My thoughts are with his family.". To the surprise of many Minter, the points-oriented long-range boxer, began the fight by holding his ground and moving forward behind his jab while the bobbing Hagler patiently probed for openings. Before that could take place, Minter’s cut man asked the Panamanian referee to stop the fight, and at 1:45 of Round 3 Marvelous Marvin Hagler was declared the new undisputed middleweight champion of the world. Join our newsletter to get info about latest events and deals!

Conversely, Hagler’s focus was steely, his punches were powerful, and his emotions were firmly under control.

view more headlines. “I’m not a killer; I was there to win, not to injure,” Minter said in an article written by Steve Bunce in The Independent. Union Jacks were everywhere in the Minter entourage; Minter even wore a pair of flag-themed underpants at the weigh-in while the two flag bearers wore suits bearing the tell-tale pattern. ", Former WBO Super Welterweight World Boxing Champion Paul 'Silky Jones' posted: "Sad news of the loss of Former undisputed world Middleweight king Alan Minter RIP", Sports broadcaster and boxing expert John Rawling said: "Sorry to hear Alan Minter, former world middleweight champion, has died aged 69. DAZN uses cookies to help us deliver our services and improve your user experience. While Minter’s wounds eventually healed, the stain left behind by one of boxing history’s most shameful incidents remains. To contact Groves, use the email [email protected] or send him a message via Facebook.

“But I’m going to keep it there because it will make me even meaner and tougher and inspire me to work even harder so the next time I’ll come out as the champion.”. This time, my motto was ‘take it from him’ and that’s exactly what I did. If I never got injured, maybe I would’ve kept it at long range.”. cookies to improve your experience and customise advertising. “I weighed myself in this morning and I was 160,” Hagler told Carpenter. “I say that those involved should be ashamed of themselves! Three days later, Hagler returned to Brockton and received a hero’s welcome, a welcome that, according to the Associated Press, included a motorcade-turned-parade and a celebration whose guests included Rocky Marciano’s widow and Hagler’s attorney Steve Wainwright, who kept his promised to shave his own head if Hagler won the championship. THE RING SHOP (CLICK HERE)

“I’m shaking from my knees to my shoulders just being with you beautiful people. In the end, Hal Miller overruled both of them as his card read 143-143, a draw which meant the Brooklyn-based Italian would remain champion. Ricky. Minter turned pro with a sixth-round TKO over 35-fight veteran Maurice Thomas 53 days after his Olympic disappointment and he rolled to an 11-0 (8 KOs) record before meeting journeyman Don McMillan at London’s historic Royal Albert Hall.

Speaking to ABC’s Howard Cosell, Hagler, wearing a makeshift golden crown, declared “It’s sweet, Howie; it brings a tear to my eye.

Moments later, Hagler answered a missed Minter jab with a cross-hook that created a cascade of crimson from the champion’s nose as well as a tsunami of anger. Alan & I worked together many times a great boxer in his day I would ask people to look at the old footage of him fighting a great boxer a sad day for British Boxing RIP "Boom Boom" pic.twitter.com/frIBFp9FJO, And Bruno wasn't the only one: Ricky Hatton tweeted: "Just heard the very sad news that our boxing family has lost one of our own in former world champion alan minter.

The challenger was given two hours to shed the excess poundage, but Hagler needed only 35 minutes to hit 160. "On September 27 -1980 I became World Champion beating Alan Minter in the third round and this year we will celebrate the 40th anniversary.

He was 69 years old. Your destination for the best boxing news, videos and live streams!

Antuofermo was lucky to retain the title on a disputed draw with Hagler in 1979. As if a switch had been flipped, Minter’s previously blank face curled into a snarl as he beckoned Hagler to “come on” with his right glove and he backed up his tough non-verbal cues by recklessly charging at the challenger.

He always was Marvelous Marvin Hagler. Alan Minter (39-9, 23 KOs), who spent six months as the undisputed middleweight champion of the world in 1980, has passed away at the age of 69 after a long battle with cancer. Both parties attempted the lower the temperature a bit; Minter said the actual quote was “I am not letting that black man take the title from me” while Hagler said he refused to shake Minter’s hand because he never extended that courtesy to any potential future opponent regardless of skin color, but would be willing to do so after the fight. The WBA and WBC were the only two entities that awarded widely recognized world championships, and, unlike today, only one person at a time reigned as its champion. I only had two things on my mind and that was ‘destruction and destroy’ and bring the championship back home.”. This time, however, he would have to do so in heavily pro-Minter territory — London’s venerable Wembley Arena, the site of Minter-Antuofermo II.

Valdes outpointed Briscoe over 15 rounds to become Monzon’s successor on November 5, 1977 in Lombardy, Italy but was dethroned in his first defense against Argentina’s Hugo Corro the following April in San Remo, Italy. In the last 7 days.

Hagler was long gone from ringside by the time he was officially proclaimed the new champion. My condolences to Ross & all the family. As you will read, boxing during that time was different in some ways yet similar in others.

Their second meeting on June 28, 1980 was a bloodbath — albeit a one-sided one — as a succession of needle-sharp blows opened a cut over the former champion’s right eye a little more than two minutes into the fight.

“I was surprised at the difference on this scale (in the ring).

Unfortunately for Hagler — and for history — he was granted just seven seconds.

Hagler responded with a heavy right-left that snapped Minter’s head and soon blood was pouring from Minter’s nose and his right orb now had a slice underneath it.

Another massive right hook buckled Minter’s legs and caused him to totter toward the neutral corner pad, and for the first time in the fight Hagler went for the kill as he overwhelmed the champion with a fusillade of blows. But the pre-fight buildup for Minter-Hagler featured a far more sinister element that would play a large role in the fight’s aftermath — race-based rhetoric.