Controversial decisions seem quite common today in boxing. This is not surprising, considering the way virtually every high -level competition can be seen live, and its result debated on any number of social media platforms. Judges and judges have never been more examined than today.

Fifty years ago, much less boxing was available on television, and what was often shown edited boxing events that took place at night or even a week earlier. Some decisions, however, caused confusion and no more than the Henry Cooper V Joe Bugner competition in 1971. Another one, which stands out in this era, was the Olympic semi -final between Alan and Western German, Dieter Kottysch. The fight was shown live in Great Britain, and the verdict in favor of Kottysch caused absolute smelly, both here as in Germany.

I remember these games well, unfortunately overshadowed, like them, killing Israeli athletes. Athletics events were unique, like the performance of the US swimmer, Mark Spitz. Great Britain won 18 medals at matches, but three of them, all bronze, were won by boxers. In addition to Minter, both George Turpin and Ralph Evans were eliminated in the semi -finals, but brought a medal home. There was no dispute with two of these losses, but the verdict of the mintera was bad.

Alan was one of three hopes for medals identified by Bn In their preview a week before the start of the matches. Together with Maurice Hope and Neville Cole, Minter was awarded because he was “an aged hand in the international circuit. Good banger, and has the right forecast. He respects his command of commands even at the highest level. If he is not marked, he can reach the semi -finals.” Other members of the nine team are Billy Knight, Billy Taylor and Great Graham Moughton. . Bn The reporter got this place with a slight weight of delicate based on Crawley, but Minter did not deserve to go out when he did.

Alan started the event exceptionally well, stopping the Guyana warrior, Reginald Ford, in two rounds. Bn He informed that “with professionals on the wings of Southpaw Minter gave one of his most impressive shows to completely outclass and finally crush Ford with pure knockout.” This is the same Reggie Ford, which defeated both Dave Boy Green and Kirkland Laing in duels at Royal Albert Hall in the early 1980s.

In the next round Minter was combined with Russian Valery Tregubov, a man nine years older than Minter and with a lot of experience. Alan did not show him respect and won the streets. His next fights were against Algeria, Louucif Hanmani, and once again Alan dominated his opponent in a complex competition, pushing into the decision 4-1 in “one of the growing, hardly striking performances that we expect from the 21-year-old.” The stage was now prepared in half, and Alan was drawn against Kottysch from the host nation.

The German was another Southpaw and he also looked impressive in his transition to the last four. He was well known to fans of the fight in Great Britain because he defeated Tom Imrie and Johnny Whitehorn in international matches and was a very experienced amateur who never went to a professional. He was born in Poland, but settled in Hamburg. BN described the competition as a “criminal, stimulating battle”, in which Kottysch roared through the guerrilla crowd.

Minter had to withstand bulky, exact shots all the time, but he gave more than he got, and when at the end each boxer counted two votes from four judges, he went to the fifth man to decide on the result. He even won the fight, but he gave the voice of the casting of Kottysch with one advantage.

Alan could not get closer to the Olympic final, but more than compensated for his disappointment as a professional.

One of the best fighters who have never won the British title is undoubtedly Owen Moran from Birmingham.

While Moran was vigorous, in 1900–1916, the British title really came as a prestigious title in this country. In 1909, when the Lonsdale belt was created, all eight categories of weight had only one clear and unquestioned master. Moran boxed between Bantam in weight and airy during a long career and it is demanding for me to believe that a man of such talent was not crowned with the king of his country.

Midlands was breeding for high quality fighters at the beginning of the 20th century, and earlier produced many Barenuckle masters in England, including William Perry (The Tipton Slasher), Tom Paddock and Tom Allen, and Moran was a worthy successor to these men. His first crucial competition took place at the National Sporting Club in 1903 against Digger Stanley and although Moran lost this fight on points, it led him to leading leading Bantamsweights that day. In January 1905, both met again, in the same place, this time over twenty rounds and in the match, which was settled for the 8th championship of 2 pounds in England. This time Moran made a decision and in a few months he was in the US during his first route, where he won both competitions, including victory over Monte Attell, the brother of the more famed Abe.

It was in the States that he seemed to fight at its best and stayed there between 1907 and 1912, and he gained a huge name in the world for himself. In November 1907, he turned the leading claimant to the title of featherweight Frankie Neil. The men were contracted to weigh 122 pounds three and a half hours before entering the ring, and after managing constant defeating Moran won when the police entered the ring to stop the competition.

After passing this test, Moran was invited to Box Atentell for the title of the world in a featherweight, and two men met on Modern Year, 1908, in 25-runy in San Francisco, with the referee is nothing more than the former world champion, James J Jeffries.

Jeffries was a much better warrior than he was a third man and decided to draw after two men stood on their fingers for 75 minutes. A consensus among observers, especially the British, was that Moran won quite easily. “”Mirror of Life and Boxing World“He probably called it in an editorial article, when he stated that” Moran had to do better than Attell, otherwise Americans would have received a decision. “

In his next competition, Owen decided in a newspaper in Sześcień against the Great Ad Wolgast. With so many US states prohibiting boxing, unless the warriors did not agree to the competition without a decision -making, the judge could not issue a sentence if the fight conducted a full course. To deal with this, a survey was taken among these reporters, and the unofficial winner was a man who gained the most votes. That is why the newspapers decided about the result.

Moran also defeated Harlem Tommy Murphy, Matty Baldwin and Frankie Conley, and in 1910 knocked out the fight with Nelson, one of the best and the most cruel, from early world airy masters.

When Moran finally returned to Great Britain in 1912, he was quickly adapted to the Great Jim Driscoll for the title of British featherweight, and two men met on January 27, 1913 at the National Sporting Club, and once again the decision about the draw between Moran and the title. This time the consensus was with Welsh, although Moran fought the heart, he didn’t do enough to win. He retired a few years later and died in his family Birmingham, at the age of 64, in 1949.

In the Ring edition in November 1930, the 10 best medium scales are fine for the master, Mickey Walker. It is crucial that the most crucial contender is California, Dave Shade. Right behind him is two Europeans, Rene de Vos from Belgium and Great Britain Len Harvey.

Shade defeated De Vos within 10 rounds at the Yankee stadium in Recent York in July 1929, but he never met Harvey. Shade has never won the title of the world, but stands out as one of the best men who have never done it. His career lasted in 1918–1935 and lost only 28 competitions in his 221 career, beating such luminaires as Pinkey Mitchell, Augie Ratner, Jimmy Slattery and Ace Hudkins. He also defeated many British fighters in the United States, including Frank Moody, Ted Moore, Bermondsey Billy Wells and Roland Todd.

In the tardy summer of 1930 he announced that he came to London to fight Harvey in the eliminator of the world championship title. Because the fight was to take place in Great Britain, he was content that he should be questioned by a full 15-round course, which did not happen if the fight took place in America. Bn He described him at that time as a “completely seasoned warrior of the ring, a man who fought with one of the fastest, the most complex, the strongest and the most qualified medium in the weight of his time. He literally fought to the front. It can be tiny, if at all, behind Walker, and even he can be a more powerful man than the world champion in medium weight. “

The promoter, Jeff Dickson, sailed to America in August 1930 to complete the contract, and the fight was set for Royal Albert Hall on September 29. Shade left America on September 2, and after arriving in Great Britain, he broke the camp at Fred Dyer’s junior high school in the band, where the photographs accompanying him. Later he finished training in the club in Holborn, and his film material is currently available on YouTube. None of these facilities survived London Blitz 10 years later.

In the competition preview Bn He stated that Shade engaged Harry Mason, Ted Kid Lewis and a feather scale, Harry Corbett to lend a hand him prepare. It was also found that the habit of smoking Shade up to 20 cigars a day was unusual, especially when the American asked if he could smoke between rounds! It was probably an advertising feat, but Shade said he thought smoking did not harm his health or fitness.

In this case, two men fought in a terrifyingly close duel in the fight for very contrasting styles. As expected, Harvey “boxed in a vertical position all the time, while the shadow was tilted, low, he turned and caused that the linen missed sometimes, entering himself to lead a tough left or right to body every time the leftist lenage passed his head.”

At the end of 13. There was nothing about it, but Harvey took advantage of that the shadow would get tired and threw both rounds to make an true decision. So much for cigars. Shade was very complementary to Harvey after the fight and stopped here at two consecutive competitions, both against Jacek Hood, a British welterweight master, and both competitions also take place at Royal Albert Hall, and both ended as a draw.

In December 1930, the Ring assessed Harvey as a number one claimant with shadow in second place. Harvey sailed to the States the following year to chase his shot in title, but lost three duels in a row, two against Vince Dundee and one to Ben Jedy. Never shot in Walker, and many observers believed that he was sewn on American soil.