Ross Minter

{{short description|English boxer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2022}}

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|name=Ross Minter

|realname=Ross Minter

|nickname=Ross the Boss

|weight=Welterweight

|nationality=English

|birth_date={{Birth date and age|1978|11|10|df=y}}

|birth_place=Crawley, England

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|total=22

|wins=17

|losses=4

|draws=1

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|KO=8

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Ross Minter (born 10 November 1978) is a former professional boxer. He is the son of Alan Minter, the former undisputed World Middleweight Champion.{{cite web|last1=Benson|first1=Michael|title=Boxing news: Former undisputed middleweight champion Alan Minter dies of cancer aged 69|url=https://talksport.com/sport/boxing/757606/boxing-news-alan-minter-dies-cancer/|website=Talksport|date=10 September 2020}}

Ross "The Boss" won 125 amateur boxing matches before turning professional in 2001 at the age of 21.{{Cite web|title=Champions Evening at the JW Marriott Orlando Bonnet Creek |url=https://anightinmyshoes.com/champions-evening-october-15/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210819215810/https://anightinmyshoes.com/champions-evening-october-15/ |archive-date=2021-08-19 |access-date=19 August 2021|publisher=anightinmyshoes.com }} After a debut win against Brian Coleman in 2001, Minter went on to record 17 wins, 1 draw, 1 defeat by the end of 2005, winning the British Boxing Board of Control English Welterweight boxing title on 12 December 2005. In 2007 Minter starred in the television Contender Challenge: United Kingdom vs. United States on ITV4, also on ESPN.

Minter retired as a fighter in 2008 and later became boxing promoter.{{cite web|url=http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2581375-a-league-of-his-own-how-ross-minter-made-the-switch-from-fighter-to-promoter |title=A League of His Own: How Ross Minter Made the Switch from Fighter to Promoter|publisher=Bleacher Report|date= 23 October 2015}}

In the past, Minter has supported the Advance Centre for The Scotson Technique (TST) charity from East Grinstead.{{cite web|url=http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/Minter-backs-Jones-step-win-title/story-12599043-detail/story.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120421032716/http://www.thisissussex.co.uk/Minter-backs-Jones-step-win-title/story-12599043-detail/story.html |archive-date=2012-04-21 |title=Minter backs Jones to step up and win a title |publisher = East Surrey & Sussex News and Media Ltd |date =24 February 2010 }}