Alan Minter

Alan Minter
Statistics
Real name	Alan Minter
Nickname(s)	Boom Boom
Rated at	Middleweight
Nationality	English
Born	(1951-08-17) 17 August 1951 Crawley, England
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	49
Wins	39
Wins by KO	23
Losses	9
Draws	0
No contests	1
Medal record Men's Boxing Olympic Games 1972 Munich Light Middleweight

Alan Minter (born 17 August 1951) is an English former professional boxer and a former Undisputed World Middleweight Champion.^[1]

Amateur career

Minter was the 1971 Amateur Boxing Association of England Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games. Minter began his professional career in London on 31 October 1972 by knocking out Maurice Thomas in six rounds.

Olympic results

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Reggie Ford (Guyana) KO 2
• Defeated Valeri Tregubov (Soviet Union) 5–0
• Defeated Loucif Hamani (Algeria) 4–1
• Lost to Dieter Kottysch (West Germany) 2–3

Pro career

Minter won five fights in a row by knockout and, in 1973, Pat Dwyer became the first boxer to go the distance with him, over eight rounds in London. Minter won his next five fights, three by knockout, before tasting defeat for the first time after the referee stopped the fight in the eighth round to "Scottish" Don McMillan due to bad cuts suffered by Minter. Two more wins followed before facing Jan Magziarz, who beat him twice in a row (once in the eighth and once in the sixth) again due to cuts.

1974 was a mixed year for Minter, beating Tony Byrne by a decision in eight, losing in two to Ricky Torres (again on cuts), having a third fight with Magziarz result in a no contest in four rounds and closing the year with a win in eight rounds by decision in his first international fight, against Shako Mamba in Hamburg, Germany.

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

In 1977, he won the European Middleweight title by beating Germano Valsecchi by a knockout in five in Italy. But in his next fight his winning streak ended when he lost to former world title challenger Ronnie Harris by a knockout in eight. 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, but then he lost his European title to Gratien Tonna by a knockout in eight at Milan. He closed '77 with a third 15-round decision win over Finnegan to retain his British title.

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. Then, he went to Italy once again to regain his European Middleweight title by knocking out Angelo Jacopucci in twelve rounds. Jacopucci died a few days afterwards, due to injuries sustained in the bout. Minter finished his year by avenging his loss to Tonna with a six-round knockout.

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 the Caesars Palace. He won the title by a 15-round decision and, in a rematch, he retained the world title by a TKO in eight rounds. Minter's run as world champion came to an end on 27 September of that year, when he was stopped on cuts in three rounds to Marvin Hagler at Wembley Arena in London. After the fight was stopped, Minter's supporters caused a riot, throwing beer cans and bottles into the ring and both boxers had to be ushered away by the police. Prior to the fight, Minter had declared, "No black man is going to take my title."^[2][3]

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

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

Professional boxing record

39 Wins (23 knockouts, 16 decisions), 9 Losses (8 knockouts, 1 decision), 1 No Contest
Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	42–3–1	Tony Sibson	TKO	3	15 September 1981	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	EBU Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:59 of the third round.
Loss	31–1–2	Mustafa Hamsho	SD	10	6 June 1981	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	93–97, 93–97, 96–94.
Win	24–1	Ernie Singletary	PTS	10	17 March 1981	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	100–95.5.
Loss	49–2–2	Marvin Hagler	TKO	3	27 September 1980	Wembley Arena, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	WBA, WBC and Lineal Middleweight Titles. Referee stopped the bout at 1:45 of the third round.
Win	45–4–2	Vito Antuofermo	TKO	8	28 June 1980	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	WBA, WBC and Lineal Middleweight Titles.
Win	45–3–2	Vito Antuofermo	SD	15	16 March 1980	Caesars Palace, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	WBA, WBC and Lineal Middleweight Titles. 144–141, 149–137, 143–145.
Win	24–4	Doug Demmings	PTS	10	23 October 1979	Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	100–95.
Win	35–8	Monty Betham	TKO	2	26 June 1979	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 1:05 of the second round.
Win	38–13–1	Renato Garcia	TKO	9	1 May 1979	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
Win	35–9–1	Rudy Robles	PTS	10	6 February 1979	Wembley Conference Centre, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	100–95.
Win	43–6	Gratien Tonna	TKO	6	7 November 1978	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	EBU Middleweight Title.
Win	33–2	Angelo Jacopucci	KO	12	19 July 1978	Bellaria Municipal Stadium, Bellaria, Italy	EBU Middleweight Title. Jacopucci died after the fight from injuries sustained. Ringside doctor was found guilty of manslaughter.
Win	25–8–4	Sandy Torres	KO	5	15 February 1978	Las Vegas Hilton, Las Vegas, Nevada, United States	Torres knocked out at 1:57 of the fifth round.
Win	31–5	Kevin Finnegan	PTS	15	8 November 1977	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	BBBofC British Middleweight Title. 144–143.
Loss	42–5	Gratien Tonna	TKO	8	21 September 1977	Palazzo Dello Sport, Milan, Italy	EBU Middleweight Title. Referee stopped the bout at 1:10 of the eighth round.
Win	85–23–2	Emile Griffith	PTS	10	30 July 1977	Stade Louis II, Monte Carlo, Monaco
Loss	23–0	Ronnie "Mazel" Harris	TKO	8	12 April 1977	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 3:00 of the eighth round.
Win	40–5–1	Germano Valsecchi	KO	5	4 February 1977	Palazzo Dello Sport, Milan, Italy	EBU Middleweight Title.
Win	31–2–1	Sugar Ray Seales	TKO	5	7 December 1976	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win	54–4–3	Tony Licata	TKO	6	9 November 1976	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 1:30 of the sixth round.
Win	27–4	Kevin Finnegan	PTS	15	14 September 1976	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	BBBofC British Middleweight Title.
Win	25–6–3	Frank Reiche	TKO	8	24 May 1976	Olympiahalle, Munich, Germany
Win	14–1	Billy "White" Knight	TKO	2	27 April 1976	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	BBBofC British Middleweight Title.
Win	17–7–6	Trevor "Saint" Francis	TKO	8	20 January 1976	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win	24–3	Kevin Finnegan	PTS	15	4 November 1975	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	BBBofC British Middleweight Title.
Win	6–1–1	Peter Wulf	KO	6	30 May 1975	Hamburg, Germany
Win	16–1–1	Larry "Apostle" Paul	PTS	10	25 March 1975	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	98.5–98.
Win	6–2	Tony "The Tiger" Allen	PTS	8	10 February 1975	Hilton Hotel, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom	79.5–77.
Win	10–2–1	"Scottish" Henry Cooper	KO	1	20 January 1975	Hilton Hotel, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
Win	11–2–1	Shako Mamba	PTS	8	30 November 1974	Munich, Germany
No Contest	10–2–1	Jan Magdziarz	NC	4	29 October 1974	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	Double disqualification for non-effort.
Loss	23–24–2	Ricky "Atlas" Ortiz	TKO	2	21 May 1974	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
Win	4–1	"English" Tony Byrne	PTS	8	26 March 1974	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Loss	8–0–1	Jan Magdziarz	TKO	6	11 December 1973	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Loss	7–0–1	Jan Magdziarz	TKO	8	30 October 1973	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win	10–19–1	Ernie Burns	TKO	5	2 October 1973	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win	3–0	Octavio Romero	PTS	8	10 September 1973	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	80–77.5.
Loss	28–17–5	"Scottish" Don McMillan	TKO	8	5 June 1973	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	Referee stopped the bout at 0:45 of the eighth round.
Win	11–0–1	George Aidoo	TKO	5	9 May 1973	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	19–12–3	Frank "Forever" Young	PTS	8	27 March 1973	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	40–39.
Win	39–32–6	Harry Scott	PTS	8	13 March 1973	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom	39.75–39.
Win	3–7–3	Gabe Bowens	TKO	7	20 February 1973	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win	8–6–2	Pat Brogan	TKO	7	30 January 1973	York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, United Kingdom
Win	34–9–2	Pat "O" Dwyer	PTS	8	16 January 1973	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom	40–38.5.
Win	10–7–1	Mike "Lawman" McCluskie	KO	5	8 January 1973	Hotel Piccadilly, Manchester, United Kingdom
Win	20–12–4	Ronnie Hough	TKO	5	11 December 1972	Hilton Hotel, Mayfair, London, United Kingdom
Win	12–9–4	Anton Schnedl	TKO	7	5 December 1972	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom
Win	7–5–1	John "Dean" Lowe	TKO	3	14 November 1972	Empire Pool, Wembley, London, United Kingdom
Win	15–15–4	Maurice Thomas	TKO	6	31 October 1972	Royal Albert Hall, Kensington, London, United Kingdom

Life after boxing

Currently he resides in Littlehampton, England and tours the UK in autograph and lecture shows, alongside Jim Watt, another world boxing champion.

His son, Ross "The Boss" Minter, also competed in the welterweight division and is a former English and British Welterweight Champion. His record stands at 17 wins (8 KO), 2 loss and 1 draw.

During the Lennox Lewis vs. Frank Bruno fight in October 1993, a beer can was thrown from the crowd, striking Alan Minter, much to the astonishment of the watching BBC commentators.

In a humorous moment on BBC's long-running quiz show A Question of Sport, Emlyn Hughes incorrectly identified Alan Minter as the sportsman disguised in the 'Mystery Guest' round. In fact, it was Sue Barker.

See also

• List of lineal boxing world champions
• List of middleweight boxing champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of WBC world champions
• List of British middleweight boxing champions

References

1. ↑ "The Lineal Middleweight Champions". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia. 
2. ↑ Steven Pye (3 October 2013). "Remembering Alan Minter v Marvin Hagler: one of boxing's lowest moments". The Guardian. Retrieved 29 May 2014. 
3. ↑ http://www.thesweetscience.com/article-archive/2006/4729-look-back-in-anger-hagler-minter-wembley-arena-london-sept-27-1980

External links

• Professional boxing record for Alan Minter from BoxRec