Alan Sydney Minter (17 August 19519 September 2020) was an English 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 Syd and Anne Minter. His father was a plasterer, and his mother was of German birth. His family moved to Crawley, West Sussex, and he joined Crawley Boxing Club at aged 11, training under John Hillier and Dougie Bidwell.
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). Because Minter was the 1971 Amateur Boxing Association of England Middleweight Champion, he was selected to box for UK in the Olympics 1972. Kottysch went on to win the gold medal.
- 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)
Professional career
Minter began his professional career with 11 straight wins, the first against Maurice Thomas in London on 31 October 1972, winning by knockout in the 6th round.
Minter won his first five fights by knockout until 16 January 1973, when Pat Dwyer went the distance, Minter taking the fight on points. Minter finished his year by avenging his loss to Tonna with a six-round knockout in November at Wembley.
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 The fight was controversial owing to a racially-charged remark Minter made during the build-up (Minter was alleged to have said that he did not "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) 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.
Minter beat fringe contender Ernie Singletary in London, in 1981,
Professional boxing record
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!
!Result
!Record
!Opponent
!Type
!Round, time
!Date
!Location
!Notes
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|49
|Loss
|
|style="text-align:left;"| Tony Sibson
|TKO
|3 (12),
|15 Sep 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|48
|Loss
|39–8
|style="text-align:left;"| Mustafa Hamsho
|SD
|10
|6 Jun 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|47
|Win
|39–7
|style="text-align:left;"| Ernie Singletary
|PTS
|10
|17 Mar 1981
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|46
|Loss
|38–7
|style="text-align:left;"| Marvin Hagler
|TKO
|3 (15),
|27 Sep 1980
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|45
|Win
|38–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Vito Antuofermo
|RTD
|8 (15)
|28 Jun 1980
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|44
|Win
|37–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Vito Antuofermo
|
|15
|16 Mar 1980
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|43
|Win
|36–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Doug Demmings
|PTS
|10
|23 Oct 1979
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|42
|Win
|35–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Monty Betham
|TKO
|2 (10),
|26 Jun 1979
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|41
|Win
|34–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Renato Garcia
|TKO
|9 (10),
|1 May 1979
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|40
|Win
|33–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Rudy Robles
|PTS
|10
|6 Feb 1979
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|39
|Win
|32–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Gratien Tonna
|RTD
|6 (15)
|7 Nov 1978
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|38
|Win
|31–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Angelo Jacopucci
|KO
|12 (15)
|19 Jul 1978
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|37
|Win
|30–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Sandy Torres
|KO
|5 (10),
|15 Feb 1978
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|36
|Win
|29–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Kevin Finnegan
|PTS
|15
|8 Nov 1977
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|35
|Loss
|28–6
|style="text-align:left;"| Gratien Tonna
|TKO
|8 (15),
|21 Sep 1977
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|34
|Win
|28–5
|style="text-align:left;"| Emile Griffith
|PTS
|10
|30 Jul 1977
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|33
|Loss
|27–5
|style="text-align:left;"| Ronnie Harris
|TKO
|8 (10),
|12 Apr 1977
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|32
|Win
|27–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Germano Valsecchi
|KO
|5 (15)
|4 Feb 1977
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|31
|Win
|26–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Sugar Ray Seales
|TKO
|5 (10),
|7 Dec 1976
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|30
|Win
|25–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Tony Licata
|TKO
|6 (10),
|9 Nov 1976
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|29
|Win
|24–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Kevin Finnegan
|PTS
|15
|14 Sep 1976
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|28
|Win
|23–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Frank Reiche
|TKO
|8 (10)
|24 May 1976
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|27
|Win
|22–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Billy Knight
|TKO
|2 (15),
|27 Apr 1976
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|26
|Win
|21–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Trevor Francis
|TKO
|8 (10),
|20 Jan 1976
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|25
|Win
|20–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Kevin Finnegan
|PTS
|15
|4 Nov 1975
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|24
|Win
|19–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Peter Wulf
|KO
|6 (10)
|30 May 1975
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|23
|Win
|18–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Larry Paul
|PTS
|10
|25 Mar 1975
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|22
|Win
|17–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Tony Allen
|PTS
|8
|10 Feb 1975
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|21
|Win
|16–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Henry Cooper
|KO
|1 (8),
|20 Jan 1975
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|20
|Win
|15–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Shako Mamba
|PTS
|8
|30 Nov 1974
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|19
|style="background:#DDD"|
|14–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Jan Magdziarz
|NC
|4 (10)
|29 Oct 1974
|style="text-align:left;"|
|style="text-align:left;"|
|-
|18
|Loss
|14–4
|style="text-align:left;"| Ricky Ortiz
|TKO
|2 (10)
|21 May 1974
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|17
|Win
|14–3
|style="text-align:left;"| Tony Byrne
|PTS
|8
|26 Mar 1974
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|16
|Loss
|13–3
|style="text-align:left;"| Jan Magdziarz
|
|6 (8)
|11 Dec 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|15
|Loss
|13–2
|style="text-align:left;"| Jan Magdziarz
|TKO
|3 (8)
|30 Oct 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|14
|Win
|13–1
|style="text-align:left;"| Ernie Burns
|TKO
|5 (8)
|2 Oct 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|13
|Win
|12–1
|style="text-align:left;"| Octavio Romero
|PTS
|8
|10 Sep 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|12
|Loss
|11–1
|style="text-align:left;"| Don McMillan
|TKO
|8 (8),
|5 Jun 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|11
|Win
|11–0
|style="text-align:left;"| George Aidoo
|TKO
|5 (8)
|9 May 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|10
|Win
|10–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Frank Young
|PTS
|8
|27 Mar 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|9
|Win
|9–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Harry Scott
|PTS
|8
|13 Mar 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|8
|Win
|8–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Gabe Bowens
|TKO
|7 (8),
|20 Feb 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|7
|Win
|7–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Pat Brogan
|TKO
|7 (8)
|30 Jan 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|6
|Win
|6–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Pat Dwyer
|
|8
|16 Jan 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|5
|Win
|5–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Mike McCluskie
|
|5 (8)
|8 Jan 1973
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|4
|Win
|4–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Ronnie Hough
|TKO
|5 (8)
|11 Dec 1972
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|3
|Win
|3–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Anton Schnedl
|TKO
|7 (8)
|5 Dec 1972
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|2
|Win
|2–0
|style="text-align:left;"| John Lowe
|TKO
|3 (6)
|14 Nov 1972
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|-
|1
|Win
|1–0
|style="text-align:left;"| Maurice Thomas
|
|6 (6)
|31 Oct 1972
|style="text-align:left;"|
|
|}