Comments Thread For: Alan Minter, 69, Passes Away After Battle With Cancer

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Alan Minter the former undisputed world middleweight champion has died at the age of 69 after a battle against cancer. While Minter wasn't among the elite group of world middleweights, his place in Britain's boxing history cannot be denied. He was the first British boxer to win a world title in Las Vegas, when he claimed the middleweight crown from Vito Antuofermo at Caesars Palace in 1980. He would hold it for only six months, but he was unlucky to have to face Marvin Hagler.
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One of the finest middleweights this country has ever produced.

[Beercules]

Rest in Peace.

[Dubblechin]

R.I.P.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

R.I.P.

Cool picture.

Is that after the Hamsho fight?

[Citizen Koba]

RIP Champ, Just a whisker before my earliest memories of watching boxing but a legend of the British sport.

[Dubblechin]

Yes. I checked. That's right.

[boliodogs]

I remember him. He was very good. I am sorry he died.

[fistic flow]

Sad to hear this. Keep punching from on high.

[IronDanHamza]

Met him in 2012.

Was a nice guy.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Met him in 2012.

Was a nice guy.

Would have liked to have met Minter. Seems a character.