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Alan Minter obituary – The Guardian
Former world middleweight boxing champion who lost his title in an acrimonious defeat to Marvin Hagler in 1980
Some of the ugliest scenes ever witnessed at a boxing event in the UK were on the night that the former undisputed world middleweight champion Alan Minter lost his title to the American Marvin Hagler at Wembley Arena in September 1980. Rioting fans pelted the ring with beer bottles, glasses and other missiles after Minter, who has died of cancer aged 69, was halted within three rounds.
Reporters and commentators were forced to shelter under the ring as security men battled to get the fighters s…
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