Alan Minter

Middleweight boxer champion of the world (1951–2020)

Alan Sydney Minter (17 August 1951 – 9 September 2020) was a British professional boxer. He competed from 1972 to 1981. He held the undisputed middleweight title in 1980. He was born in Crawley, West Sussex.

He held the British middleweight title from 1975 to 1976, and the European middleweight title twice between 1977 and 1979. Minter won a bronze medal in the light-middleweight division at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Picture of Alan Minter in 2005

Minter died of cancer on 9 September 2020, aged 69.[1]

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  1. "Alan Minter: British boxing legend dies at 69". BBC News. 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.