Alan Minter Thoughts/Discussion

I remember your uncle from when I was a kid in the early 70's. He was training fighters up at Tommy Baches gym on Mount Pleasant. He fought a lot of good fighters, Minter. Kevin Finnegan, Charkey Ramon, Les McAteer.
He's best remembered for knocking out Mark Rowe who was the golden boy of British boxing, Late 60's early 70's.

 

He's not quite my uncle, but I know what you mean.

I have the Chalkey Ramon footage. It's from an Australian network so it shows the whole fight, except the round that Dwyer had Ramon down! atsch

 

It's not that rare. There must be around 10 of his fights floating around. I have or have seen Hagler, Vito I and II, Seales, Harris, Finnegan II, Lucas. Saw Hamsho as a kid, so I imagine that's floating around, Sibbo is available also.

 

Actually it was Billy Knight not Frankie Lucas. I have his fight with Sibbo.

 

His fight with Betham exists as well. I'm not sure how many others there are than the ones you listed? I would love to find Finnegan I & III

 

i've got the hamsho fight

 

Been allowed to stay up late as a kid to watch the Minter v Auntofermo fight hooked me into this sport...Hagler was a different class altogether..... As a kid I just wanted to be Minter...:bbb:bbb:bbb

 

Ive only ever seen a few of his fights,the rest is just highlights.My dad used to talk about him but he was a little before my time.In the bits ive seen he was a very good hard fighter.I saw the Hagler fight a few years ago and it seemed a very dirty fight as i remember it.

 

Unfortunatly Minter got drawn into a tear up and was always going to come second best against Hagler...:bbb:bbb