British Multi Signed Boxing Glove
Boxing Glove Signed by four British Boxing Legends, Alan Minter, Ken Buchanan, Dave Boy Green and Charlie Magri. A great piece of Boxing history signed by the British Legends from the 1970's. It is displayed in a glass display case along with a plaque. It is supplied with a Coa and the item was signed at a private signing session. 100% authentic original hand signed autographs.
Alan Minter Bibliography
Alan Minter was born 17 August 1951and is an English former professional boxer and a former Undisputed World Middleweight Champion.Before he turned professional he was the 1971 Amateur Boxing Association of England Middleweight Champion and he won the bronze medal at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games.
He began his professional career in London on 31 October 1972 by knocking out Maurice Thomas in six rounds.He won five fights in a row by knockout and, in 1973, Pat Dwyer became the first boxer to go the distance with him, He won his next five fights, three by knockout, before tasting defeat for the first time, to "Scottish" Don McMillan due to bad cuts. Two more wins followed before facing Jan Magziarz, who beat him twice in a row, again due to cuts. Cuts were a major problem for him throughout his career.
In 1974 he had a mixed year,, as after beating Tony Byrne by a decision in eight, losing in two to Ricky Torres (again on cuts), having a third fight with Magziarz result in a no contest in four rounds and closing the year with a win in eight rounds by decision in his first international fight, against Shako Mamba in Hamburg, Germany.
He moved on again In 1975,and won four fights in a row, including another bout in Hamburg and, by the end of the year, he challenged Kevin Finnegan for the British Middleweight title,which he won.
In 1976 he won six fights, to extend his streak to ten consecutive wins. Among the boxers he beat were Billy Knight, and Finnegan once again,, both in defence of his British title, along with former world title challenger Tony Licata, knocked out in six and American Olympic Games Gold medal winner Sugar Ray Seales. These wins gave him a ranking among the top ten Middleweight challengers.
In 1977, he won the European Middleweight title by beating Germano Valsecchi by a knockout.. But in his next fight his winning streak ended when he lost to former world title challenger Ronnie Harris by a knockout. He regained his top ten challenger status by upsetting the former World Welterweight and Light Middleweight Champion Emile Griffith, in Monte Carlo, but then he lost his European title to Gratien Tonna by a knockout. He then fought Finnegan again and had a third win against him to retain his British title to close out 1977.
1978 was a sad year for him, although he won all three of his bouts, but one of his opponents died after the bout, due to injuries sustained in the bout. He finished his year by avenging his loss to Tonna the previous year with a six round knockout. In 1979, Minter won all four of his fights, two of them by knockout.
On 16 March 1980, in Las Vegas, he was given a shot at World Middleweight Champion Vito Antuofermo's title at the Caesars Palace. He won the title, by a 15 round decision and, in a rematch, he retained the world title by a TKO in eight rounds. His run as world champion came to an end on 27 September of that year, when he was stopped on cuts in three rounds to Marvin Hagler at Wembley Arena in London.
He beat fringe contender Ernie Singletary in London, in 1981, but after losses to future Hagler challengers Mustafa Hamsho in Las Vegas and Tony Sibson in London, he retired for good.
He left boxing with a record of 39 wins, 9 losses and 1 no contest, with 23 wins by knockout.
Ken Buchanan Bibliography
Ken Buchanan, MBE was born 28 June 1945 and , is a retired British professional boxer and the former Undisputed World Lightweight Champion from Edinburgh.He is regarded by many as not only the greatest Scottish boxer of all time, but also one of the greatest British fighters ever, and the greatest British lightweight boxer in history.
He became WBA world lightweight champion in 1970 after defeating Isamel Laguna in fifteen rounds.He then defeated Rubén Navarro in Los Angeles on 12 February 1971 and acquired the vacant WBC championship and became the Undisputed World Lightweight Champion.He was stripped of the WBC title for failing to defend against Pedro Carrasco on 25 June 1971. But he remained the WBA world Lightweight champion. He eventually lost his WBA title to Roberto Duran on 26 June 1972.
He had several fights between 1972 and 1976 but never achieved world champion status again, although he did win the European Lightweight Title.He retired from 1976 to 1978, leaving the European Lightweight title vacant. When he returned to professional boxing in 1978, he won two straight fights, but everything else started going backwards for him. He challenged Charlie Nash in Copenhagen, but lost by a decision in twelve. In 1980, he won two fights in a row, but after that, he lost five fights in a row, finally retiring for good after losing to George Feeney, on 25 January 1982.
His record is 69 fights, 61 wins, 27 by KO, 8 losses and 0 draws.
In 2000, he was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
Dave Boy Green Bibliography
Dave "Boy" Green was born David Robert Green on 2 June 1953 and is a former British welterweight boxing champion and businessman. Born in Chatteris, Cambridgeshire, a small fenland town, he boxed as the "Fen Tiger".
He never achieved World Champion status, but had several fights for the World Titles. He fought John H Stracey in March 1977 as a WBC Title eliminator, which he won. This allowed him to challenge Carlos Palomino on 14 June 1977, which he lost by knockout in the eleventh round. His second world championship challenge was against Sugar Ray Leonard in March 1980, which he lost in the fourth by knockout. He was out cold before he hit the canves.
His final fight was in November 1981 against Reg Ford, which again he lost when the fight was stopped in the fifth round due to cuts.
His career record was 41 fights, 37 wins and 4 losses.
He was awarded the MBE in 2012 for services to boxing and charity.
Charlie Magri Bibliography
Charlie Magri was born 20 July 1956 in Tunis, Tunisia and is a former English flyweight boxer. He is from a Maltese family that settled in Stepney, London where he grew up. During his professional career he held the WBC, European, and British flyweight titles.
He was 5 ft 3 in tall and had an exciting, aggressive style, being a two-handed puncher who did not care much for defence. He had his first professional fight in October 1977, at the age of twenty-one. He knocked out Neil McLaughlin in the second round at the Royal Albert Hall. In only his third fight he gained the vacant British flyweight title after his fight with Dave Smith was stopped in the seventh round.
In his twelfth fight, in May 1979, having won the previous eleven, he won on points against Franco Udella to take the European flyweight title. In December 1979, he defended his European title against Manuel Carrasco, of Spain, winning on points. In June 1980, he defended it again, this time against Giovanni Camputaro of Italy, winning on a technical knockout in the third. In February 1981, he defended his European title against Spaniard, Enrique Rodríguez, knocking him out in the second round. In September he fought a re-match with Cal in Avilés, Spain, and again knocked him out in the second. In March 1983, he fought Eleoncio Mercedes, of the Dominican Republic, for the WBC and The Ring flyweight titles. The fight was at Wembley Arena and Magri won the titles when the fight was stopped in the seventh on cuts. In September 1983, he defended his world titles against Frank Cedeno, of the Philippines. The fight was at Wembley Arena, and Magri lost his titles when the referee stopped the fight in the sixth, after Magri had been put down three times.
In his next fight, in August 1984, Magri fought for the vacant European flyweight title that he had previously relinquished. He fought Italian, Franco Cherchi in Cagliari, Italy and won in the first round when a clash of heads left the Italian so badly cut that the referee had to stop the fight.
In his next fight, in February 1985, he fought for the WBC flyweight title again. Since Magri had lost it, it had changed hands several times and was now held by Sot Chitalada of Thailand. The fight was held at the Alexandra Palace, London and Chitalada won on a technical knockout at the start of the fifth, after Magri's corner retired him.
In October 1985, he fought a re-match against Franco Cherchi, in Alessandria, Italy, winning by a knockout in the second round. In May 1986, he had his last fight, defending his European title against Duke McKenzie of Croydon. The fight was stopped in the fifth round when hei was knocked down and his manager, Terry Lawless threw in the towel.
His career record was 35 fights, 30 wins, 23 by KO and 5 Losses.
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