Alan Minter...how good was he?

i thought he beat hamsho and was shocked when he lost to sibson.i enjoyed his fights with tonna via the radio.i don't know why he doesn't get mentioned more, his fights with tough kevin finnegan were epics.

 

Good enough to win a title, but not good enough to keep it long.

 

not with hagler about

 

How's this crazy bit of information.
In England, Minter was an 8-5 favorite over Hagler in their title fight.

 

good, game fighter but nothing special

 

Alan Minter did post several good wins in his career, and
a couple of excellent wins.

March 16, 1980,,,,,,,,, Las Vegas, Nevada
That first Title Fight with Vito Antuofermo was a bit controversial.
The scoring was all over the place.

Alan Minter controlled the early action, but the 'bull' Antuofermo
came on in the middle rounds, even flooring Alan with a left-hook and right hand to the body
in the 8th round.
Vito pressed the action from the 8th round on, as Minter more-or-less counter-punched.

Scoring in rounds;
Minter 9-5-1
Minter 13-1-1 (Scoring by British Judge; Roland Dakin)
Antuofermo 6-5-4

Even the boxing press had it for Vito Antuofermo 10-5-2 in voting.
The Associated Press had it 6-5-4 (145-143) for Vito Antuofermo

I remember watching the fight, and I was no Antuofermo fan. I thought Vito won too.
Bad Decision!

 

I thought Minter did enough to win the 1st Antuofermo fight. Also, the knockdown may have been counted as such but was really more of a push and slip than anything else. Vito wasn't a puncher at all and never hurt Minter in either of their fights.

I liked Minter. He was a tough typically European stand-up boxer/puncher. Kind of like Maurice Hope in that they both had stiff right jabs and hard straight lefts. Minter's biggest weakness was his tissue paper thin skin. He would have no chance against a sharp punching boxer for that reason. Ronnie Harris sliced him to ribbons and Sugar Ray Seales was doing a job on him until Alan caught him with a left.

The Hagler fight was brutal but even if Alan had skin like leather, he never could have outboxed or outpunched Hagler. Marvin was just too skilled.

 

janwalshs,

I remember that fight well.
The knockdown was kind of a push-punch-slip.
It was a legitimate body punch though.
Not what you would call in the true sense, a knock-down.

Vito did keep Minter on the ropes for pretty much the last 7 rounds.
Vito wasn't the most stylish guy around, but he was tough.
It was a very difficult fight to score.
The thought was, close fights go the champion.

The re-match was different.

 

Yeh i've had 40+ years of England footie crushers & i cant take anymore:|

My mate was also at the fight & we were only just yappin the other day to our sons what it was like back then at footie & boxing matches & we replied in one voice...CARNAGE by todays standards but just another saturday for us

Same with Sibbo/Frank Tate when they let of CS gas. Yeh Marvin was'nt taken seriously at all was here!!! There was just a few paragraphs on him & Daily Express/Daily mail i think?) stating he was workman like but not appearing to have the required killer instinct & freeze at the moment when destiny presented itself:scaredas: & as you said what with the Vito fights everyone added 2+2 & got 5

I'am glad those days are long gone with regards too the appalling behavior of English fans in general but when i was at the MGM for the Hatton/Mayweather fight it was like being in a time machine & back to the 70's/80's all over again & what a HOWL It has to be genetic

 

minter was an average fighter he looked more like a lightweight with those skinny arms,:think

 

There's absolutly nothing average about being an UNDISPUTED CHAMPION & average fighters never became UNDISPUTED CHAMPIONS in the main:bart There was only 2 governing bodies back the WBA/WBC unlike the alphabete supermarket TV title's that abound today. Back then you had to fight your way up the rankings & achieve domestic & continental title's & defend them too stand a chance of getting into the top 10. Minter was a class boxer & he was just prone to cuts juxtaposed his manic desire to engage in a tear up when opportinity presented. There's **** all average about Alan Minter. He was a Brilliant Boxer who'd have given a good account of himself in any generation & it's no disgrace he lost to Hagler now is it seein that he's an ATG:smoke