© www.boxinghistory.org.uk - all rights reserved This page has been brought to you by www.boxinghistory.org.uk Click on the image above to visit our site Henry Cooper (Bellingham) Active: 1954-1971 Weight classes fought in: Recorded fights: 55 contests (won: 40 lost: 14 drew: 1) Fight Record 1954 Sep 14 Harry Painter (Andover) WKO1(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 17/09/1954 pages 4 and 5 Painter 13st 13lbs Oct 19 Dinny Powell (Walworth) WRSF4(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 22/10/1954 pages 3, 04 and 5 Cooper 13st 7lbs Powell 13st 4lbs 8ozs Nov 23 Eddie Keith (Manchester) WRSF2 Manor Place Baths, Walworth Source: Boxing News 26/11/1954 page 11 Cooper 13st 9lbs Keith 13st 6lbs 8ozs Promoter: Stan Baker Dec 7 Denny Ball (Bedford) WKO3(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 10/12/1954 pages 8, 09 and 10 Cooper 13st 7lbs Ball 14st 11lbs 1955 Jan 27 Colin Strauch (South Africa) WRSF1 Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 04/02/1955 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 7lbs Strauch 12st 13lbs 8ozs Feb 8 Cliff Purnell (Bath) WPTS(6) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 11/02/1955 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 9lbs 12ozs Purnell 14st 0lbs 8ozs Mar 8 Hugh Ferns (Greenock) WDSQ2 Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 11/03/1955 pages 8, 09 and 10 Cooper 13st 9lbs Ferns 15st 3lbs 8ozs Mar 29 Joe Crickmar (Stepney) WRSF5 Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 01/04/1955 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 10lbs 4ozs Crickmar 13st 3lbs 8ozs cut eye Apr 18 Joe Bygraves (Birkenhead) WPTS(8) Manor Place Baths, Walworth Source: Boxing News 22/04/1955 page 8 Cooper 13st 10lbs Bygraves 14st 6lbs 4ozs Promoter: Jack Solomons Apr 26 Uber Bacilieri (Italy) LRSF2 Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 29/04/1955 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 7lbs 4ozs Bacilieri 14st 3lbs Referee: Pat Floyd cut eye Jun 6 Ron Harman (Brighton) WRSF7(8) Ice Stadium, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 10/06/1955 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 3lbs 8ozs Harman 14st 8lbs Attendance: 6000 Sep 13 Uber Bacilieri (Italy) WKO7(10) Stadium, White City Source: Boxing News 16/09/1955 pages 4, 05, 08 and 9 Cooper 13st 4lbs 8ozs Bacilieri 14st 1lbs Nov 15 Joe Erskine (Cardiff) LPTS(10) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 18/11/1955 pages 4 and 5 (British Heavyweight Title Eliminator) Erskine was British Heavyweight Champion 1956-58 and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1957-58. Cooper 13st 6lbs 8ozs Erskine 14st 1lbs Referee: Frank Wilson 1956 Feb 28 Maurice Mols (France) WRSF4(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 09/03/1956 pages 13 and 14 Cooper 13st 13lbs 12ozs Mols 14st 4lbs 8ozs May 1 Brian London (Blackpool) WRSF1(10) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 04/05/1956 pages 8 and 9 London was British and British Empire Heavyweight Champion 1958-59. Cooper 13st 9lbs 8ozs London 13st 13lbs Referee: Tommy Little Jun 26 Giannino Luise (Italy) WRSF7(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 29/06/1956 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 10lbs 12ozs Luise 15st 0lbs Sep 7 Peter Bates (Shirebrook) LRTD5(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 14/09/1956 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 9lbs Bates 14st 11lbs cut eye 1957 Feb 19 Joe Bygraves (Birkenhead) LKO9(15) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 22/02/1957 pages 8 and 9 (British Empire Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 13lbs 8ozs Bygraves 14st 6lbs May 19 Ingemar Johansson (Sweden) LKO5(10) Stockholm Sweden Source: Boxing News 24/05/1957 page 11 Sep 17 Joe Erskine (Cardiff) LPTS(15) Arena, Harringay Source: Boxing News 20/09/1957 pages 4 and 5 (British Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 7lbs 8ozs Erskine 14st 2lbs Nov 16 Hans Kalbfell (Germany) WPTS(10) Dortmund Germany Source: Boxing News 22/11/1957 page 4 1958 Jan 11 Heinz Neuhaus (Germany) DRAW(10) Dortmund Germany Source: Boxing News 17/01/1958 page 10 Apr 19 Eric Schoeppner (Germany) LDSQ6(10) Frankfurt Germany Source: Boxing News 25/04/1958 page 8 Sep 3 Dick Richardson (Newport) WKO5(10) Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl Source: Boxing News 12/09/1958 page 7 Richardson was European Heavyweight Champion 1960-62. Cooper 13st 6lbs Richardson 14st 9lbs Referee: Ike Powell Promoter: Mr Joseph and Jack Solomons Attendance: 12000 Oct 14 Zora Folley (USA) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 17/10/1958 pages 8 and 9 Referee: Tommy Little 1959 Jan 12 Brian London (Blackpool) WPTS(15) Empress Stadium, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 16/01/1959 pages 4 and 5 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 10lbs 8ozs London 14st 13lbs 8ozs Aug 26 Gawie De Klerk (South Africa) WRSF5(10) Coney Beach Arena, Porthcawl Source: Boxing News 04/09/1959 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 3lbs 8ozs de Klerk 13st 11lbs 4ozs Referee: Eugene Henderson Attendance: 10000 Nov 17 Joe Erskine (Cardiff) WRSF12(15) Exhibition Hall, Earls' Court Source: Boxing News 20/11/1959 pages 8 and 9 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 6lbs Erskine 13st 10lbs 2ozs Referee: Eugene Henderson Attendance: 18000 1960 Sep 13 Roy Harris (USA) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 16/09/1960 pages 4 and 5 Cooper 13st 3lbs 8ozs Harris 13st 8lbs 4ozs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Jack Solomons Dec 6 Alex Miteff (USA) WPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 09/12/1960 page 5 Cooper 13st 7lbs 8ozs Miteff 15st 1lbs 8ozs Referee: Andrew Smythe Promoter: Jack Solomons 1961 Mar 21 Joe Erskine (Cardiff) WRTD5(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 24/03/1961 pages 8 and 9 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 6lbs Erskine 13st 8lbs Referee: Andrew Smythe Promoter: Jack Solomons Dec 5 Zora Folley (USA) LKO2(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 08/12/1961 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 7lbs Folley 13st 12lbs Referee: Billy Jones (Wales) Promoter: Jack Solomons 1962 Jan 23 Tony Hughes (USA) WRTD5(15) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing News 26/01/1962 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 8lbs 8ozs Hughes 14st 0lbs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Harry Levene Feb 26 Wayne Bethea (USA) WPTS(10) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 02/03/1963 page 16 Cooper 13st 7lbs Bethea 15st 7lbs 8ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Apr 2 Joe Erskine (Cardiff) WRSF9(15) Ice Rink, Nottingham Source: Boxing News 06/04/1962 page 3 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 9lbs 8ozs Erskine 14st 4lbs 7ozs Referee: Frank Wilson (Glasgow) Promoter: Reg King 1963 Mar 26 Dick Richardson (Newport) WKO5(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 29/03/1963 pages 8 and 9 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 6lbs Richardson 14st 11lbs Promoter: Harry Levene Jun 18 Muhammed Ali (USA) LRSF5(10) Stadium, Wembley Source: Boxing News 21/06/1963 pages 8 and 9 Cooper 13st 3lbs 8ozs Clay 14st 11lbs Referee: Tommy Little Promoter: Jack Solomons 1964 Feb 24 Brian London (Blackpool) WPTS(15) Belle Vue, Manchester Source: Boxing News 28/02/1964 pages 6 and 11 (European British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 6lbs 13ozs London 14st 13lbs 9ozs Promoter: Harry Levene Nov 16 Roger Rischer (USA) LPTS(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 20/11/1964 pages 8 and 9 Promoter: Mike Barrett 1965 Jan 12 Dick Wipperman (USA) WRSF5(10) Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Source: Boxing News 15/01/1965 pages 8, 09 and 16 Cooper 13st 7lbs 8ozs Wipperman 14st 9lbs 8ozs Referee: Jack Hart Promoter: Mike Barrett Apr 20 Chip Johnson (USA) WKO1(10) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 30/04/1965 page 15 Cooper 13st 11lbs Johnson 13st 6lbs 8ozs Jun 15 Johnny Prescott (Birmingham) WRTD10(15) City Football Ground, Birmingham Source: Boxing News 25/06/1965 pages 8 and 9 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Prescott boxed for the British Heavyweight Title 1965 and was Midlands Area Heavyweight Champion 1962. Cooper 13st 4lbs 8ozs Prescott 13st 8lbs 4ozs Referee: Frank Wilson Promoter: Jack Solomons and Alex Griffiths Attendance: 18000 Oct 19 Amos Johnson (USA) LPTS(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 22/10/1965 pages 8, 09 and 16 Cooper 13st 8lbs Johnson 14st 0lbs Referee: Harry Gibbs Promoter: Harry Levene 1966 Jan 25 Hubert Hilton (USA) WRSF2(10) Olympia, Kensington Source: Boxing News 28/01/1966 pages 8, 09 and 12 Cooper 13st 10lbs 4ozs Hilton 13st 12lbs 8ozs Referee: Bill Williams Promoter: Harry Levene Feb 16 Jefferson Davis (USA) WKO1(10) Civic Hall, Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News 25/02/1966 pages 5 and 12 Cooper 13st 9lbs 4ozs Davis 14st 5lbs Referee: George Smith (Edinburgh) Promoter: Alex Griffiths May 21 Muhammed Ali (USA) LRSF6(15) Football Ground, Highbury Source: Boxing News 27/05/1966 pages 8, 09, 12 and 13 (World Heavyweight Title) Cooper 13st 6lbs Ali 14st 5lbs 8ozs Referee: George Smith Promoter: Harry Levene Attendance: 46000 Sep 20 Floyd Patterson (USA) LKO4(10) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 23/09/1966 pages 8, 09 and 12 Cooper 13st 9lbs 12ozs Patterson 13st 11lbs Referee: Wally Thom Promoter: Harry Levene 1967 Apr 17 Boston Jacobs (USA) WPTS(10) De Montfort Hall, Leicester Source: Boxing News 21/04/1967 page 2 Cooper 13st 12lbs Jacobs 13st 10lbs 4ozs Promoter: Alex Griffiths Jun 13 Jack Bodell (Swadlincote) WRSF2 Wolverhampton Source: Boxing News (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Bodell was British Heavyweight Champion 1969-70 and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion 1971-72 and European Heavyweight Champion 1971. Nov 7 Billy Walker (West Ham) WRSF6(15) Empire Pool, Wembley Source: Boxing News 10/11/1967 pages 8, 09 and 16 (British and Empire Heavyweight Title) Walker boxed for the European Heavyweight Title 1967 and boxed for the British Heavyweight Title in 1967.