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The following quote is from Alan Minter, an English born boxer who at one point in his career held the world title in the middleweight devision. He retired with some 39 wins of which 23 were by knock out! Not someone you would like to find yourself engaged in a bar fight with.

Mr. Minter was thought to be a carefree nihilist, beating his way through life with his own two fists and not caring who got in the way; as the following quote was thought to represent (how many nihilists fight anyway?). However, it was his odd combination of wisdom and dark humor that was often mistaken for a nihilistic approach to life. As anyone can plainly see by the following quote Alan had one of the most sophisticated and completely unassuming senses of humor of his time.

"Sure there have been injuries and deaths in boxing - but none of them serious."

-- ALAN MINTER, BOXER