The world championship fight between Marvin Hagler and Alan Minter took place 44 years ago today. Hagler wins, but has to be evacuated afterwards under police protection.
On September 27, 1980, Marvin Hagler and Briton Alan Minter fought a duel in London. It was the US American’s next chance to win the WBC middleweight title. “Marvelous” dominates the fight from the start. Minter suffers a cut and the fight is stopped – Hagler wins by technical knockout in round three. But the celebrations are disrupted by chaotic scenes: angry spectators throw projectiles at the new champion, forcing the US boxer to be evacuated from the ring under a police escort.