Alan Minter

About

Alan is a former British boxer and former World Middleweight Champion.

He turned professional in October 1972 and went on to win the British middleweight title in 1975 and added the European title in 1977. He also won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.

Also in 1972, Alan 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. 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.

In 1977, he won the European Middleweight title by beating Germano Valsecchi by a knockout in five in Italy.

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.

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

Minter also appeared on the BBC’s long-running quiz show A Question of Sport

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

He is also an excellent event host and entertaining after dinner speaker.