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Alan Minter boxer

- bouts
- 49
- won
- 39
- lost
- 9
- draw
- 0
- Status
- inactive
- Division
- middleweight
- Debut
- 1972-10-31
- Height
- 5′ 9″/175cm
- Reach
- 71″/180cm
- Age
- -
- Born
- 1951-08-17
- Death
- -
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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.Minter was born in Penge, Bromley, Kent, to his German-born mother Anne Minter, and his father Syd Minter, a plasterer. His family moved to Crawley, West Sussex, and he joined Crawley Boxing Club at aged 11, training under John Hillier and Dougie Bidwell.Because Minter was the 1971 Amateur Boxing Association of England Middleweight Champion, he was selected to box for UK in the Olympics 1972. 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. Kottysch went on to win the gold medal.Minter's results at the 1972 Munich Olympics are as follows:
Date | Opponent | Last Opponents' Results | Place | Result |
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1981-09-15 | Tony Sibson | WWWWWW | Wembley Arena, Wembley | LOST Technical knockout |
1981-06-06 | Mustafa Hamsho | WWWWWW | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas | LOST Split-decision |
1981-03-17 | Ernie Singletary | WWWWWW | Wembley Arena, Wembley | WIN Points |
1980-09-27 | Marvin Hagler | WWDWWW | Wembley Arena, Wembley | LOST Technical knockout |
1980-06-28 | Vito Antuofermo | WWWWDL | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Corner retirement |
1980-03-16 | Vito Antuofermo | WWWWWD | Caesars Palace, Las Vegas | WIN Split-decision |
1979-10-23 | Doug Demmings | WLLLWW | Conference Centre, Wembley | WIN Points |
1979-06-26 | Monty Betham | WWWWWL | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Technical knockout |
1979-05-01 | Renato Garcia | LLWWWL | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Technical knockout |
1979-02-06 | Rudy Robles | LDLLWW | Conference Centre, Wembley | WIN Points |
1978-11-07 | Gratien Tonna | WWWWWL | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Corner retirement |
1978-07-19 | Angelo Jacopucci | WWWWLW | Municipal Stadium, Bellaria | WIN KO |
1978-02-15 | Sandy Torres | WWWWLL | Hilton Hotel, Las Vegas | WIN KO |
1977-11-08 | Kevin Finnegan | WLWWWW | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Points |
1977-09-21 | Gratien Tonna | WWWWWW | Palasport di San Siro, Milan | LOST Technical knockout |
1977-07-30 | Emile Griffith | LWWWLL | Stade Louis II, Fontvieille | WIN Points |
1977-04-12 | Ronnie Harris | WWWWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Technical knockout |
1977-02-04 | Germano Valsecchi | WWWWWW | Palasport di San Siro, Milan | WIN KO |
1976-12-07 | Sugar Ray Seales | LWWWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-11-09 | Tony Licata | LWWWLW | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-09-14 | Kevin Finnegan | WLLWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Points |
1976-05-24 | Frank Reiche | WLWWLD | Olympiahalle, Munich | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-04-27 | Billy Knight | WWWWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1976-01-20 | Trevor Francis | DWWDDW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1975-11-04 | Kevin Finnegan | WWWWWL | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Points |
1975-05-30 | Peter Wulf | WDWWLW | WIN KO |
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1975-03-25 | Larry Paul | WDWWLW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Points |
1975-02-10 | Tony Allen | WLLWWW | Hilton Hotel, Mayfair | WIN Points |
1975-01-20 | Henry Cooper | WWDWLW | Hilton Hotel, Mayfair | WIN KO |
1974-11-30 | Shako Mamba | WWWDWW | Munich | WIN Points |
1974-10-29 | Jan Magdziarz | WWWLLW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | NC No Contest |
1974-05-21 | Ricky Ortiz | LDLLLL | Empire Pool, Wembley | LOST Technical knockout |
1974-03-26 | Tony Byrne | LWWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Points |
1973-12-11 | Jan Magdziarz | WDWWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Corner retirement |
1973-10-30 | Jan Magdziarz | WWDWWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Technical knockout |
1973-10-02 | Ernie Burns | WLLLLL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1973-09-10 | Octavio Romero | WWWL | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Points |
1973-06-05 | Don McMillan | WWWLLL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | LOST Technical knockout |
1973-05-09 | George Aidoo | WDWWWW | York Hall, Bethnal Green | WIN Technical knockout |
1973-03-27 | Frank Young | LLLDWW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Points |
1973-03-13 | Harry Scott | LLLWLL | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Points |
1973-02-20 | Gabe Bowens | LWLDLL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1973-01-30 | Pat Brogan | WLWWWL | York Hall, Bethnal Green | WIN Technical knockout |
1973-01-16 | Pat Dwyer | LWWWLW | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Points |
1973-01-08 | Mike McCluskie | LWLWWW | Piccadilly Hotel, Manchester | WIN KO |
1972-12-11 | Ronnie Hough | LLDLLL | Hilton Hotel, Mayfair | WIN Technical knockout |
1972-12-05 | Anton Schnedl | WDWLLL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |
1972-11-14 | John Lowe | WDLWWL | Empire Pool, Wembley | WIN Technical knockout |
1972-10-31 | Maurice Thomas | WLWWWL | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington | WIN Technical knockout |