Ross Minter
Encyclopedia
Ross Minter is a professional boxer
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Ross Minter is the son of Alan Minter
, the former World Middleweight Champion.
Minter began boxing professionally in 2001. In his career, he has faced a mixed bag of competition—some legitimate contenders, some who were nothing more than professional opponents. He lost a fight against American
boxer Freddy Curiel
in The Contender Challenge: UK vs. USA
, getting knocked out in the last round of a fight he was winning. On 2 February 2008, he lost by technical knockout to Michael Jennings in a title bout for the World Boxing Union
world welterweight crown.
Minter is trained by John Eames and Peter Swinney at the TKO Gym in Canning Town in London.
He supports the Advance Centre for The Scotson Technique charity.
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
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Ross Minter is the son of Alan Minter
Alan Minter
Alan Minter is a former middleweight world champion boxer.-Amateur career:Minter was the 1971 ABA Middleweight Champion. He won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games...
, the former World Middleweight Champion.
Minter began boxing professionally in 2001. In his career, he has faced a mixed bag of competition—some legitimate contenders, some who were nothing more than professional opponents. He lost a fight against American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
boxer Freddy Curiel
Freddy Curiel
Freddy Curiel is a professional boxer. He was a contestant on the ESPN reality show, Contender Season 2.Curiel began boxing as an amateur at age 14, and quickly turned professional at age 17...
in The Contender Challenge: UK vs. USA
The Contender Challenge: UK vs. USA
The Contender Challenge: UK vs. USA was a series of boxing matches on March 30, 2007, held at Metro Radio Arena, Newcastle, England, featuring 6 boxers from the US reality television shows The Contender and The Contender 2. The Contenders, in a team coached by Sugar Ray Leonard, took on 6 boxers...
, getting knocked out in the last round of a fight he was winning. On 2 February 2008, he lost by technical knockout to Michael Jennings in a title bout for the World Boxing Union
World Boxing Union
The World Boxing Union is a boxing sanctioning body.Until recently it was fully recognised by the British Boxing Board of Control as a legitimate sanctioning body.WBU titles were particularly well recognised in Europe and Africa....
world welterweight crown.
Minter is trained by John Eames and Peter Swinney at the TKO Gym in Canning Town in London.
He supports the Advance Centre for The Scotson Technique charity.