Watch This is Your Life (UK) - Season 10, Episode 8 - Henry Cooper: Henry Cooper is the guest of honour. Sir Henry Cooper OBE KSG (3 May 1934 – 1 May 2011)[1] was a British heavyweight boxer. Indeed, at their second meeting, this time for the world heavy weight title in 1966, eventually also awarded to Ali, the fighter was visibly wary of Cooper's power, forgoing some of his trademark footwork and open guard position in favour of a more considered and tight defence, as well as smothering him in the clinch and darting back quickly when separated by the referee. Punk & The New Wave 1976-1978 ~ The Way They Were », ZANI - Top of the Pops: Disco Dance Troupes ( Go-Jos, Pan's People, Ruby Flipper, Legs & Co, and Zoo), The Accessory That Fits The Bill – The Money Clip. We use cookies to remember choices you make on functionality and personal features to enhance your experience to our site. [22] He lived in Hildenborough, Kent, and he was the president of Nizels Golf Club in the town until his death.[1][21]. His early title challenges were unsuccessful, losing to Joe Bygraves for the Commonwealth belt (KO 9), Ingemar Johansson for the European belt (KO 5), and Joe Erskine (PTS 15) for the British and Commonwealth. The winner of the fight was pencilled in to fight for Floyd Patterson's heavyweight title, but Cooper turned down the chance; London fought instead and was knocked out by Patterson in May 1959. Cooper continued to defend his British and Commonwealth belts against all comers, including Dick Richardson (KO 5), Joe Erskine (TKO 5 and TKO 12), Johnny Prescott (TKO 10), and Brian London again (PTS 15), although he lost a rematch with Folley by a second-round KO. This Is Your Life (1955–2003) Rate This. This auction is now finished. Retained British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles; Nottingham Ice Stadium, Nottingham, England, Coney Beach Pleasure Park, Bridgend, Wales, Won British and Commonwealth heavyweight titles, The Story of Elsie Billing, rebroadcast, Talking Pictures TV 20 May 2020, Officer of the Order of the British Empire, "British boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper dies aged 76", "Harrison out to prove his manager wrong", "The Time Tunnel: Remembering Cassius Clay- Henry Cooper", "Boxing History: Cassius Clay vs. Henry Cooper", "Clay v Cooper – The Final Word On The Torn Glove Story", "BBC Sport – Tributes pour in for British boxer Henry Cooper", "Des Lynam: My friend Sir Henry Cooper was modest to a fault", "New Years Honours List – United Kingdom", "BBC Sports Personality of the Year 2016: Andy Murray wins for a record third time", Henry Cooper's appearance on This Is Your Life, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Henry_Cooper&oldid=981291253, BBC Sports Personality of the Year winners, Officers of the Order of the British Empire, Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the ODNB, Short description is different from Wikidata, Pages which use embedded infobox templates with the title parameter, Articles with unsourced statements from September 2017, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2020, Wikipedia articles with MusicBrainz identifiers, Wikipedia articles with SNAC-ID identifiers, Wikipedia articles with WorldCat identifiers, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 1 October 2020, at 12:29. VAT at the current rate of 20% will be added to the Buyer's Premium and charges excluding Artists Resale Right. At the age of seventeen, he won the first of two ABA light-heavyweight titles and, before serving in the Army for his two years' National Service, represented Britain in the 1952 Olympics (outpointed in the second stage by Russian Anatoli Petrov).