Talk:Henry Cooper (boxer)

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More information about this article... The following comments have been left for this page: Henry Cooper is one of the most recognisable and well-known English boxers, so it's a pity that there isn't at least one photo of him in the article. A picture of the first Ali fight - his career highlight - would spark up the article no end. Not sure the BBC Sports Personality of the Year deserves its own section. It's a very decent little piece, although some details of Cooper's early years (how did he get into boxing? Surely there's a biography of the man?) and some more details, especially after he retired, would spruce it up. "More recently" - when? Who says? With a bit of work, I can see this going forward for a GA, maybe even an FA status. (edit)

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Enry v Enery

The BBC spells the nickname as Enry which is a pretty good standard to follow.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/in_depth/2000/wembley/934933.stm

Bob Palin 03:53, 16 Sep 2004 (UTC)

[edit] Clay vs Cooper myth

Someone apparently changed the article to fit the myth that Clay received minutes of time because of the torn glove. He did not. Clay got five or six seconds... yes, seconds... of time because of the torn glove, not minutes. No new gloves were "fetched" (British idiom, which leads me to believe an English Cooper fan was the one to change the article) and the two men went back to fighting. I'm changing the article back.-January 18, 2007

Cooper, and a lot of other people (My Father for one) still believe that the BBC has still not released the full footage of the actual time. I for one can't imagine my Father, a highly trained soldier, screaming at the TV "When is that cheating ****** Yank going to get of that ***** stool and fight?" over just 6 seconds, can you? Cheers, 'Arry Boy (talk) 18:50, 9 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Cooper outside UK

Just a quick question, does anyone have any idea of how popular/known Henry Cooper is outside of the UK? Just trying to satisfy my own curiosity really...Pitt the elder 17:41, 13 November 2007 (UTC)

I would say, that from the amount of Canadians, Australians and Kiwis I've spoken to, that he was and still is very popular, but they would of course, have to speak for themselves, just my experience of talking to boxing fans from the afore mentioned countries. Cheers, 'Arry Boy (talk) 18:38, 9 March 2008 (UTC)