Alan Minter (born
August 17,
1951 in
Crawley,
England) is a former
boxer who was Middleweight champion of the
world.Minter won the bronze medal at the
1972 Munich Olympic Games. Soon after, Minter began his career in
London on
Halloween night of the same year by knocking out Maurice Thomas in six rounds. 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 refree stopped the fight in the eighth round to King George Aido 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.
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