, Surrey, England
Nationality	British
Other names	Boom Boom, Minty
	Statistics
Weight(s)	Middleweight
Height	5’10”
Reach	71 in (180 cm)
Stance	Southpaw
	Boxing record
Total fights	49
Wins	39
Wins by KO	23
Losses	9
No contests	1
Men's amateur boxing
Representing Great Britain
Olympic Games

Alan Sydney Minter (17 August 1951 – 9 September 2020) was a British professional boxer who competed from 1972 to 1981. He held the undisputed middleweight title in 1980, having previously held the British middleweight title from 1975 to 1976, and the European middleweight title twice between 1977 and 1979. As an amateur, Minter won a bronze medal in the light-middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Early life

Minter was born in Penge, Bromley, Kent, to his German-born mother Anne Minter,^[1] and his father Syd Minter, a plasterer.^[1]^[2] His family moved to Crawley, West Sussex, and he joined Crawley Boxing Club at aged 11,^[3] training under John Hillier and Dougie Bidwell.^[4]

Amateur career

Minter took part at the 1970 European Junior Championships at the middleweight division, but in the very first fight he was stopped in the 2-nd round by Vyacheslav Lemeshev (USSR).^[5] Because Minter was the 1971 Amateur Boxing Association of England Middleweight Champion, he was selected to box for UK in the Olympics 1972.^[6] He won a bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in the light-middleweight classification, losing in the semifinal to Dieter Kottysch of West Germany by a 3-2 marginal decision which was hotly disputed.^[6] Kottysch went on to win the gold medal.^[6]

1972 Olympic results

Minter's results at the 1972 Munich Olympics are as follows:^[7]

Round of 64: bye
Round of 32: Defeated Reggie Ford (Guyana) by second-round knockout
Round of 16: Defeated Valeri Tregubov (Soviet Union) by decision, 5–0
Quarterfinal: Defeated Loucif Hamani (Algeria) by decision, 4–1
Semifinal: Lost to Dieter Kottysch (West Germany) by decision, 2–3 (was awarded bronze medal)^[8]

Professional career

Minter began his professional career with 11 straight wins,^[9] the first against Maurice Thomas in London on 31 October 1972, winning by knockout in the 6th round.^[10] Minter won his first five fights by knockout until 16 January 1973, when Pat Dwyer went the distance, Minter taking the fight on points.^[9] Minter won his next five fights, three by knockout,^[9] before being defeated for the first time after the referee stopped the fight in the eighth round against "Scottish" Don McMillan due to bad cuts suffered by Minter. Two more wins followed before facing Jan Magdziarz, who beat him twice in a row (once in the eighth and once in the sixth) again due to cuts.^[9]

1974 was a mixed year for Minter, beating Tony Byrne by a decision in eight,^[9] losing in two to Ricky Torres (again on cuts),^[9] having a third fight with Magdziarz, resulting in a no contest,^[9] closing the year with a win against Shako Mamba in Hamburg, Germany.^[9]

In 1975, he won four fights in a row, including another bout in Hamburg and, by the end of the year, he challenged Kevin Finnegan for the British Middleweight title, winning it by a 15-round decision.^[10]

In 1976, he won six fights, to extend his streak to ten consecutive wins.^[9] Among the boxers he beat were Billy Knight by a knockout^[9] and Finnegan once again, by decision in 15,^[9] both in defence of his British title,^[9] along with former world title challenger Tony Licata,^[9] knocked out in six and United States Olympic Games Gold medal winner Sugar Ray Seales,^[9] in five rounds. These wins gave Minter a ranking among the top ten Middleweight challengers.^[9]

In 1977, he won the European Middleweight title by beating Germano Valsecchi by a knockout in five in Italy.^[10] But in his next fight his winning streak ended when he lost to former world title challenger Ronnie Harris by a knockout in eight.^[9] Minter returned to top ten challenger status by upsetting the former World Welterweight and Light Middleweight Champion Emile Griffith with a ten-round decision win in Monte Carlo,^[9] but then he lost his European title to Gratien Tonna by a knockout in eight at Milan.^[9] He closed '77 with a third 15-round decision win over Finnegan to retain his British title.^[9]

1978 was a sad year for Minter, although he won all three of his bouts. On 15 February, at the Muhammad Ali–Leon Spinks I undercard in Las Vegas, Nevada, he won his first bout in the United States by knocking out Sandy Torres in five.^[9] Then, he went to Italy once again to regain his European Middleweight title by knocking out Angelo Jacopucci in twelve rounds.^[9] Jacopucci died a few days afterwards, due to injuries sustained in the bout.^[11] Minter finished his year by avenging his loss to Tonna with a six-round knockout.^[9]

In 1979, Minter won all four of his fights, two of them by knockout. On 16 March 1980, in Las Vegas, he was given a shot at World Middleweight Champion Vito Antuofermo's title at Caesars Palace. He won the title by a 15-round split decision^[10] in which the judges' scorecards varied wildly. A Venezuelan judge had Minter losing the fight, while the British judge (Roland Dakin) had Minter winning 13 of the 15 rounds. In a rematch held three months later in London on 28 June, Minter retained the world title by a TKO in eight rounds.^[9]

On 27 September 1980, Minter's short run as world champion came to an abrupt end when he was stopped on cuts in the third round against 'Marvelous' Marvin Hagler at Wembley Arena in London.^[12] The fight was controversial owing to a racially-charged remark Minter made during the build-up (Minter was alleged to have said that he "didn't intend to lose his title to a black man", though he insisted that he had actually said that he didn't intend to lose to "that" black man, and had been goaded to say so by his promoters)^[13] and then by a crowd riot once the referee had agreed with Minter's corner that he was unable to continue, with chairs, bottles and glasses being hurled into the ring after the decision.^[14]

Minter beat fringe contender Ernie Singletary in London, in 1981,^[9] but after losses to future Hagler challengers Mustafa Hamsho in Las Vegas^[9] and Tony Sibson in London,^[9] he retired for good.^[10]

He left boxing with a record of 39 wins, 9 losses and 1 no contest, with 23 wins by knockout.^[9]^[10]

Death

Minter died of cancer in September 2020, in Guildford at the age of 69.^[11]^[15]

Professional boxing record

49 fights	39 wins	9 losses
By knockout	23	8
By decision	16	1
No contests	1

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
49	Loss	39–9 (1)	Tony Sibson	TKO	3 (12), 1:59	15 Sep 1981	Wembley Arena, London, England	For European middleweight title
48	Loss	39–8 (1)	Mustafa Hamsho	SD	10	6 Jun 1981	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, US
47	Win	39–7 (1)	Ernie Singletary	PTS	10	17 Mar 1981	Wembley Arena, London, England
46	Loss	38–7 (1)	Marvin Hagler	TKO	3 (15), 1:45	27 Sep 1980	Wembley Arena, London, England	Lost WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles
45	Win	38–6 (1)	Vito Antuofermo	RTD	8 (15)	28 Jun 1980	Wembley Arena, London, England	Retained WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles
44	Win	37–6 (1)	Vito Antuofermo	SD	15	16 Mar 1980	Caesars Palace, Paradise, Nevada, US	Won WBA, WBC, and The Ring middleweight titles
43	Win	36–6 (1)	Doug Demmings	PTS	10	23 Oct 1979	Wembley Conference Centre, London, England
42	Win	35–6 (1)	Monty Betham	TKO	2 (10), 1:05	26 Jun 1979	Wembley Arena, London, England
41	Win	34–6 (1)	Renato Garcia	TKO	9 (10), 2:40	1 May 1979	Wembley Arena, London, England
40	Win	33–6 (1)	Rudy Robles	PTS	10	6 Feb 1979	Wembley Conference Centre, London, England
39	Win	32–6 (1)	Gratien Tonna	RTD	6 (15)	7 Nov 1978	Empire Pool, London, England	Retained European middleweight title
38	Win	31–6 (1)	Angelo Jacopucci	KO	12 (15)	19 Jul 1978	Municipal Stadium, Bellaria, Italy	Won vacant European middleweight title Jacopucci died of injuries sustained in this bout.^[16]
37	Win	30–6 (1)	Sandy Torres	KO	5 (10), 1:57	15 Feb 1978	Las Vegas Hilton, Winchester, Nevada, US
36	Win	29–6 (1)	Kevin Finnegan	PTS	15	8 Nov 1977	Empire Pool, London, England	Won vacant British middleweight title
35	Loss	28–6 (1)	Gratien Tonna	TKO	8 (15), 1:10	21 Sep 1977	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Italy	Lost European middleweight title
34	Win	28–5 (1)	Emile Griffith	PTS	10	30 Jul 1977	Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco
33	Loss	27–5 (1)	Ronnie Harris	TKO	8 (10), 3:00	12 Apr 1977	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
32	Win	27–4 (1)	Germano Valsecchi	KO	5 (15)	4 Feb 1977	Palasport di San Siro, Milan, Italy	Won European middleweight title
31	Win	26–4 (1)	Sugar Ray Seales	TKO	5 (10), 2:14	7 Dec 1976	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
30	Win	25–4 (1)	Tony Licata	TKO	6 (10), 1:30	9 Nov 1976	Empire Pool, London, England
29	Win	24–4 (1)	Kevin Finnegan	PTS	15	14 Sep 1976	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Retained British middleweight title
28	Win	23–4 (1)	Frank Reiche	TKO	8 (10)	24 May 1976	Olympiahalle, Munich, West Germany
27	Win	22–4 (1)	Billy Knight	TKO	2 (15), 3:00	27 Apr 1976	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	Retained British middleweight title
26	Win	21–4 (1)	Trevor Francis	TKO	8 (10), 1:05	20 Jan 1976	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
25	Win	20–4 (1)	Kevin Finnegan	PTS	15	4 Nov 1975	Empire Pool, London, England	Won vacant British middleweight title
24	Win	19–4 (1)	Peter Wulf	KO	6 (10)	30 May 1975	Hamburg, West Germany
23	Win	18–4 (1)	Larry Paul	PTS	10	25 Mar 1975	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
22	Win	17–4 (1)	Tony Allen	PTS	8	10 Feb 1975	Hilton on Park Lane, London, England
21	Win	16–4 (1)	Henry Cooper	KO	1 (8), 2:25	20 Jan 1975	Hilton on Park Lane, London, England
20	Win	15–4 (1)	Shako Mamba	PTS	8	30 Nov 1974	Munich, West Germany
19	NC	14–4 (1)	Jan Magdziarz	NC	4 (10)	29 Oct 1974	Royal Albert Hall, London, England	NC after both boxers were disqualified for inactivity
18	Loss	14–4	Ricky Ortiz	TKO	2 (10)	21 May 1974	Empire Pool, London, England
17	Win	14–3	Tony Byrne	PTS	8	26 Mar 1974	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
16	Loss	13–3	Jan Magdziarz	RTD	6 (8)	11 Dec 1973	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
15	Loss	13–2	Jan Magdziarz	TKO	3 (8)	30 Oct 1973	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
14	Win	13–1	Ernie Burns	TKO	5 (8)	2 Oct 1973	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
13	Win	12–1	Octavio Romero	PTS	8	10 Sep 1973	Empire Pool, London, England
12	Loss	11–1	Don McMillan	TKO	8 (8), 0:45	5 Jun 1973	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
11	Win	11–0	George Aidoo	TKO	5 (8)	9 May 1973	York Hall, London, England
10	Win	10–0	Frank Young	PTS	8	27 Mar 1973	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
9	Win	9–0	Harry Scott	PTS	8	13 Mar 1973	Empire Pool, London, England
8	Win	8–0	Gabe Bowens	TKO	7 (8), 1:55	20 Feb 1973	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
7	Win	7–0	Pat Brogan	TKO	7 (8)	30 Jan 1973	York Hall, London, England
6	Win	6–0	Pat Dwyer	PTS	8	16 Jan 1973	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
5	Win	5–0	Mike McCluskie	KO	5 (8)	8 Jan 1973	Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester, England
4	Win	4–0	Ronnie Hough	TKO	5 (8)	11 Dec 1972	Hilton on Park Lane, London, England
3	Win	3–0	Anton Schnedl	TKO	7 (8)	5 Dec 1972	Royal Albert Hall, London, England
2	Win	2–0	John Lowe	TKO	3 (6)	14 Nov 1972	Empire Pool, London, England
1	Win	1–0	Maurice Thomas	TKO	6 (6)	31 Oct 1972	Royal Albert Hall, London, England

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References

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External links

Boxing record for Alan Minter from BoxRec (registration required)
Alan Minter at Cyber Boxing Zone
Alan Minter at Team GB
Alan Minter at Olympics.com
Alan Minter at Olympedia (archive)

Sporting positions
Amateur boxing titles
Previous: John Conteh	ABA middleweight champion 1971	Next: Frank Lucas
Regional boxing titles
Vacant Title last held by Bunny Sterling	British middleweight champion 4 November 1975 – 1977 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Kevin Finnegan
Preceded by Germano Valsecchi	European middleweight champion 4 February 1977 – 21 September 1977	Succeeded by Gratien Tonna
Preceded by Kevin Finnegan	British middleweight champion 8 November 1977 – 1979 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Kevin Finnegan
Vacant Title last held by Gratien Tonna	European middleweight champion 19 July 1978 – 1980 Vacated	Vacant Title next held by Kevin Finnegan
World boxing titles
Preceded by Vito Antuofermo	WBA middleweight champion 16 March 1980 – 27 September 1980	Succeeded by Marvin Hagler
	WBC middleweight champion 16 March 1980 – 27 September 1980
	The Ring middleweight champion 16 March 1980 – 27 September 1980
	Undisputed middleweight champion 16 March 1980 – 27 September 1980