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    Serious Boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper dies

    Heavyweight boxing legend Sir Henry Cooper has died at the age of 76 at his son's house in Oxted, Surrey.
    The former English, Commonwealth and European champion fought 55 times and is revered for his 1963 knockdown of Muhammad Ali - then Cassius Clay.
    London-born Cooper, who won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year award twice, was knighted in 2000.
    Alongside Frank Bruno, Tommy Farr and Lennox Lewis, Cooper is considered one of the great British heavyweights.
    After an amateur career that included an appearance as an 18-year-old in the 1952 Helsinki Olympics, Henry and his twin brother George, who died last year, both turned professional at 20 in 1954.
    He went on to enjoy a hugely successful professional career, but never won a world title and retired, aged 36, in 1971 after losing to Joe Bugner, a year after becoming the first person to be named BBC Sports Personality of the Year on two occasions (1967 and 1970).
    Cooper, who is the only British boxer to have won three Lonsdale belts outright, is best remembered for his two famous clashes with Ali in the 1960s.

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    sad lose imo

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    sad day.....always came over as a nice guy

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    ..............splash it all over. A Brut of a guy.

    Shame. Condolences to his family.
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    I remember when he knocked Cassius Clay through the ropes but then I think he lost on a TKO just moments later.

    He was a nice guy from what I remember. Looks like Satan got one today and God is getting the better one.

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    the knock down comes about 3 minutes in right at the end of round 4

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