Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 05:15
Just a quick question here. How would this pair get on with today's middleweights do you think. I'm guessing this is a question for us oldies?
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Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 07:19
Sibson would definitely win a version of the title these days, I honestly thought he won a world title til I checked.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 08:22
They’d probably have suited lots of invitations to Germany to battle the likes of Ottke, Sturm and Abrahams, losing lots of bad decisions.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 08:56
You would have to fancy both against John Ryder
Beating Canelo, Biv and Bert is quite another thing.
Wouldn't fancy them v JC or Ward
Beating Canelo, Biv and Bert is quite another thing.
Wouldn't fancy them v JC or Ward
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 10:17
Middleweight guys.
look at the list
Alan or Sibbo would have done very well against the current crop. Both game as they come.
look at the list
Alan or Sibbo would have done very well against the current crop. Both game as they come.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 11:05
A stat for Minter, out his 9 losses he was stopped 8 times and 7 of these were due to cuts. Coincidently the only fight he lost by stoppage that wasn't due to a cut was against Sibson.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 12:41
Sibson really clobbered Minter. No one finished off Minter like that. In Alan's previous fight he lost a disputed decision to the world rated Mustapha Hamsho.
Both Minter & Sibson would have competed well against today's middleweights. Minter was a good boxer, very experienced & very spiteful in the ring.
Sibbo's power & boxing ability puts him in with a big shout against lots of today's crop.
Both Minter & Sibson would have competed well against today's middleweights. Minter was a good boxer, very experienced & very spiteful in the ring.
Sibbo's power & boxing ability puts him in with a big shout against lots of today's crop.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 13:18
TitalmTHEBUTCH wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 12:41 Sibson really clobbered Minter. No one finished off Minter like that. In Alan's previous fight he lost a disputed decision to the world rated Mustapha Hamsho.
Both Minter & Sibson would have competed well against today's middleweights. Minter was a good boxer, very experienced & very spiteful in the ring.
Sibbo's power & boxing ability puts him in with a big shout against lots of today's crop.
100%
I won’t rank one over the other but Sibbo clobbered the shell of Minter that night.
Both do very well in the current crop of MWs
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 14:54
Without a doubt, they’d both be champs. These two were around when there was only one title at middleweight.. can you imagine that? Now, to be honest, I had to look up who the middleweight champs were when I saw this thread,….and I’m a boxing fan..Jesus Christ.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 15:59
With previous day weigh ins now and better nutrition/ PEDs I’d expect both to be at least light middle. Sibbo always had a slightly flabby physique. Boxing has changed so much hard to compare eras….
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 16:07
The current lot of middleweights are poor and Sibson and Minter were both really good. Both would win alphabet belts today pretty easily, IMO
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 16:35
No idea what you on about there!JamesPhilips wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 15:59 With previous day weigh ins now and better nutrition/ PEDs I’d expect both to be at least light middle. Sibbo always had a slightly flabby physique. Boxing has changed so much hard to compare eras….
These guys were not East German/ Russian
Proper middleweights
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Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 16:38
Come on are you serious? Look how boxing physiques have changedsi7dog7 wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 16:35No idea what you on about there!JamesPhilips wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 15:59 With previous day weigh ins now and better nutrition/ PEDs I’d expect both to be at least light middle. Sibbo always had a slightly flabby physique. Boxing has changed so much hard to compare eras….
These guys were not East German/ Russian
Proper middleweights
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Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 16:44
Er physiques??JamesPhilips wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 16:38Come on are you serious? Look how boxing physiques have changedsi7dog7 wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 16:35No idea what you on about there!JamesPhilips wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 15:59 With previous day weigh ins now and better nutrition/ PEDs I’d expect both to be at least light middle. Sibbo always had a slightly flabby physique. Boxing has changed so much hard to compare eras….
These guys were not East German/ Russian
Proper middleweights
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James. You post good stuff. This isn’t
Middleweight atm
Minter or Sibbo would do well.
You know this
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 27 Jan 2024, 16:48
I’m just saying the boxing world has changed a lot since the Sibbo minter days….. esp day before weigh ins and knowledge about cutting weight. It’s a different gamesi7dog7 wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 16:44Er physiques??JamesPhilips wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 16:38Come on are you serious? Look how boxing physiques have changed
James. You post good stuff. This isn’t
Middleweight atm
Minter or Sibbo would do well.
You know this
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 07:41
The extraordinary thing is Minter`s fights with Hagler, Hamso, Sibson happened back to back (probably in a 12 month span), this would happen over about 6 years nowaadays.THEBUTCH wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 12:41 Sibson really clobbered Minter. No one finished off Minter like that. In Alan's previous fight he lost a disputed decision to the world rated Mustapha Hamsho.
Both Minter & Sibson would have competed well against today's middleweights. Minter was a good boxer, very experienced & very spiteful in the ring.
Sibbo's power & boxing ability puts him in with a big shout against lots of today's crop.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 08:03
Different times indeed. In 1980 Minter fought Antuofermo then 3 months later rematched him and then 3 months later fought Hagler. In 1981 in fought Singletary, 3 months later fought Hamsho and then 3 months later fought Sibson.funso banjo baby wrote: ↑28 Jan 2024, 07:41The extraordinary thing is Minter`s fights with Hagler, Hamso, Sibson happened back to back (probably in a 12 month span), this would happen over about 6 years nowaadays.THEBUTCH wrote: ↑27 Jan 2024, 12:41 Sibson really clobbered Minter. No one finished off Minter like that. In Alan's previous fight he lost a disputed decision to the world rated Mustapha Hamsho.
Both Minter & Sibson would have competed well against today's middleweights. Minter was a good boxer, very experienced & very spiteful in the ring.
Sibbo's power & boxing ability puts him in with a big shout against lots of today's crop.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 13:50
As long as his eyes held up, I'm struggling to think of a current Middleweight who Minter wouldn't beat. Sibson was a bit more hot and cold, but he'd be in the mix for sure.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 16:16
what type of fighters were they both?
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 16:30
Difficult to compare, I think JC and Froch would have beaten them, Reid would have been close, the rest would have been beat.
Both nasty, spiteful sorts in the ring, had that animal instinct that you don't see much of today.
Both nasty, spiteful sorts in the ring, had that animal instinct that you don't see much of today.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 16:33
I forget Reid sometimes in the equation, won the WBC title, I think the way he lost it was surprising. I loved watching him on BBC in early noughties. I can still remember him in post-fight interviews "fight me Joe!". Won an Olympic belt too. He's commentating on BKFC these days.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 28 Jan 2024, 19:15
How would Sibbo or Minter do against Benn, Eubank, Watson, Collins era?
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 09:24
Coco, it's worth remembering that Froch, Calzaghe & Reid were all super middleweights.
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 09:33
Re: Tony Sibson and Alan Minter
Posted: 29 Jan 2024, 09:39
Was a big fan of both especielly Sibson dont sea them beating Calagzie or Froch . But can see them being more than competetive with all the current middleweights .