Terrific fighter but cut so easily. When he got cut by Hagler, everyone thought it was his head that caused it (as that was the fear in the build up), but it was his fast hands. Hagler never got the recognition in the UK because of that night. Minter then went on too long, and got beat up by Tony Sibson I think, which should never have happened. RIP
If you watch the Hagler fight again you can see that Minter gave it a right crack, he had a massive tear up with Hagler in the way that probably nobody else did until Tommy Hearns about seven years later.
The problem was that Alan, for all his courage, was throwing stones at a bloke throwing rocks back at him.
RIP Boom Boom , had the pleasure of meeting him once when I was 19 and he was opening a clothes shop in Bromley high street. I took his book along for him to sign and he asked me if I'd read it and what I thought of it. I replied that I thought it was good and he told me that he thought that it had too much swearing in it . The day was only a week or 2 after he was beaten by Hagler and you could still see the puffyness on his face and the cuts around his eyes dispite wearing the largest pair of sunglasses I've ever seen. Still got the signed book today , lovely bloke.
My grandad lived in Crawley and was a big fight fan having boxed in the army. Pretty sure he told me he'd seen Minter running / training around the local area where he lived.
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RIP Alan Thanks for the memories.
The problem was that Alan, for all his courage, was throwing stones at a bloke throwing rocks back at him.
Trust me
RIP British boxing great.
Hagler was never stopped (67 fights!) - and only once was he supposedly knocked down, and that was a slip!!
No shame in that for Minter, Hagler did that to everyone.