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Something You Dream Of: Alan Minter Looks Back

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On September 27, 1980, Hagler traveled across the pond to challenge for the world crown. The media were expecting Minter to box behind his skills, using his height and experience, but unfortunately, it didn’t pan out that way. "This is where I went wrong. As a southpaw, I should have let him come to me but, for that fight, Hagler decided to turn southpaw. He was actually an orthodox fighter and, if you see in the fight, he started orthodox and then halfway through the first round he turned to southpaw. I had no idea he could box southpaw, and that just threw me and got me into a toe-to-toe battle. When he caught me in the third round, I was badly cut, and that was it. Before I knew it, I’d lost the world title."