Henry Cooper Interview with Dickie Davies Part 1.mp4

[@Corinthian44]

What a lovely man , a credit to his family , to boxing and sport in general . No airs and graces with Henry , he never forgot his roots , a thoroughly humble and down to earth man . RIP Henry Cooper .

[@scottgilmour749]

Love listening to Henry. Grt man. God bless

[@BS15RED]

Rip Sir Henry, a true warrior.

[@toucheturtle3840]

Our Henry…what a smashing bloke

[@fauziaissaka4368]

People always rate Jack Dempsey as one of the all time greats and never mention Gene Tunney who gave Dempsey two boxing lessons.

[@kevintrace5396]

Great man no more said we adore him

[@rogergutteridge2307]

What a great person and fantastic boxer Great British sportsman

[@cassix221]

r.i.p sir henry cooper true warrior

[@alanwitton5039]

A very great man

[@chrisbennett606]

Fascinating interview

[@adamrolfe3811]

So proud of you Henry true English man rip

[@babulah8447]

Sorry Sir Henry, when checking the time elapsed between rounds 4 and 5 on an unedited video of the first Ali fight, the time elapsed was only 1minute 2 seconds. There wasn't anyone running to the locker or anywhere else for a replacement set of gloves. Great left hook though.

[@jennylast3149]

He's our 'enry lovely man

[@davegellett1954]

Class act

[@christopherjones4366]

2 great legends 1] Henry Cooper 2] Dickie Davies

[@vinnparaffin6082]

Henry the Greath!

[@billthestinker]

great upload

[@BK-uf6qr]

It wasn’t 2 1/2 minutes between rounds with Ali. Great fight and left hook nonetheless.

[@francisjtuk]

It's not true that clay got a lot of extra time. He got an extra 6s that's all. They didn't get an extra set of gloves. This is a story that had become part of folklore but it's simply not true.

[@stevex8409]

That's right yes.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

100% I thought more of Cooper than to perpetuate this myth because he knows the truth of what happened.

[@hotrodd29]

Why did cooper feeling like had to lie, and say the split glove gave Ali 2 and a 1/2 mins. The reality was Dundee pointed at the split glove the ref refused to get a new pair and it cost only 5 seconds. The tape shows this

[@Bloxdio_God]

He might ot have watched it back and was going on what he was told. Anyway, what does it matter. Cooper earned his dough and had a great career.

[@rfj1156]

I feel like if something like that happened to Ali you wouldn't stop bitching about it

[@DHTCF]

"Lie" is a bit harsh. We know it's not what happened, that it got Ali a few seconds, nothing more. But we can't expect Cooper to be objective about it. My guess is that he was giving his perception, and if it doesn't entirely coincide with reality, well, we can cut him some slack. Harsh reality is that he was a decent but very fragile boxer, with a good left hook but vulnerable chin, leaving aside his tendency to cut.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@@DHTCF There's a massive difference between the reality - the interval being extended by only six seconds - and Cooper's claim that it was extended by ninety seconds. I like Henry Cooper and I agree with your assessment of him as a boxer but he's lying and saying that we can't expect him to be objective is the same as saying we can't expect him to be honest. I expect him to be honest and not perpetuate this absurd myth.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@@Bloxdio_God Cooper never watched this fight back??? No chance!!

[@andrewwilliams8413]

GREAT CARACTOR !

[@cjns5253]

Gentleman champ

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

17:39 Ali and Ellis were never champions at the same time. I'm surprised Cooper would get that wrong.

[@The01t]

Amazing boxer. Even Muhammad Ali said so. I would say the best boxer to fight out of Britain ever.

[@DHTCF]

Decent but fragile fighter, but Britain's best? Ridiculous. That title belongs to Lennox Lewis.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@@DHTCF I wouldn't have Cooper in the top 20 British boxers.

[@DHTCF]

@@ppuh6tfrz646 I've never prepared a list down to 20, but can see that he probably wouldn't be in it. It's easy to think of numerous British boxers better than Cooper. The idea that he was better than, say, Lennox Lewis or Joe Calzaghe is laughable.

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

@@DHTCF Exactly. People get carried away with Cooper because he was a lovable character and because of the myth surrounding the first Ali fight. I've always found it difficult to think of Lennox Lewis as a British fighter but he was certainly in a completely different league from Cooper. How Cooper is considered by some as the greatest British fighter yet Randolph Turpin is practically forgotten is a mystery to me. I suppose the fact that Turpin died nearly 55 years ago and the circumstances surrounding his death have a lot to do with it but he reached heights that Cooper could only dream of.

[@DHTCF]

@@ppuh6tfrz646 I suppose an older, bald guy doing aftershave commercials like Cooper did is going to appeal to a certain demographic, too, no? Speaking as an older bald guy myself...

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

15:55 It always irritates me when people, especially boxers (who have no excuse at all), can't pronounce Joe Louis' surname correctly.

[@rowdyyates4273]

Ali did not expect that type of in your face aggresion, and cooper was a great tough no nonsense pro and had no fear of ali and it showed,cooper was indeed cheated that night but that would have spoiled the script-----Henry cooper deserved his fame, a true geezer and gentleman---true to say that they dont make em like that any more------

[@babulah8447]

How was Sir Henry cheated Mr Wanker Westie? The time elapsed between rounds 4 and 5 was 1 minute and 2 seconds. Sir Henry is mistaken about the second set of gloves and the length of time between rounds.

[@rowdyyates4273]

@@babulah8447 nah Baby babu Angelo dundee admitted he tore open the glove!!---cooper was robbed no doubt about it.

[@babulah8447]

@@rowdyyates4273 No Westie Wanker, Dundee didn't say that. Maybe you should try watching the fight.

[@rowdyyates4273]

@@babulah8447 Maybe you should get some glasses, stupid boy!!!---sounds like you never boxed exept in a supermarket!

[@babulah8447]

@@rowdyyates4273 you seem to like believing lies wank boy. Unless you're prepared for the answer don't ask yer mum who yer dad is.

[@jamescokl3]

Henry won against clay.

[@ritarisser3116]

White wishful thinking. Henry was outskilled by muhammad ali. Dam get over it

[@jamescokl3]

@ritarisser3116 if the glove wasn't split he wouldn't have recovered and lost. Ali was better in the other fight and won, but not the first one. He was the greatest and learned from the first fight.

[@hudson7354]

The english lie about the glove. They can’t stand losing

[@jamescokl3]

@hudson7354 who can.

[@jamescokl3]

@@hudson7354 He put Clay down.

[@mathewmcg5267]

He sat down for dinner with Angelo dundee. Shows you what a man Cooper is. Angelo cheated him out of the history books

[@DavidJsmith-dk5tf]

@TheJughead77 No video recorders then. No repeats of fights on TV . It became a believed tale, this new gloves story. Not until I listened to a radio recording of the fight in 1966, did I realise we had forgotten what really happened. The story still continued and Henry and many others still believed the myth ! Both Cooper and Ali great fighters ! Cooper my favourite boxer ever !

[@ppuh6tfrz646]

Cooper wasn't cheated. *IT'S A MYTH.*

[@johnmartin9321]

Im a big fan of Bugner but theres no way he beat cooper

[@stevenclarke8773]

I like Henry but I would say he was not one of the greatest British boxers or even not one of the best heavywieghts.Frank Bruno wasn't anything spectacular, but even him,watch cooper fight film and compare to Bruno film and then ask ,is cooper better then Bruno in terms of talent and abilty.?skill wise they were similar.overall though the fighters were not as good in coopers day ,at least not in britian and europe....

[@aminrahman6906]

Cooper almost beat the greatest. Bruno was a bum.

[@gionncaomhinmorpheagh4791]

ästevenclarke773: you have to remember the weights involved in boxing during that period. in modert times, Henry Cooper would've been, at best, a very accomplished cruiserweightt and not a heavyweight. The different categories were simply not available when he boxed. MsG