Henry Cooper - The Authorised Biography (eBook)

Robert Edwards (Autor)

eBook Download: EPUB

2012
296 Seiten
John Blake (Verlag)
978-1-85782-972-3 (ISBN)

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Henry Cooper is best remembered for the night he nearly changed boxing history - 19 July 1963. Fighting an up-and-coming boxer by the name of Cassius Clay, later to become Muhammad Ali, his famous left hook (known as 'Henry's Hammer') sent Clay crashing onto the canvas. Arguable Britain's greatest ever heavyweight fighter, Cooper won 40 of his 55 professional bouts, beating most of the true boxing greats along the way. His story is littered with famous names - Rocky Marciano, Floyd Patterson, Sonny Liston, Joe Louis, Sugar Ray Robinson, and, of course, Ali. But Cooper's retirement from the sport did not spell then end of his time in the public eye, as he embarked on a successful media career. Disaster struck in the 1990s, however, when his innocent involvement in a scandal surrouding insuracne giants Lloyds of London led to him having to sell his unique collection of three Lonsdale belts topay his bills. He was knighted in the millennium New Year's honours list for his services to boxing, and his death in May 2011 sparkd a huge outpouring of tributes from the sporting community. This is the biography of an intriguing character, a great fighter and a true sporting legend.

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 25.5.2012
• Verlagsort: London
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
• Themenwelt: Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Sport ► Kampfsport / Selbstverteidigung
• Themenwelt: Wirtschaft
• Schlagworte: Amir Khan • Angelo Dundee • A Question of Sport • Authorised Biography • BBC Sports Personality • Billy Walker • Boxing • Brian London • British Heavyweight Champion • Cassius Clay • Commonwealth Heavyweight Chamion • Enry's Ammer • floyd patterson • Harry Carpenter • heavyweight champion • Henry Cooper • Jack Bodell • Joe Calzaghe • Joe Erskine • Karl Mildenberger • Muhammed Ali • Ricky Hatton • Robert Edwards • Sir Henry Cooper • Southpaw • Wembley Stadium
• ISBN-10: 1-85782-972-7 / 1857829727
• ISBN-13: 978-1-85782-972-3 / 9781857829723